Grade 4 Science Scientific Innovations

Learning Activity 1

Space Kids - The Sun, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/sun, Published 2020/06/06, Accessed 2022/07/15.

Summer Campfire and Lake at sunset, Onfokus//Getty Images

How is the light from a fire emitted?, Chemistry Stack Exchange, URL: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102280/how-is-the-light-from-a-fire-emitted, Published 2018/09/29, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Spectacular Fireworks Finale in HD, JStevensJr//Getty Images

5 Facts About Fireworks, Paul Lester, Department of Energy, United States Government, URL: https://www.energy.gov/articles/5-facts-about-fireworks, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 2

The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Clothes dryers are an underappreciated source of airborne microfibers, American Chemical Society, ScienceDaily, URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220112093953.htm, Published 2022/01/12, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Laundry: lightening the load, Johnny Langenheim, Ariel, URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/partner-content-laundry-lightening-the-load#:%7E:text=Besides%20using%20around%2019%20billion,energy%20efficiency%20in%20recent%20years, Accessed 2022/08/08. Source: Partner content, National Geographic Creative Works.

Emission impacts resulting from vehicle idling, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/communities-infrastructure/transportation/cars-light-trucks/idling/4415, Published 2016/09/20, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Canadian cars are the world’s dirtiest, Barry Saxifrage, Canada's National Observer, URL: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/09/04/analysis/canadian-cars-are-worlds-dirtiest-ev-age-essential, Published 2019/09/04, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Energy and Elevators, Nina Shen Rastogi, Slate, URL: https://slate.com/technology/2009/04/when-people-take-the-elevator-does-earth-get-the-shaft.html#:%7E:text=According%20to%20figures%20provided%20by,home%20uses%20in%20four%20months, Published 2009/04/07, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Can lifts be energy-efficient, or should I take the stairs?, Leo Hickman, The Guardian, URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2009/sep/04/lifts-energy-take-the-stairs, Published 2009/09/10, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Going up? In an increasingly urban world, energy efficient elevators are imperative, United Technologies, URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/brand-connect/wp/enterprise/going-up-in-an-increasingly-urban-world-energy-efficient-elevators-are-imperative/, Published 2022/01/26, Accessed 2022/08/08. Source: Partner content, The Washington Post Creative Group.

Student team designs ingenious change to washing machines that could save thousands of tonnes of C02, Ben Chapman, Independent, URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/c02-produced-by-washing-machines-team-designs-ingenious-way-to-save-thousands-of-tonnes-a7877496.html, Published 2017/08/04, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 3

Here's Where the Juice That Powers Batteries Comes From, Bloomberg Quicktake: Originals, Bloomberg LP, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rXYrFCQMw&t=66s, Published 2017/01/07, Accessed 2022/06/30.

Lewis Urry, Canadian co-inventor of the alkaline battery, AP, Associated Press Images, URL: https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/cewctw-lewis-urry-a-powerful-man/, Accessed 2022/04/07.

Lewis Urry – A Powerful Man, Richard Jansen-Parkes, The Chemical Engineer, URL: https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/cewctw-lewis-urry-a-powerful-man/, Published 2018/01/26, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Grade 4: Lesson 5 - Minerals of Everyday!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA5uPB6g6xg&t=11s, Published 2020/05/26, Accessed 2022/07/15.

Cool Science - The use of unusable batteries, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brF-CAI_6n0, Published 2014/12/16, Accessed 2022/07/15.

Learning Activity 4

Hand spinning bike pedal, Imazins/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

Concepts and ideas Preservation of environment. Greenpeace. Well. Draws up water, is8//Getty Images

Rotary to Oscillating Motion mechanism, Engineering Workout, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF0qC8ILePA, Published 2020/11/16, Accessed 2022/07/15.

Diagram Of A Rack And Pinion, Encyclopaedia Britannica/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Working water wheel driving generator on mountain stream, Creatas Video//Getty Images

Spining Old Mill Wheel, Creatas Video//Getty Images

Hydraulic mill with water wheel for grinding wheat, DEA/ICAS94/De Agostini/Getty Images

Learning Activity 5

1986 ANIMATION demonstration of sound waves entering cross section of human ear, Encylopaedia Britannica Films/Archive Films: Creative/Getty Images

Grade 4: Lesson 2 — Sound Vibrations!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZLQEAlr9fI&t=147s, Published 2020/05/15, Accessed 2022/07/15.

How Sound Travels Across Different Mediums, Knowledge Platform, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxNdr0Bcx20, Published 2019/02/20, Accessed 2022/07/15.

AUSTRALIA-HEALTH-HEARING-AID-SMALL, William West/AFP/Getty Images

How Earplugs Work: Best Practices For Use, House of Hearing Clinic, URL: https://houseofhearing.ca/blog/earplugs-work-best-practices-use/, Published 2022/05/23, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Police Sirens, Extreme Tactical Dynamics, URL: https://www.extremetacticaldynamics.com/knowledge-base/emergency-vehicle-sirens/police-sirens/#:~:text=Today%2C%20most%20police%20cars%20are%20fitted%20with%20an,create%20the%20same%20sounds%20a%20mechanical%20siren%20makes, Accessed 2022/08/08.

How Sirens Work, Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, URL: http://civildefencemuseum.ca/how-sirens-work, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Robert Foulis, inventor of the foghorn, Courtesy of Irma Council, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-foulis, Accessed 2022/04/07.

Several Circles (Einige Kreise), Vasily Kandinsky, © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris, URL: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1992, Published January-February 1926, Accessed 2022/07/15. Credit: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift.

Reyes Padilla at Mesa Arts Center, Sarah Ventre, KJZZ, URL: https://fronterasdesk.org/content/698748/artist-sees-sound-%E2%80%94-and-he-wants-you-see-it-too, Published 2018/09/13, Accessed 2022/07/15.

At Last, Melissa McCracken, URL: https://shop.bluegalleryonline.com/products/at-last, Accessed 2022/07/15.

Learning Activity 6

Science Max: Experiments at Large - Simple Machines, Breakthrough Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/science-max-experiments-large/videos/simple-machines, Published 2015/11/02, Accessed 2022/07/07.

Flag-Raising At Yanqing Paralympic Village In Beijing, CCTV+/CCTV+/Getty Images

Learning Activity 7

Theme 6 - Transportation, FNMIEAO, URL: https://vimeo.com/293355534?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=11983406, Published 2018/10/04, Accessed 2022/07/07.

The Mystery Files - The Mystery of the R---R, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/mystery-r-r, Published 2016/03/03, Accessed 2022/07/07.

Leo's Fishheads - Trappin' Snappers, Fifth Ground Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/leos-fishheads/videos/trappin-snappers, Published 2020/05/28, Accessed 2022/07/07.

Leo's Fishheads - Suckers!, Fifth Ground Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/leos-fishheads-gr-1-4-science/videos/suckers, Published 2020/06/11, Accessed 2022/07/07.

Learning Activity 8

Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association logo, Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association, URL: https://www.biospherecanada.ca/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/04/07.

Striking Balance - Manicouagan-Uapishka Biosphere Reserve, Striking Balance 2 Inc, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/striking-balance-manicouagan-uapishka-biosphere-reserve, Published 2020/10/11, Accessed 2022/07/07.

Learning Activity 9

This igloo greenhouse could revolutionize food production in the North, CBC News: The National, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PgkfryODDk&ab_channel=CBCNews%3ATheNational, Published 2016/07/27, Accessed 2022/04/07.

Dome greenhouse in Naujaat, Nunavut, Growing North, URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywg7kj/greenhouses-in-the-arctic-will-reduce-food-insecurity-in-canadas-north, Published 2017, Accessed 2022/07/09.

Inuvik community greenhouse, Inuvik Community Greenhouse, URL: https://www.inuvikgreenhouse.com/about-us/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/09.

Learning Activity 10

Government of Canada supports innovative, made-in-Canada solutions to plastic waste, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-supports-innovative-made-in-canada-solutions-to-plastic-waste-822588086.html, Published 2021/03/05, Accessed 2022/08/08.