Grade 7 Science Ontario Focus

Learning Activity 1

Climate Change, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/climate-change/10760, Published 2019/05/06, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Kate Marvel, The Cut, Vox Media Network, URL: https://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/marvel-2/, Accessed 2022/03/17.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Kate Marvel: How Climate Change Works, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/kate-marvel-how-climate-change-works, Published 2019/05/29, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Melanie Goodchild, Joe McKay, Turtle Island Institute, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/our-greatest-source-of-hope-weaving-together-western-science-and-indigenous-knowledge, Accessed 2022/03/17.

‘Our greatest source of hope’: Weaving together Western science and Indigenous knowledge, Daniel Kitts, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/our-greatest-source-of-hope-weaving-together-western-science-and-indigenous-knowledge, Published 2021/07/15, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Two-Eyed Seeing, Institute for Integrative Science & Health, URL: http://www.integrativescience.ca/Principles/TwoEyedSeeing/, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Sophia Mathur, Jason Leduc, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/use-your-voice-a-teen-climate-activist-on-fighting-for-change, Published 2021, Accessed 2022/03/17.

YOUR Flipbooks - 2020 Compilation and Contest Winners, Andymation, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6dDCpt2COE, Published 2021/01/15, Accessed 2022/08/02.

Stop motion, chocolate chip cookie eating animation pink background, eakgrunge/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Learning Activity 2

Grade 7: Lesson 4 — Albedo Effect and Earth's Climate!, Science North, URL: https://youtu.be/KY5uFXm76dI, Published 2020/05/15, Accessed 2022/03/17.

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

Stand age and species composition effects on surface albedo in a mixedwood boreal forest, Mohammad Abdul Halim, Han Y.H. Chen, Sean C. Thomas, Biogeosciences Discussions, URL: https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2018-501/bg-2018-501.pdf, Published 2019/01/03, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 3

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Making the Great Lakes Great Again, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/making-the-great-lakes-great-again, Published 2021/02/02, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad: A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu, Tribal Adaptation Menu Team, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, Wisconsin, URL: https://forestadaptation.org/sites/default/files/2019%20GLIFWC%20Tribal%20Adaptation%20Menu%20-Dibaginjigaadeg%20Anishinaabe%20Ezhitwaad.pdf, Published 2019, Accessed 2022/08/07. 54 p.

Indigenous Knowledge Leading on Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes, Chrissy Chiasson, International Joint Commission, URL: https://ijc.org/en/indigenous-knowledge-leading-climate-change-adaptation-great-lakes, Published 2020/06/14, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Invasive Species in the Great Lakes-draft 1, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Government, URL: https://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/invasive-species-great-lakes, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Jen Flower, Chief Clinical Veterinarian, Mystic Aquarium, Marine Careers, University of New Hampshire, URL: https://www.marinecareers.net/jen-flower-0, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Chad W. Scott, Marine Civil/Structural Engineer, Commercial Diver, AMI Consulting Engineers, Marine Careers, University of New Hampshire, URL: https://www.marinecareers.net/chad-w-scott, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Caitie Nigrelli, Environmental Social Scientist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, Marine Careers, University of New Hampshire, URL: https://www.marinecareers.net/caitie-nigrelli, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Johnathan Bird, Marine Careers, University of New Hampshire, URL: https://www.marinecareers.net/johnathan-bird, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 4

Grade 7: Lesson 5 - Interactions Within Ecosystems, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK5DmTuoMHo&t=89s, Published 2020/05/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Lake Erie Food Web, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration), US Department of Commerce, URL: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/foodweb/LEfoodweb.pdf, Published 2009, Accessed 2022/06/21. Foodweb is based on "Impact of exotic invertebrate invaders on food web structure and function in the Great Lakes: A network analysis approach" by Mason, Krause, and Ulanowicz, 2022 - Modifications for Lake Erie, 2009.

Energy Transfer in Ecosystems, National Geographic Resource Library, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/energy-transfer-ecosystems/#:%7E:text=Primary%20producers%20use%20energy%20from,food%20chain%2C%20to%20the%20next, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Climate Change Indicators: Great Lakes Water Levels and Temperatures, Figure 1. Water Levels of the Great Lakes, 1860-2020, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Data source: NOAA, URL: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/great-lakes#%20, Published April 2021, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Climate Change Indicators: Great Lakes Water Levels and Temperatures, Figure 2. Surface Water Temperatures of the Great Lakes, 1995-2020, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Data source: NOAA, URL: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/great-lakes#%20, Published April 2021, Accessed 2022/03/17.

An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes, Scientists and Experts from Universities and Institutions in the Great Lakes Region, Environmental Law & Policy Center, URL: https://elpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2019-ELPCPublication-Great-Lakes-Climate-Change-Report.pdf, Published 2019, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Harmful Algal Blooms, DOST PNRI, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, Republic of the Philippines, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=706kZXlHZRw, Published 2017/03/30, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Jars: Day 1, still image from Algae Control, Michael Langerman, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQKfd8T2n4&t=184s, Published 2018/07/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Jars: Day 2, still image from Algae Control, Michael Langerman, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQKfd8T2n4&t=184s, Published 2018/07/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Jars: Day 3, still image from Algae Control, Michael Langerman, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQKfd8T2n4&t=184s, Published 2018/07/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Jars: Day 4, still image from Algae Control, Michael Langerman, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQKfd8T2n4&t=184s, Published 2018/07/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Jars: Day 5, still image from Algae Control, Michael Langerman, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQKfd8T2n4&t=184s, Published 2018/07/20, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Can Ontario farmers find a way to tame Lake Erie’s algae bloom?, John Michael McGrath, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/can-ontario-farmers-find-a-way-to-tame-lake-eries-algae-bloom, Published 2016/07/19, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Blue-green algae, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/blue-green-algae, Published 2022/02/16, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 5

Science for the Classroom: States of Matter, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78DE7NLPr8, Published 2019/06/19, Accessed 2022/03/17.

Sea Level - Satellite Data: 1993-Present, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, URL: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/, Published November 2021, Accessed 2022/03/17. Data source: Satellite sea level observations.

Thermal expansion, Edumedia, URL: https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/118-thermal-expansion, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Space: How Warming Water Causes Sea Level Rise, NASAJPL Edu, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, URL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-warming-water-causes-sea-level-rise/, Published 2020/04/22, Accessed 2022/03/17. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode.

Learning Activity 6

A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/made-in-ontario-environment-plan, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Environmental Technology | Impact of technology on the environment, Edinburgh Sensors, URL: https://edinburghsensors.com/news-and-events/impact-of-technology-on-the-environment-and-environmental-technology/, Published 2022/05/04, Accessed 2022/08/07.

Learning Activity 7

Face of a Hadrosaur Duckbill dinosaur skeleton from Alberta 70 million years old ROM Toronto, Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Water wave over beaver dam, baddoggy/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Central hall, Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The Thomas Foster Memorial Temple in Uxbridge, Jim Rankin/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Boardwalk, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario Parks, URL: http://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/pinery-rolling-boardwalks/, Accessed 2022/03/17. Source: Parks Blog, the weblog of Ontario Parks - Rolling out the red carpet at Pinery.

Rolling out the red carpet at Pinery, Alistair MacKenzie, Natural Heritage Education and Resource Management Supervisor, Ontario Parks, URL: http://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/pinery-rolling-boardwalks/, Published 2018/11/22, Accessed 2022/08/08.

South end of the SkyDome's retractable roof (at right) was moved for the first time last night, Mike Slaughter/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Laurentian University's financial restructuring plan might involve its real estate holdings, which includes two grand houses that could fetch over $1 million each and hundreds of undeveloped hectares surrounding the campus in Sudbury, Ont.'s south end, Steve Russell/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Learning Activity 8

Climate change publication, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources, URL: http://www.climateontario.ca/MNR_Publications/276917.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Sustainable Forest Management and Carbon Storage: An Ontario boreal forest example with wildfire suppression, Ontario Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Northern Development, and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/managed-forests-and-climate-change#section-0/, Published 2014/07/17, Accessed 2022/03/17.

What is Secondary Succession?, Wynn Ann Wells-Mourre, Study.com, URL: https://study.com/learn/lesson/secondary-succession-examples.html, Accessed 2022/08/08.

The Ecological Benefits of Fire, National Geographic Resource Library, National Geographic Society, URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/ecological-benefits-fire/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Here's how climate change affects wildfires, Environmental Defense Fund, URL: https://www.edf.org/climate/heres-how-climate-change-affects-wildfires, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 9

Nature Reserves, Ontario Nature, URL: https://ontarionature.org/programs/nature-reserves/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Ontario's parks and protected areas, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-parks-and-protected-areas, Published 2022/03/30, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Wildlife management, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Northern Development, and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/wildlife-management, Published 2021/11/12, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Wildlife Technician/Technologist, ECO Canada, URL: https://eco.ca/career-profiles/wildlife-technician-technologist/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

What is a Conservation Planner?, Environmentalscience.org, URL: https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/conservation-planner, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Wildlife Biologist, ECO Canada, URL: https://eco.ca/career-profiles/wildlife-biologist/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

About Conservation Authorities, Conservation Ontario, URL: https://conservationontario.ca/conservation-authorities/about-conservation-authorities, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 10

What is the Particle Model: A Guide to Solids, Liquids and Gases, Rhys Baker, Owlcation, URL: https://owlcation.com/stem/what-is-the-particle-model, Published 2019/02/07, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Gas sprite code, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/688799738/editor/, Published 2022/05/12, Accessed 2022/06/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Solid sprite code, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/688799738/editor/, Published 2022/05/12, Accessed 2022/06/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Liquid sprite code, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/688799738/editor/, Published 2022/05/12, Accessed 2022/06/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Sprite, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/688787165/, Published 2022/05/11, Accessed 2022/06/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Costume, lalalark, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/688787165/, Published 2022/05/11, Accessed 2022/06/15. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

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