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Curriculum expectations
E1— evaluate social, environmental, and economic impacts of space exploration and of technological innovations derived from space explorationE2— demonstrate an understanding of the components, characteristics, and associated phenomena of the solar system and the universe, and the importance of the Sun to processes on Earth
Lessons
- Fixed stars and wandering lightsTwo kinds of heavenly bodies, the fixed stars and the sun, moon and planets, described and compared by how they move (E2.4).
- Measuring the sky in Earth radiiHow the size of the Earth became the unit for the distances of the Moon, the Sun, the planets and the stars (E2.5).
- Why the Sun and Moon go darkEclipses as a phenomenon seen from Earth: how one astronomer explained their causes, and how one eclipse was seen (E2.6).
Brief
Strand E of the Grade 9 Science course: Earth and Space Science. It has three lessons: the fixed stars and the sun, moon and planets compared, distances in the sky measured in Earth radii, and the causes of eclipses. 1
Sources
- Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science
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islam.museum contributors. “Strand E: Earth and Space Science”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g9-snc1w-e/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.
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