Grade 6 Science Ontario Focus

Learning Activity 1

The Main Electricity Sources in Canada by Province, Energyrates.ca, URL: https://energyrates.ca/the-main-electricity-sources-in-canada-by-province/, Published 2020/06/01, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Now You Know - Electricity, Little Engine Moving Pictures, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUSmoCqfQQE, Published 2016/09/21, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Gridwatch Power Generation, Data supplied by Ontario's Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO), Gridwatch web app © 2018, Energy Insight, URL: https://live.gridwatch.ca/home-page.html, Published 2022/02/02, Accessed 2022/03/15.

ICE Projects Map, Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise, URL: https://indigenouscleanenergy.com/ice-projects/, Published 2022/02/03, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Reconciliation Action Plan, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/building-strong-and-safe-communities/indigenous-relations/reconciliation-action-plan/, Published October 2021, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada, Christina E. Hoicka, Katarina Savic, Alicia Campney, Energy Research & Social Science, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101897, Published April 2021, Accessed 2022/08/07. 74, 101897.

John Paul Kohoko, John Paul Kohoko, URL: https://www.opg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/john-paul-kohoko-pic.jpg, Published 2021/03/03, Accessed 2022/03/15. Source: Electrician John Paul Kohoko keeps his Indigenous roots alive, Ontario Power Generation. Retrieved from https://www.opg.com/stories/electrician-john-paul-kohoko-keeps-his-indigenous-roots-alive/.

Electrician John Paul Kohoko keeps his Indigenous roots alive, Ontario Power Generation, URL: https://www.opg.com/building-strong-and-safe-communities/indigenous-relations/reconciliation-action-plan/story/electrician-john-paul-kohoko-keeps-his-indigenous-roots-alive/, Published 2021/03/03, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Cover Image, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, URL: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, URL: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 2

Power outage sweeps Ontario, northeastern U.S. in 2003, CBC News, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1244588611740/, Published 2003/08/15, Accessed 2022/03/15.

IESO power info, Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO), URL: https://www.ieso.ca/en/, Published 2022/01/31, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Learning Activity 3

Lewis Howard Latimer, Photographer unknown, URL: https://www.biography.com/inventor/lewis-howard-latimer, Accessed 2022/03/15. Source: Lewis Howard Latimer, (c. 1848-c. 1928), Biography, April 2, 2014.

No, a Black man didn’t invent the light bulb. But Lewis Latimer made it better, L.C. Asmelash, CNN, URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html, Published 2020/09/05, Accessed 2022/08/07.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - The Electronic Waste Tsunami, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/the-electronic-waste-tsunami, Published 2018/04/20, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Canadian POV Documentaries - FIXED!, Cat Mills, Director, Joella Cabalu, Producer, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/fixed, Published 2018/10/17, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Learning Activity 4

Grade 6: Lesson 5 - Static Electricity!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxoyQVQw6s, Published 2020/05/26, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Learning Activity 5

Grade 6: Lesson 6 - Current Electricity!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVnQNSoIBA&t=61s, Published 2020/05/26, Accessed 2022/03/15.

Learning Activity 6

Which Way Does Current Really Flow?, Louis E. Frenzel, Nuts and Volts Magazine © T & L Publications, URL: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/which-way-does-current-really-flow?utm_source=Newsletter+%2332&utm_campaign=Newsletter+%2332&utm_medium=email, Accessed 2022/08/25.

Learning Activity 7

Lightning flashes behind rolling hills, Weatherstock/Corbis Video/Getty Images

Human skin. Hair coat. The video shows the impact of static electricity on the hair. Empirical experiment. Physics for kids, Paul Cheranev/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

simple electric circuit diagram with light bulb, switch for physics class education, Oliver Harris/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Completed code, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/644226906/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/05/20. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Learning Activity 8

Climate Watch Shorts - Redrawing the Grid, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/climate-watch-shorts-redrawing-the-grid, Published 2017/05/23, Accessed 2022/07/19.

Projects funded by the Smart Grid Fund, Ontario Environment and Energy, Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/document/projects-funded-smart-grid-fund#section-2, Published 2022/06/10, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Lower your energy bills with Green Button, Ontario Environment and Energy, Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/lower-your-energy-bills-green-button, Published 2022/01/07, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Climate Watch Shorts - Breakthroughs in Energy Storage, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/climate-watch-shorts-breakthroughs-in-energy-storage, Published 2017/01/23, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 9

Grade 6, Science North, URL: https://www.sciencenorth.ca/grade-6, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 10

Refugees In Lesbos Island Cooking On The Road, NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-northern-affairs.html, Published 2021/06/17, Accessed 2022/08/07.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Indigenous Power Struggle, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXam-0seHzg, Published 2016/04/25, Accessed 2022/08/07.

What is Renewable Energy?, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/energy-sources-distribution/renewable-energy/about-renewable-energy/7295#what, Published 2017/12/13, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Renewable Energy Projects are Powering – and Empowering – Indigenous Communities Across Canada, Vanessa Balintec, Toronto Metropolitan University, URL: https://www.ryerson.ca/cue/news-events/blog/2021/02/across-canada-clean-energy-projects-are-empowering-indigenous-communities, Published 2021/02/12, Accessed 2022/08/07.

A Clean Energy Future, CoastalFirstNations1, Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDcckGE_pM, Published 2021/07/05, Accessed 2022/06/15.

Gitchi Animki Hydro Project, Anishinabek News.ca, Union of Ontario Indians, URL: http://anishinabeknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pic-Mobert-Dam.jpg, Accessed 2022/05/10.

Notice of Filing of Addendum: Gitchi Animki (White River) Hydro Project, Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg, URL: https://www.picmobert.com/energy, Published 2021/04/20, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Regional Power and Pic Mobert First Nation - White River (Gitchi Animki) Hydroelectric Project, Ontario Waterpower Association, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgsQk0qT--g&t=11s, Published 2016/08/03, Accessed 2022/05/31.

Henvey Inlet: Boosting the Local Economy, Pattern Energy Group LP, URL: https://henveyinletwind.com/, Published November 2019, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Leapfrogging, Energyeducation.ca, URL: https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Leapfrogging, Accessed 2022/08/07.

ETHIOPIA-EGYPT-SUDAN-DAM-ELECTRICITY, Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Leapfrogging: The Better Way Forward, The Climate Reality Project, URL: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/renewable-energy-leapfrogging-better-way-forward, Published 2020/10/22, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Momotombo plant in Nicaragua, Ormat, URL: https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Momotombo_ORMAT-1024x768.jpg, Accessed 2022/05/10.