Grade 6 Science Scientific Innovations

Learning Activity 1

TVOK News - Astronomer Heidi White, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvok-news-big-picture/videos/astronomer-heidi-white, Published 2019/03/06, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Space Kids - What is a Star?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/what-star, Published 2020/06/05, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Seamless Planet Earth with star field and Alpha channel, dem10/Vetta/Getty Images

Earth in the Solar System, nopow/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Navigating Space by the Stars, NASA Johnson, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqjvvLO5XY&t=59s, Published 2018/06/19, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Space Kids - Storybook in the Sky, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/storybook-sky, Published 2020/07/17, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Makinak: The Turtle by Wilfred Buck, Wilfred Buck, Represented by StrongFront A/V Productions Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aKY198dFgM, Published 2020/10/03, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Citizen Science, National Geographic Resource Library, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/citizen-science/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

SOHO Captures Image Of NEAT Comet, Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Exoplanets shown in comparison to the size of the earth, Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

TOI-2180 b Exoplanet, R. Hurt, JPL-Caltech, NASA, URL: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/citizen-scientists-spot-jupiter-like-planet-in-nasa-tess-data, Published 2022/01/13, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Learning Activity 2

TVOK News - Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvok-news-big-picture/videos/tvok-news-astronaut-dr-dave-williams, Published 2018/04/11, Accessed 2022/06/22.

Astronaut Roberta L. Bondar, Interim Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Marc Garneau, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/canadian/former/bio-marc-garneau.asp, Published August 2006, Accessed 2022/06/23. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Chris Hadfield - KAZAKHSTAN-ISS-SPACE-RUSSIA-CANADA-US-SCIENCE, Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Julie Payette - Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns To Kennedy Space Center, Matt Stroshane/Getty Images News/Getty Images

David Saint-Jacques - KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-CANADA-SPACE-ISS, Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Astronauts Scott Kelly And Mikhail Kornienko Give A Press Confence At UNESCO in Paris, Chesnot/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/canadian/active/bio-jennifer-sidey.asp, Published 2020/01/10, Accessed 2022/06/23. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

What is the International Space Station?, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_b05gnieh/1_yycu54j3.webm, Published 2018/06/27, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Chris Hadfield's Space Kitchen, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_wyojwwhf/1_qphbnz88.webm, Published 2013/02/18, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Physical Activity in Space, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_hshphnyg/1_e1f6f1od.webm, Published 2019/05/03, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Sleeping in Space, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_wg3lfagf/1_8o1ztj9a.webm, Published 2013/04/12, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Washing Hands in Space, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_f43wedwj/1_8bfjo4a5.mp4, Published 2013/01/30, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Personal hygiene in space, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living-in-space/personal-hygiene-in-space.asp, Published 2019/08/26, Accessed 2022/08/08. Credit: NASA.

CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques is checking plants being grown for the Veg-04A space botany experiment during his space mission, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://asc-csa.gc.ca/images/recherche/tiles/6c0e7cd0-9512-4676-9964-293200f89f44.jpg, Published 2019/06/23, Accessed 2022/06/23. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Learning Activity 3

Graphical Representation Of Space Debris Around Earth, Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Chris Hadfield - 2019 Silicon Valley Comic-Con, Bill Watter/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on Why We Need a Space Program, N. Chan, Tested, URL: https://www.tested.com/tech/science/459079-astronaut-chris-hadfield-why-we-need-space-program/, Published 2020/10/17, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Alan Shepard with the Freedom 7 Space Capsule, Bettman/Bettman/Getty Images

New Climate Change Worry: Space Tourism Soot, L. Staff, NBC News, URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39806493, Published 2010/10/23, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 4

Space Kids - What is the Universe?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/what-universe, Published 2020/08/28, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Is the Milky Way made of milk?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/milky-way-made-milk, Published 2020/08/28, Accessed 2022/06/23.

(FILE PHOTO) NASA To Repair Hubble Space Telescope, NASA Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

In Depth | Hubble Space Telescope, NASA Solar System Exploration, URL: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/hubble-space-telescope/in-depth/, Published 2019/07/30, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Space Kids - The Sun, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids-k-4-science/videos/sun, Published 2020/06/06, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - What is a Nebula?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/what-nebula, Published 2020/08/03, Accessed 2022/06/23.

TVOK News - Week of Sept. 26 Pt. 2, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-promos/videos/tvok-news-week-sept-26-pt-2, Published 2018/09/26, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Asteroids, NASA Solar System Exploration, URL: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=101%3Aparent_id&condition_2=asteroid%3Abody_type%3Ailike, Published 2022/04/19, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Germany's largest stone meteorite, picture alliance/picture alliance/Getty Images

Meteors & Meteorites, NASA Solar System Exploration, URL: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type, Published 2021/05/06, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Space Kids - What is a black hole?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/what-black-hole, Published 2020/11/20, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Mercury, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/mercury, Published 2020/06/14, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Venus, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids-k-4-science/videos/venus, Published 2020/06/13, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Mars, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/mars, Published 2020/06/12, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Jupiter, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/jupiter, Published 2020/09/21, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Saturn, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/saturn, Published 2020/08/06, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Uranus, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/uranus, Published 2020/09/03, Accessed 2022/06/23.

Space Kids - Neptune, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids-k-4-science/videos/neptune, Published 2020/08/06, Accessed 2022/06/23.

All About Pluto, NASA Space Place, URL: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ice-dwarf/en/, Published 2021/03/09, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 5

Beautiful sunset over USA and Canada, martinlubpl/Creatas Video/Getty Images

NASA Now: Reasons for the Seasons, NASA Video, URL: https://youtu.be/M4BbW8AwJ0o, Published 2013/05/20, Accessed 2022/06/24.

One Year on Earth - Seen from 1 Million Miles, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kayvon Sharghi, URL: https://youtu.be/CFrP6QfbC2g, Published 2016/07/20, Accessed 2022/06/24.

Space Kids - What is an Aurora?, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids-k-4-science/videos/what-aurora, Published 2020/07/28, Accessed 2022/06/24.

Technology allows visually impaired, blind to experience solar eclipse, N. Riva, CBC News, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/technology-allows-visually-impaired-blind-to-experience-solar-eclipse-1.4250318, Published 2017/08/19, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Total solar eclipse crossing the United States, /Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Solar eclipse projector, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/youth-educators/activities/fun-experiments/eclipse-projector.asp, Published 2017/12/22, Accessed 2022/06/24. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Learning Activity 6

Buzz Aldrin On The Moon With The American Flag, Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Canada is designing a rover for Moon exploration, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_4g5ycq5m/1_u2m2gr2n.mp4, Published 2021/11/10, Accessed 2022/06/27. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

CGI close up time lapse total lunar eclipse with red shadow on moon, Mixin' Pixels/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

TVOK News - Astronomy with Heidi, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvok-news-big-picture/videos/astronomy-heidi, Published 2019/01/16, Accessed 2022/06/27.

How to Build a Telescope, Canadian Science and Technology Museum, URL: https://youtu.be/uZeF1KETaU4, Published 2012/01/04, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY 3.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode.

Learning Activity 7

Blynk and Aazoo - How Can I Live on the Moon?, Little Scooter Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/space/how-can-i-live-moon, Published 2019/07/15, Accessed 2022/06/27.

Canadarm 3 Large Arm on the Lunar Gateway, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm3/about.asp, Accessed 2022/06/27. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

TVOK News - Week of March 6 Part 1, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvok-news-headlines-week/videos/tvok-news-week-march-6-pt1, Published 2019/03/06, Accessed 2022/06/27.

The Lunar Gateway space station, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/moon-exploration/lunar-gateway.asp, Published 2021/08/24, Accessed 2022/08/08.

John Glenn before launch on Mercury, NASA Handout/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Apollo 11 - Nasa, Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

McCandless Close-Up, Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-NASA-NEW SPACESUITS-LUNAR LANDING, Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images

David Saint-Jacques explains how a spacesuit works, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_oiefdh9x/1_r2sy4uwe.webm, Published 2019/08/20, Accessed 2022/06/27. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Build a Spacesuit instructions, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/eng/youth-educators/activities/spacesuit.pdf, . This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Learning Activity 8

Mass vs Weight - Part 1 - Introduction, NASA Stennis, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&list=PLTUZypZ67cdsPRZ53P33L4wmAHWeGlaoG&v=7TtU9HlFMqM&feature=youtu.be, Published 2017/06/26, Accessed 2022/05/19.

Space Kids - What is Gravity, Imagine Create Media, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-kids/videos/what-gravity, Published 2020/08/06, Accessed 2022/06/27.

TVOKids Homework Zone - Gravity, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/homework-zone-interstitials/videos/gravity, Published 2010, Accessed 2022/06/27.

The Fascinating Truth About Gravity | Jim Al-Khalili: Gravity and Me, Spark, Little Dot Studios/All3Media, URL: https://youtu.be/2_p2ELD7npw, Published 2018/03/06, Accessed 2022/05/19.

Mass vs Weight - Part 2 - Stretching Mass, NASA Stennis, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwADejaE6PY&list=PLTUZypZ67cdsPRZ53P33L4wmAHWeGlaoG, Published 2017/06/26, Accessed 2022/04/22.

CSA Presents: The Hadfield Shake, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wam7poPzG1w, Published 2013/03/28, Accessed 2022/06/27. Credit: NASA. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at asc-csa.gc.ca.

Learning Activity 9

Canadarm moving the 'Leonardo' module in the International Space Station (ISS), Roberto Machado Noa/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

NASA Spacewalks, NASA Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Discovery Astronauts Continue Mission Tasks, NASA Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Mission To ISS Continues For NASA's Final Space Shuttle Flight, NASA Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Space Shuttle Endeavour In Space, NASA Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

About Canadarm, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm/about.asp, Published 2021/03/31, Accessed 2020/08/08.

When I Grow Up! - Firefighter / Space Technician, Riverbank Pictures, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/space/firefighter-space-technician, Published 2018/09/20, Accessed 2022/06/27.

Canadarm, Canadarm2, and Canadarm3 – A comparative table, © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Canadian Space Agency, URL: https://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/canadarm2/canadarm-canadarm2-canadarm3-comparative-table.asp, Published 2019/05/20, Accessed 2020/08/08.

Learning Activity 10

Planetary Fact Sheet, NASA, URL: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/, Accessed 2020/08/08.

1 Kilometer "Ball Drop" on Solar System, Dr. James O'Donoghue, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMMZl4n-uk, Published 2021/07/11, Accessed 2022/05/19. Data sourced from NASA: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY 3.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode.

Step 1, image from the Scratch Educator Guide, Scratch Team, URL: https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/guides/en/EducatorGuidesAll.pdf, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Step 2, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Step 3, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Step 4, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Y Velocity, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022/02/03, Accessed 2022/06/27. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Step 5, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/636699665/editor/, . Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.