Grade 5 Science Ontario Focus

Learning Activity 1

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Santi Visalli/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Larry Page & Sergey Brin, Source: betanews, URL: https://betanews.com/2019/12/04/larry-page-and-sergey-brin-step-down/, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Ursula Franklin at the University of Toronto, © University of Toronto, URL: https://alumni.utoronto.ca/index.php/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/outstanding-scholar-and-beloved-teacher-u-t-holds-ursula, Accessed 2022/05/09. Source: University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services/2016-6-2MS.

Ursula Franklin, Katrine Raymond, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ursula-franklin, Published 2017/12/22, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Ursula Franklin Biography, Ursula Franklin Academy, URL: https://www.ufacademy.org/ursula-franklin-biography/, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Portrait of Katherine Johnson, NASA, United States Government, URL: https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography, Accessed 2022/03/10.

Katherine Johnson Biography, Margot Lee Shetterly, NASA, United States Government, URL: https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Women in STEM, Tech Spark, URL: https://assets.tvo.org/prod/s3fs-public/styles/full_width_1280/public/curated-article-images/TechSpark.jpg?klYrSE033nVbOAOCBA.xZu_hL5pMtxBt&itok=IMINhxjM, Accessed 2022/03/10. Photo courtesy of Tech Spark.

Hidden No Longer: Women and Visible Minorities in Science and Math, Nam Kiwanuka, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/hidden-no-longer-women-and-visible-minorities-in-science-and-math?utm_source=citc&utm_medium=citc&utm_campaign=citc, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Learning Activity 2

Ice cubes falling / South Korea, Imazins/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

SLO MO Spurt of water flowing into a glass, simonkr/Creatas Video/Getty Images

ECU TD Steaming tea kettle / Seoul, South Korea, Imazins/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

ECU paper shredder working, dolly out, Jorge Cosmen/Iconica Video/Getty Images

A pile of papers falls over a fire in a fireplace and begins to burn, Discovery Access/Discovery Access/Getty Images

Learning Activity 3

Solarenergie D (F), ullstein bild/ullstein bild/Getty Images

Branched drain greywater system model at new home construction site, Los Angeles, California, Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Windtowers or badgirs. Yazd city, Iran, VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Straw bale house, Straworks Inc, URL: https://straworks.ca/, Accessed 2022/03/14.

Prefab house, David Mitchell, Dwell Life, Inc, URL: https://www.dwell.com/article/moliving-prefab-hurley-house-steven-chen-d7831a96/6890320838936977408, Published 2022/02/01, Accessed 2022/03/14.

Learning Activity 4

Ontario Power Generation, Canada: Coal to biomass journey furnace, Bioenergy Success Stories, IEA Bioenergy, URL: https://www.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/9-OPG-Coal-to-biomass_CA_Final.pdf, Published February 2018, Accessed 2022/08/12.

The Peter Sutherland SR Generating Station, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/indigenous-partnerships/, Accessed 2022/08/12.

The Lower Mattagami River Project, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/indigenous-partnerships/, Accessed 2022/08/12.

The Obishikokaang Waasiganikewigamig (White Pine Narrows Generating Station), Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/indigenous-partnerships/, Accessed 2022/08/12.

The Nanticoke Solar Project, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/indigenous-partnerships/, Accessed 2022/08/12.

Learning Activity 5

TVOKids Teacher Power Hour - Edible Matter, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvokids-teacher-power-hour/videos/edible-matter, Published 2021/05/20, Accessed 2022/07/19.

Learning Activity 6

Destruction after a tornado, Courtesy Western University, URL: https://assets.tvo.org/prod/s3fs-public/styles/full_width_1280/public/article-thumbnails/Dunrobin%20Tornado.JPG?3i7QUqaznUZNat68KBbYQw0OYiWblWqQ&itok=hlf3Um5G, Accessed 2022/07/19.

Meet Ontario's tornado detectives, Adam McDowell, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/meet-ontarios-tornado-detectives, Published 2019/01/14, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Learning Activity 7

Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, Science Photo Library/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

Ontario Power Generation's Sir Adam Beck Generating Complex, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Adam_Beck_Hydroelectric_Generating_Stations#/media/File:Adam_Beck_Complex.jpg, Published 2007/03/07, Accessed 2022/06/20. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.

Ohakuri Dam Blue Penstocks, Ingolfson, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstock#/media/File:Ohakuri_Dam_Blue_Penstocks.jpg, Published 2007/11/25, Accessed 2022/06/20.

Pros and Cons of Hydroelectric Energy, Kiwi Energy, URL: https://kiwienergy.us/pros-and-cons-of-hydroelectric-energy/, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Learning Activity 8

TVOKids The Space - David Suzuki Visits the Space, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/david-suzuki-part-2, Published 2017/09/13, Accessed 2022/07/06.

Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, from a student's guide to global climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, United Stated Government, URL: https://archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/effects/ecosystems.html, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Ten Species That Are Evolving Due to the Changing Climate, Helen Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-species-are-evolving-due-changing-climate-180953133, Published 2014/10/24, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Swimming Pink/red Salmon, Alaska, Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird, Patrik Karell, Kari Ahola, Teuvo Karstinen, Jari Valkama & Jon E. Brommer, Nature Communications, URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms1213?error=cookies_not_supported&code=d434e094-9774-4ef9-a3ac-cca2e48e6268, Published 2011/02/22, Accessed 2022/08/05.

Learning Activity 9

POV straight up skyscrapers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Time Lapse Company/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

Squeezing wet kitchen sponge with yellow gloves, bdoganay/Creatas Video/Getty Images

It's time to retire the day, PeopleImages/Vetta/Getty Images

open peanut butter jar and take spoon of peanut butter, haoliang/Creatas Video/Getty Images

A woman in her workshop cuts paper to pack boxes. Work at home in your free time, Lazar Nikolic/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Seismograph, eyeidea/Creatas Video+/Getty Images

Learning Activity 10

Close up of Boiling water bubble, MORKDAM/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

CU Burning of Document in Metal Cup, Disney Enterprises, Inc./Walt Disney Studios/Getty Images

Pot, MathBarb, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/690257892, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Match and Paper, MathBarb, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/690268629/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Fire Sprite, MathBarb, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/690268629/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Smoke Sprite, MathBarb, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/690268629/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Paper step, from Heating paper - chemical change, monsieurplant, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/598563249/editor/, Published 2021/11/09, Accessed 2022/03/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Match step, from Heating paper - chemical change, monsieurplant, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/598563249/editor/, Published 2021/11/09, Accessed 2022/03/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Water phase changes. Molecular model of an ice lattice, that melts into liquid water and then evaporates into water vapour (gas), Sciene Photo Library/Photolibrary Video/Getty Images

Slow motion footage of bonfire, Imgorthand/Vetta/Getty Images