Grade 8 Science Ontario Focus

Learning Activity 1

Sandra Indian - Connection to the Land, FNMIEAO, URL: https://vimeo.com/292610300, Published 2018/09/30, Accessed 2022/08/08.

What are Indigenous knowledge systems - and how can they help fight climate change, Charnel Anderson, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/what-are-indigenous-knowledge-systems-and-how-can-they-help-fight-climate-change, Published 2021/09/31, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Theme 4 - Relationship with the Land and Water, FNMIEAO, URL: https://vimeo.com/292619573, Published 2018/09/30, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Sandra Klemt-N’Guessan at Jackson Creek, Bianca Nucaro-Viteri, 705 Creative, URL: https://functionalecologists.com/2020/10/31/sandra-klemet-nguessan-am-i-a-black-ecologist/, Published 2020/10/31, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Fishing for Answers, Trent University, URL: https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/29411, Published 2021/02/11, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Sandra Klemt-N’Guessan - Research, © Sandra Klemt-N’Guessan, URL: https://sandraklemetnguessan.wordpress.com/research/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Latest News, Conservation Ontario, URL: https://conservationontario.ca/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 2

Diffusion and Osmosis - For Teachers, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxp6oponwkg, Published 2016/08/10, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Learning Activity 3

Managed forests and climate change, 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, Published 2022/08/02, Accessed 2022/08/08.

The Impacts of Climate Change on Ontario's Forests, S.J. Colombo et al, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://fgca.net/wp-content/uploads/OFRI-impact-of-climate-change-on-ontarios-forests-1.pdf, Published 1998, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Climate Change's Dangerous Effects on the Boreal Forest, Olivia Box, JSTOR Daily, URL: https://daily.jstor.org/climate-changes-dangerous-effects-on-the-boreal-forest/, Published 2021/08/09, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Effects of Temperature and Water Availability on Northern European Boreal Forests, Guiomar Ruiz-Pérez, Giulia Vico, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00034/full, Published 2020/04/02, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Teaching About Climate Justice, United 4 Social Change, URL: https://educators4sc.org/topic-guides/teaching-about-climate-justice/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Six Nations battles climate change, Michael-Allan Marion, The Brantford Expositor, URL: https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/six-nations-battles-climate-change, Published 2018/07/31, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Climate Change, from Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, created by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Assembly of First Nations, the Métis National Council, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Indspire, URL: https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/climate-climate-change/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Interconnected Inuit Climate Priorities, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, URL: https://www.itk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ITK_Climate-Change-Strategy_English_lowres.pdf, Accessed 2022/03/18. Source: ITK, National Inuit Climate Change Strategy, 2019, p. 14.

National Inuit climate change strategy | National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, URL: https://nccdh.ca/resources/entry/national-inuit-climate-change-strategy, Published 2019, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Environmentalists Gather For 'Climate Strike' In London As 'Global Week For Future' Begins, NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Five critical steps that Canada must take to combat the climate crisis, David Miller, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/five-critical-steps-that-canada-must-take-to-combat-the-climate-crisis, Published 2021/09/08, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 4

Major Oil Spill Fouls Southern California Beaches, Mario Tama/Getty Images News/Getty Images

TOPSHOT-MAURITIUS-ENVIRONMENT-DISASTER-OIL, Beekash Roopun/AFP/Getty Images

CU Oil spill in water / Havana, Cuba, Gregory Christopher Lindsey/Image Bank Film/Getty Images

Gogama Oil Spill (handout photo), Glenn Thibeault, The Canadian Press/HO, URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/3669292/first-nation-sues-cn-rail-over-gogama-ont-oil-spills/, Published 2015/03/08, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Oil spilled in Gogama after a train derailment (supplied photo), MyTimminsNow, URL: https://www.mytimminsnow.com/5674/all-talk-and-no-action-when-it-comes-to-gogama-oil-spill-says-gelinas/, Published 2015/06/10, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails, CBC News, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/train-carrying-crude-oil-derails-near-gogama-ont-1.2985703, Published 2018/03/13, Accessed 2022/08/08.

News Release: Mattagami First Nation Launches Lawsuit Against CN Railway for Damages Caused by Train Derailments, Oil Spills in Territory, Mattagami First Nation, URL: http://www.oktlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Press-release-Mattagami-FN-litigation-against-CN.pdf, Published 2017/08/14, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Oil Spill Washes Up On California Beaches, MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/MediaNews Group/Getty Images

Gulf Coast Struggles With Oil Spill And Its Economic Costs, Win McNamee/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Philippine Coastguard personnels spray, Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images

Massive Oil Slick Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast, U.S. Navy/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Small Scale Modeling of Oil Spill Cleanup Methods, TeachEngineering, Engineering University of Colorado Boulder, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi-HuV4Yi5A, Published 2017/10/03, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Hands-on Activity: Small-Scale Modeling of Oil Spill Cleanup Methods, TeachEngineering, Engineering University of Colorado Boulder, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 5

Series 8052 tvo.org - Explainer: Blue green algae, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/what-causes-algae-blooms, Published 2018/09/11, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Pours Gel into the Sink to Clean the Sink or Wash the Tub. General Cleaning of the House Using Household Chemical, Vladimir Fedorov/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Large droplets of foam run off the gray machine to clean the machine of dirt. Macro video of white droplets of foam on parts of a car, Alona Siniehina/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Turbid water outflow pipe, montiannoowong/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Campaign Kit Great Lakes, Science North, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Biotechnology Careers: In-Demand Jobs Shaping Our Future, Shayna Joubert, Northeastern University Graduate Programs, URL: https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/biotechnology-careers/, Published 2018/07/31, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 6

The Great Lakes: A Learning and Action Resource, Ontario Ecoschools, URL: https://ecoschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Campaign-Kit-Great-Lakes.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/08.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Making the Great Lakes Smarter, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/making-the-great-lakes-smarter, Published 2021/11/17, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Seagull platform, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/apps/, Published 2021, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Buoy, Brad Phalin, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/observing/buoys/#lightbox[rel-3525-1888827421]-2, Published 2021, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Great Lakes Observing System - Home page, GLOS, URL: https://glos.org/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Crucial weather and water info on Great Lakes just a quick text away, Mark Torregrossa, Michigan Live, Advance Local Media LLC, URL: https://www.mlive.com/weather/2018/07/crucial_weather_and_water_info.html, Published 2018/07/27, Accessed 2022/08/08.

SMART BUOYS: Preventing a Great Lakes Drinking Water Crisis, Great Lakes Outreach Media, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23yl7iA6hM, Published 2019/02/27, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Glider, Katelynn Johnson, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/observing/uncrewed-systems/, Published 2021, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Uncrewed Systems, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/observing/uncrewed-systems/, Published 2022/06/15, Accessed 2022/08/08.

The Glider Program at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7loPwOiX-1c, Published 2017/09/21, Accessed 2022/06/21. This reproduction is a copy of the version available at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada YouTube channel.

High Frequency Radar Tower, Lorelle Meadows, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/observing/high-frequency-radar/, Published 2021, Accessed 2022/06/21.

High-Frequency Radar, Great Lakes Observing System, URL: https://glos.org/observing/high-frequency-radar/, Published 2022/06/14, Accessed 2022/08/08.

High Frequency Radar: Supporting Critical Coastal Operations with Real-time Surface Current Data, National Ocean Service, NOAA, The COMET Program, The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii83ob2cwhE, Published 2017/01/19, Accessed 2022/06/21. The source of this material is the COMET® Website at http://meted.ucar.edu/ of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), sponsored in part through cooperative agreement(s) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ©1997-2022 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. All Rights Reserved.

Learning Activity 7

Plant Cell 1, Franchesca W, Owlcation, The Arena Media Brands, URL: https://owlcation.com/stem/3d-cell-model#gid=ci026c7356a00427f6&pid=3d-cell-model-MTc0NjQxMzAwMzc2MTM1Njcw, Published 2020/02/26, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Plant Cell 2, Franchesca W, Owlcation, The Arena Media Brands, URL: https://owlcation.com/stem/3d-cell-model#gid=ci026c7356a00427f6&pid=3d-cell-model-MTc0NjQxMzAwMzc2MTM1Njcw, Published 2020/02/26, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Animal Cell 1, Franchesca W, Owlcation, The Arena Media Brands, URL: https://owlcation.com/stem/3d-cell-model#gid=ci026c7356a00427f6&pid=3d-cell-model-MTc0NjQxMzAwMzc2MTM1Njcw, Published 2020/02/26, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Animal Cell 2, Franchesca W, Owlcation, The Arena Media Brands, URL: https://owlcation.com/stem/3d-cell-model#gid=ci026c7356a00427f6&pid=3d-cell-model-MTc0NjQxMzAwMzc2MTM1Njcw, Published 2020/02/26, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Cell City 1, Core 7-1 Science, Mr. T, URL: https://www.mrtscience.com/cell-city.html, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Cell City 2, Core 7-1 Science, Mr. T, URL: https://www.mrtscience.com/cell-city.html, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Cell City 3, Core 7-1 Science, Mr. T, URL: https://www.mrtscience.com/cell-city.html, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Learning Activity 8

Great lakes, in America continent, in planet Earth, aerial view from outer space, Ianm35/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

About the Lakes, Great Lakes Commission des Grands Lacs, URL: https://www.glc.org/lakes/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/08.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Indigenous Perspectives on the Great Lakes, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/indigenous-perspectives-on-the-great-lakes, Published 2016/09/30, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Ontario’s Great Lakes Strategy, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-great-lakes-strategy, Published 2021/10/21, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 9

Unit 4: Cells, Tissues, Organs and Systems, Department of Education, Newfoundland and Labrador, URL: https://www.gov.nl.ca/education/files/k12_curriculum_guides_science_grade8_unit_4.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Insulin, from You and your hormones, Society for Endocrinology, URL: https://www.yourhormones.info/hormones/insulin/, Accessed 2022/08/08.

A simple artificial heart could permanently replace a failing human one, Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review, URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/16/104612/a-simple-artificial-heart-could-permanently-replace-a-failing-human-one/, Published 2018/03/16, Accessed 2022/08/08.

Learning Activity 10

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Growing Vertical Farming, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/growing-vertical-farming, Published 2020/08/07, Accessed 2022/03/18.

Water Sprite, from AutomatedWateringTVO, TVO, created using Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/639592029/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/18. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch Code, from AutomatedWateringTVO, TVO, created using Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/639592029/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/18. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Screenshot, from AutomatedWateringTVO, TVO, created using Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/639592029/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/18. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.