{"id":25,"date":"2013-07-27T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2013-09-06T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:12:10","slug":"science-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/junior-sciences\/science-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Science 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Science 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Number &#8211; 2300<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Science 8 or Science8\/9 Honours<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; BC Science Probe 9 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelson.com\/bcscienceprobe9\/centre.html\">http:\/\/www.nelson.com\/bcscienceprobe9\/centre.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students in Science 9 will be actively involved in the scientific process and will be encouraged to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for scientific literacy. This course will focus on science safety, the scientific process, reproduction, atomic theory, elements, compounds, characteristics of electricity and space exploration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prescribed Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(taken from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bced.gov.bc.ca\/irp\/pdfs\/sciences\/2006sci_9.pdf\">http:\/\/www.bced.gov.bc.ca\/irp\/pdfs\/sciences\/2006sci_9.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processes of Science<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is expected that students will:<br \/>\nA1 demonstrate safe procedures<br \/>\nA2 perform experiments using the scientific method<br \/>\nA3 represent and interpret information in graphic form<br \/>\nA4 demonstrate scientific literacy<br \/>\nA5 demonstrate ethical,responsible, cooperative behaviour<br \/>\nA6 describe the relationship between scientific principles and technology<br \/>\nA7 demonstrate competence in the use oftechnologies specific to investigative procedures and research<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life Science: Reproduction<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is expected that students will:<br \/>\nB1 explain the process of cell division<br \/>\nB1 relate the processes of cell division and emerging reproductive technologies to embryonic\u00a0development<br \/>\nB3 compare sexual and asexualreproduction in terms of advantages and disadvantages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical Science: Atoms, Elements, andCompounds<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is expected that students will:<br \/>\nC1 use modern atomic theory to describe the structure and components of atoms and molecules<br \/>\nC2 use the periodic table to compare the characteristics and atomic structure of elements<br \/>\nC3 write and interpret chemical symbols of elements and formulae of ionic compounds<br \/>\nC4 describe changes in the properties of matter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical Science:Characteristics of Electricity<\/strong><br \/>\nC5 explain the production, transfer, and interaction of static electrical charges in various materials<br \/>\nC6 explain how electric currentresults from separation of charge and the movement of electrons<br \/>\nC7 compare series and parallel circuits involving varying resistances, voltages, and currents<br \/>\nC8 relate electrical energy to power consumption<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earth and Space Science: Space Exploration<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is expected that students will:<br \/>\nD1 explain how a variety of technologies have advanced understanding ofthe universe and solar system<br \/>\nD2 describe the major components and characteristics ofthe universe and solar system<br \/>\nD3 describe traditional perspectives of a range of Aboriginal peoples in BC on the relationship between\u00a0the Earth and celestial bodies<br \/>\nD4 explain astronomical phenomena with reference to the Earth\/moon system<br \/>\nD5 analyse the implications of space travel<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\">\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science 9 Course Number &#8211; 2300 Prerequisite\u00a0&#8211; Science 8 or Science8\/9 Honours Text\u00a0&#8211; BC Science Probe 9 (http:\/\/www.nelson.com\/bcscienceprobe9\/centre.html) Course Description Students in Science 9 will be actively involved in the scientific process and will be encouraged to develop the knowledge, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/junior-sciences\/science-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}