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Grade 12 Earth and Space Science (SES4U)

The Ontario Grade 12 university-preparation course Earth and Space Science has six strands, from investigation skills to geological processes. The museum maps three of them, through astronomers, instruments and recorded events of the Islamic world.

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Strand A: Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

Investigation skills and careers (expectations A1 and A2). The museum maps one lesson, on the contributions of a scientist of the Islamic world.

  1. Scientists of the Islamic world and their fields What a scientist of the Islamic world contributed to astronomy, mathematics and the measurement of the Earth (A2.2). ScholarInvention

Strand B: Astronomy (Science of the Universe)

Astronomical technology, the properties of stars and the origin of the universe (expectations B1 to B3). The museum maps two lessons, on the astrolabe and on how earlier observers recorded the sky.

  1. Redesigning the astrolabe Why and how the astrolabe was redesigned in two ways, and what each design gave up (B1.2). Invention × 2
  2. Recording the sky as earlier observers did How observers of the past recorded where and when a feature of the sky appeared (B2.2). StoryReflection

Strand F: Geological Processes

Monitoring technology, models of Earth processes and the processes shaping Earth's surface (expectations F1 to F3). The museum maps one lesson, on two recorded earthquakes.

  1. Earthquakes recorded at Ramla Two recorded earthquakes at Ramla, to place on a map of recorded earthquakes (F3.8). Story × 2

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