SNC1W

Grade 9 Science

KNOW

Students are required to acquire and develop the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world.

UNDERSTAND

complex and interconnected issues such as dynamic equilibrium, biodiversity, sustainability, and climate change.

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for Indigenous cultures and practices, and also provide them with valuable ways in which to investigate how diverse perspectives enrich scientific practices.

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cross-curricular and cross-disciplinary nature of problem solving within the STEM fields

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DO

apply scientific and engineering design processes to develop their sense of wonder about the world, to explore their curiosity about what they observe, and to investigate problems relating to science, technology, society, and the environment

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make connections that honour the complex, cross-curricular, and sometimes ambiguous nature of modern scientific problems.

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consider what practical steps they themselves can take to help solve some of these problems.

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BE

become contributing members of these fields and sectors and shape the direction of future scientific and technological innovation, to help support a better future for all.

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confident, effective science learners, with rich social and cultural backgrounds that can help them to contribute to scientific discovery and related technological innovation;

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optimistic and hopeful for the future, this course provides opportunities to investigate exciting innovations, discoveries, and concepts in science.

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