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Grade 6 Science and Technology

The 2022 Ontario Grade 6 Science and Technology course has five strands: STEM Skills and Connections, Life Systems, Matter and Energy, Structures and Mechanisms, and Earth and Space Systems. The museum maps parts of strands A, B, D and E and none of strand C.

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Strand A — STEM Skills and Connections

The skills and connections strand of the Grade 6 course (expectations A1, A2, A3). The museum maps A3 only: how science and technology are used in occupations, and what various communities have contributed.

  1. People who use science in their work How science and technology are used in occupations such as the astronomer, the engineer and the timekeeper, and what various communities have contributed to science and technology (A3.1, A3.3). Careers × 2Invention

Strand B — Life Systems

Assessing why biodiversity matters and how to protect it, and understanding biodiversity, its contribution to the stability of natural systems and its benefits to humans (expectations B1, B2).

  1. What is biodiversity? Understanding biodiversity as the diversity of life on Earth, and how variety within a species is essential for its survival.
  2. Sorting life: classification Describing the distinguishing characteristics of groups of organisms and using them to classify the organisms further. Object × 2
  3. How living things depend on each other Describing how diversity keeps communities of living things resilient, and how the relationships among organisms and their environment sustain biodiversity.
  4. Protecting biodiversity Assessing the benefits of biodiversity and the consequences of its diminishing, and analysing a local issue and planning action on it.

Strand C — Matter and Energy

Electrical energy: static and current electricity, circuits, where electrical energy comes from and how to use it responsibly (expectations C1, C2). The museum holds no record for this strand yet.

  1. Static electricity Explaining everyday effects of static electricity with the principles of static electricity (C2.1).
  2. Current electricity and circuits What current electricity is and how it differs from static electricity; good conductors and insulators; the parts of a simple circuit; series and parallel circuits (C2.2, C2.3, C2.6, C2.7).
  3. Energy into and out of electricity How technologies turn other forms of energy into electrical energy, and how electrical energy is turned into other forms of energy (C2.4, C2.5).
  4. Using electrical energy wisely Weighing the impacts of generating electrical energy in Canada, and the choices that reduce our own use of it (C1.1, C1.2).

Strand D — Structures and Mechanisms

Assessing the environmental impacts of flying machines, and understanding how properties of air apply to the principles of flight and flying machines (expectations D1, D2).

  1. Air and the four forces of flight Identifying flight-related applications of the properties of air, and describing the relationships between the four forces of flight. Invention × 2
  2. Changing the forces: how living things fly Describing the ways in which the four forces of flight can be altered, and the characteristics that enable organisms to fly. InventionObject
  3. Controlling flight Describing how flying machines and organisms use balanced and unbalanced forces to control their flight. StoryInvention
  4. Flight, society and the environment Assessing the impacts of aviation technologies on society from local and global perspectives.

Strand E — Earth and Space Systems

The solar system, the effects of the movements of Earth, the Moon and the Sun, light in space and the technologies used to explore space (expectations E1, E2). The museum maps E2.1, E2.4, E2.5 and E2.6.

  1. Earth, Moon and Sun in motion The effects of how Earth, the Moon and the Sun are placed and how they move relative to one another (E2.5). Scholar × 2Invention
  2. Bodies that give light and bodies that reflect it Which bodies in space give off light and which only reflect it (E2.4). ScholarStory
  3. The Sun, the planets, the Moon and comets Naming the bodies of the solar system, such as the Sun, planets, moons and comets, and describing their main physical characteristics (E2.1). ScholarStory
  4. Exploring space: tools, crews and what we learn The conditions people meet in space and how they meet their needs there, how space technology helps us observe changes on Earth, and the technologies that have added to our understanding of space (E1.1, E1.2, E2.6). InventionScholarStory

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