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Science 10-Unit Description and Test/Homework Planning-Semester 1- September 2016
The following is an estimate of the various lessons that will be covered during this semester. This list does not include
any change due to school events. There could also be changes to the pages listed from each unit booklet. There are 81
classes during this semester.
Description
Unit 1: CHEMISTRY and RADIOACTIVITY
Atoms, ions and molecules
Sep 8th
1) Demonstrate knowledge of the three subatomic particles,
their properties, and their location within the atom (e.g., by
creating models)
Textbook
p.168-180
p.170-171
2) Use the periodic table to:
Sep 9th
Explain the classification of elements as metals and
nonmetals
Identify the relative reactivity of elements in the alkali
metal, alkaline earth metal, halogen, and noble gas groups
p.171-172
3) Identify valence electrons using the periodic table
(excluding lanthanides and actinides) Sep 12th
4) With reference to elements 1 to 20 on the periodic table,
draw and interpret Bohr models, including protons, neutrons,
and electrons, of Sep 13th
Atoms (neutral)
Sep 14th
Ions (charged)
Molecules covalent bonding (e.g., O2, CH4)
Ionic compounds (e.g., CaCl2)
BC Sc 10 Workbook
4.1 Atomic Theory/Bonding
MHR p.56-58-read
p.60-64-work
BLM 2-8 to 2-11
T 2-19/2-20
p.173
p.176-177
p.174-178
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5) Define and give examples of ionic bonding (e.g., metal and
non-metal) and covalent bonding (e.g., two non-metals,
diatomic elements)
Sep 15th
Bonding
Sep 16th
6) Draw and interpret Lewis diagrams showing single bonds
for simple ionic compounds and covalent molecules (e.g.,
NaCl, MgO, BaBr2, H2O, CH4, NH3)
p.178-181
p.176-180
7) Distinguish between paired and unpaired electrons for a
single atom
Sep 20th
Quiz 4.1: Sep 26th
8) Distinguish between lone pairs and bonding pairs of
electrons in molecules
Sep 21st
p.185-196
9) Use the periodic table and a list of ions (including
polyatomic ions) to name and write chemical formulae for
common ionic compounds, using appropriate terminology
(e.g., Roman numerals) Sep 22nd
4.2 Naming/Chemical Formulas
MHR p.65-67: read
p.68-71, 73: work
BLM 2-12 to 2-17
p.193-197
10) Convert names to formulae and formulae to names for
covalent compounds, using prefixes up to “deca”
Sep 23rd
11) Write and balance (using the lowest whole number
coefficients) chemical equations from formulae, word
equations, or descriptions of experiments Sep 27th
p.202-215
p.220-233
28th
Acids, bases and salts
Sep
12) Explain the significance of the pH scale, with reference to
common substances
Quiz 4.2: Sep 30th
4.3 Chemical Eqns
MHR p.74-76: read
p. 77-80: work
BLM 2-18, 2-21, 2-22
5.1 Acids and Bases
MHR p.81-83: read
p.84-88: work
BLM 2-25
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13) Differentiate between acids, bases, and salts with respect
to chemical formulae and properties Sep 29th
p.225229,p.234
p.237-238
14) Distinguish between metal oxide solutions (basic) and
non-metal oxide solutions (acidic)
Oct 3rd
p.225-226
Test 4.3, 5.1, 5.2:
Oct 7th
p.244-251
5.3 Organic and Inorganic Compds
MHR p.95-97: read
p.98-99: work
15) Recognize the names and formulae of common acids
(e.g., hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, acetic)
Oct 4th
or
5th
Organic and inorganic compounds
Oct
16) Define organic compounds and inorganic compounds
17) Distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds,
based on their chemical structures
Oct 6th
5.2 Salts
MHR p.89-90: read
p.91-94: work
BLM 2-27, 2-28
T 2-31
p.246-249
p.251
p.202-205
18) Recognize a compound as organic or inorganic from its
name, from its chemical formula, or from a diagram or model
Oct 11th
p.256-271,
6.1 Chem Rxns
MHR p.100-104: read
p.105-112: work
BLM 2-34, 2-41
T: 2-42
p.258-267
p.271
Quiz 5.3, 6.1: Oct 17th
12th
Chemical reactions
Oct
19) Define and explain the law of conservation of mass
20) Represent chemical reactions and the conservation of
atoms using molecular models
21) Identify, give evidence for, predict product,Oct
classify the following types of chemical reactions:
13th
3
Synthesis (combination)
Decomposition
Single and double replacement
Neutralization (acid-base)
Combustion
p.272-281
6.2 Factors Vs Rates
MHR p.113-114: read
p.115-119: work
p.286-301
7.1 Radioactivity
MHR p.120-122: read
p.123-128: work
BLM 2-43, 2-44
22) Explain how factors such as temperature, Oct 14th
concentration, presence of a catalyst, and surface area can
affect the rate of chemical reactions
Radioactivity
Oct 18th
23) Define isotope in terms of atomic number and mass
number, recognizing how these are communicated in
standard atomic notation (e.g., Uranium-238: 238 U
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24) Relate radioactive decay (e.g., alpha – α,
beta – β, gamma – γ) to changes in the nucleus
25) Relate the following subatomic particles to radioactive
decay:
Oct 19th
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Alpha particle
Beta particle
p.294-297
p.302-311
7.2 Half-Life
MHR p.129-131: read
p. 132-136: work
4
BLM 2-45, 2-46
26) Explain half-life with reference to rates of radioactive
decay
Oct 20th
p.312-325
7.3: Nuclear Rxns
MHR p.137-139: read
p.140-143: work T: 2-47
Test 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3: Oct 28th
p.8-33
1.1 Biomes
MHR p.2-3: read
p.4-7: work
BLM1-6 to 1-8, 1-11
p.34-51
1.2 Ecosystems
MHR p.8-9: read
p.10-13: work
27) Complete and balance nuclear equations to illustrate
radioactive decay, fission, and fusion
Oct 24th
28) Compare fission and fusion
Oct 25th
Unit 2: LIFE SCIENCE: SUSTAINABILITY OF ECOSYSTEMS
1) Define abiotic, biotic, biome, and ecosystem Oct 26th
2) Describe the relationships between abiotic and biotic
elements within an ecosystem, including
Oct 27th
air, water, soil, light, temperature (abiotic)
bacteria, plants, animals (biotic)
Test 1.1,1.2: Nov 3rd
3) Identify biotic and abiotic factors in a given scenario or
diagram
Oct 28th
4) Identify factors that affect the global distribution of the
following biomes: tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest,
temperate deciduous forest, boreal forest, grasslands, desert,
p.56-67
2.1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
MHR p.14-15: read
p.16-20: work
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tundra, polar ice
BLM 1-12, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16,
1-17, 1-18
Oct 31st
5) Using examples, explain why ecosystems with similar
characteristics can exist in different geographical locations
(i.e., significance of abiotic factors)
Nov 1st
p.68-91
6) Identify distinctive plants, animals, and climatic
characteristics of Canadian biomes (tundra, boreal forest,
temperate deciduous forest, temperate rainforest, grasslands)
7) Explain various relationships with respect to food chains,
food webs, and food pyramids, including
Nov 2nd
producer
consumer (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)
predation (predator-prey cycle)
decomposers
symbiosis (mutualism, commensalism, parasitism)
8) Define,
using examples, the terms bioaccumulation, parts per
million (ppm), biodegradation, and trophic levels (with reference
to producers and to primary, secondary, and tertiary
consumers)
Nov 4th
p.68-91
2.2 Nutrient Cycles in Ecosystems
MHR p.21-23: read
p.24-29
BLM 1-20, 1-22, 1-23, 1-30
9) Illustrate the
cycling of matter through abiotic and biotic
components of an ecosystem by tracking
Nov 7th
6
Carbon (with reference to carbon dioxide CO2,
carbonate CO3 2-, oxygen O2, photosynthesis, respiration,
decomposition, volcanic activity, carbonate formation,
greenhouse gases from human activity, combustion)
Nitrogen (with reference to nitrate NO3-, nitrite NO2-,
ammonium NH4+, nitrogen gas N2, nitrogen fixation, bacteria,
lightning, nitrification, denitrification, decomposition)
Phosphorus with reference to phosphate Nov 8th
PO43-, weathering, sedimentation, geological uplift
p.92-99
2.3 Effects of Bioaccumulation
MHR p.30-32: read
p.33-37: work
BLM 1-31, 1-32, 1-33, 1-34
Test 2.1 to 2.3: Nov 14th
10) Describe the mechanisms and possible impacts of
bioaccumulation (e.g., eradication of keystone species,
reproductive impacts)
Nov 9th
11) Identify
a variety of contaminants that can bioaccumulate
(e.g., pesticides, heavy metals, PCBs)
Nov 10th
12) Compare the impact of bioaccumulation on consumers at
different trophic levels (e.g., red tide in oysters and humans;
heavy metals in fish and humans; PCBs in fish, birds, whales)
Nov 15th
and analyse articles on the causes and effects of
bioaccumulation (e.g., mercury contamination in Inuit
communities and the Grassy Narrows First Nation
community)
Nov 16th
p.108-121
13) Research
3.1 Natural Changes in Ecosys.
MHR p.38-39: read
p.40-43: work
11.1 Natural Causes of Climate
Change
MHR p.193-195: read
p.196-199: work
BLM 1-36, 4-17
p.464-468
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14) Describe the impact of natural phenomena (e.g., drought,
fire, temperature change, flooding, tsunamis, infestations—
pine beetle, volcanic eruptions) on ecosystems Nov 17th
15) Explain
how species adapt or fail to adapt to
environmental conditions, with reference to the following:
natural selection
Nov 21st
proliferation
predator/prey cycle
ecological succession
Nov 22nd
climax community
extinction
adaptive radiation
16) Identify the effects on living things within an ecosystem
resulting from changes in abiotic factors, including
climate change (drought, flooding, changes in ocean
current patterns, extreme weather)
Nov 23rd
water contamination
soil degradation and deforestation
p.122-137
p.434
p.482-501
3.2 How Humans Influence
Ecosystems
MHR p.44-45: read
p.46-49: work
11.2 Human Activity and Climate
Change
MHR p.200-202: read
p. 203-206: work
BLM 4-17 to 4-23, 4-26, 4-27,
4-29 to 4-32
p.133-134
17) Describe how climate can be influenced by human
activities (e.g., greenhouse gases, depletion of ozone layer)
Describe how climate change affects natural systems (e.g.,
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shrinking of the permafrost region, melting of ice
shelves/caps/glaciers)
Nov 24th
18) Give examples of how traditional ecological knowledge
(TEK) can affect biodiversity (e.g., spring burning by Cree in
northern Alberta)
Nov 25th
19) Research and report on situations in which disease,
pollution, habitat destruction, and exploitation of resources
affect ecosystems
Nov 25th
p.138-147
BLM 1-41, 1-43, 1-44
3.3 How Introduced Species Affect
Ecosystems
MHR p.50-51: read
p.52-55: work
Review BLM 1-48
Test 3.1 to 3.3, 11.1, 11.2:
Nov 30th
p.344-361
8.1 Language of Motion
MHR p.144-146: read
p.147-150: work
p.554
Uniform Motion p.350
MHR p.151-153
BLM 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-8 to 3-11
Quiz 3-14, 3-16, 3-20 to 3-22
p.361
20) Give examples of how foreign species can affect an
ecosystem (e.g., Eurasian milfoil, purple loosestrife, scotch
broom, American bullfrog, European starling in BC)
Nov 28th
21)Design and analyse experiments on the effects of altering
biotic or abiotic factors (e.g., nutrients in soil: compare two
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plant types with the same nutrients, compare one plant type
with different nutrients)
Nov 29th
Unit 3: Physics
1) Define displacement (change in position, Δx), time interval
(Δt), and velocity (vav)
Dec 1st
p.362-377
Position-Time Graph
MHR p.158-159
MHR p.160-163
Test 8.1, 8.2: Dec 14th
2) Analyse graphically the relationship between displacement
and time interval for an object travelling in uniform motion
Line graphs of displacement, time interval, and velocity
Dec 2nd
Use of timing devices
Dec 5th
Distinguish between dependent and independent
variables in a graph
Dec 5th
8.2 Average Velocity
MHR p.154-155: read
MHR p.156-157:work
p.380-391
p.392-407
p.412-417
Fig 8.16,
8.17, 9.1, 9.4,
9.6, 9.8, 9.17,
p.404, p.41,
412
Use appropriate scale and axis to create a graph
Dec 6th
Extrapolate and interpolate points on a graph
Dec 6th
9.1 Describing Acceleration
MHR p.166-167
MHR p.168-169
9.2 Calculating Acceleration
MHR p.170-171: read
MHR p.172-176 :work
BLM 3-16, 3-17, 3-19
T: 3-24, 3-25
Test 9.1, 9.2: Jan 6th
p.424-435
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3) Use the formula vav = Δx/Δt to calculate the average
velocity (vav), displacement (change in position, Δx), and
time interval (Δt) for an object in uniform motion, given
appropriate data
Dec 7th
10.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy and
Heat
MHR p.177-179: read
p.180-183: work
BLM 4-1 to 4-4, 4-13
p.506-517
4) Design and conduct one or more experiments to determine
the velocity of an object in uniform motion (e.g., using carts,
balls, skateboards, bicycles, canoes in still water)
Dec 8th
5) Define acceleration (positive, negative, and zero)
Dec 9th
6) Give examples of positive, negative, and zero acceleration,
including
Dec 12th
Falling objects
Dec 13th
Accelerating from rest
Slowing down or stopping
Uniform motion
7) Given initial velocity (vi), final velocity (vf), and the time
interval (Δt), calculate acceleration using the formula
a = Δv/Δt, where Δv = vf - vi (e.g., for falling objects)
Dec 15th
12.1 Evidence for Continental Drift
MHR p.207-209: read
MHR p.210-213: work
BLM 4-33, 4-34
p.518-537
12.2 Features of Plate Tectonics
MHR p.214-217: read
MHR p.218-221
BLM 4-36
p.530-531
p.519 fig
12.13
BLM 4-38
Velocity/acceleration—technologies related to
transportation and athletics
Dec 15th
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Unit 4: Geology
1) Temperature, thermal energy, and heat, KMT
Jan 4th
2) Describe evidence for continental drift theory (e.g., fossil
evidence, mountain belts, paleoglaciation)
Jan 5th
p.522
BLM 4-37
p.522
p.523-526
BLM 4-35
p.513, 533
3) Define plate tectonics, plate boundary, earthquake, trench,
volcano, spreading ridge, subduction zone, hot spot
Relate the following to plate tectonic theory:
Jan 9th
World distribution of volcanoes, earthquakes,
mountain belts, trenches, mid-ocean ridges, and rift valleys
Hot spot and subduction zone eruptions Jan 7th
Magnetic reversals and age of rocks relative to
spreading ridges
Jan 10th
Q:BLM 4-39
T: BLM 4-40
Test 10.1, 12.1, 12.2: Jan 20th
4) Relate tectonic plate movement to the composition of the
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following layers of the Earth, as determined by seismic waves
(primary, secondary, and surface waves):
Crust
Jan 11th
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
5) Variety of technologies and explain how they have
advanced our understanding of science (e.g., seismographic
instruments and GPS—plate tectonics and Earth’s layers)
Jan 12th
6) Identify sources of heat within the Earth that produce
mantle convection and hot spot activity (i.e., heat within the
core and excess radioactivity within the mantle) Jan 13th
7) Explain how mantle convection and ridge push and slab
pull are believed to contribute to plate motion Jan 16th
8) Describe tectonic plate boundaries, including Jan 17th
Transform boundaries
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries (oceanic-oceanic crust,
oceanic-continental crust, and continental-continental crust)
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9) Identify tectonic mapping symbols
Jan 18th
10) Explain how plate movement produces the following
features:
Jan 19th
Epicentres and shallow-focus to deep-focus
earthquakes
Volcanism at subduction zones (e.g., volcanic island
arcs, volcanic belts) and at spreading ridges
Mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges
Hot spot chains (e.g., Hawaiian Islands, Yellowstone)
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