Science, Grade 9
Newfoundland and Labrador · Grade 9 · Science — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Earth/Space Science: Space
Investigating the sky beyond Earth — the apparent motion of the stars and planets, how our solar system and the universe are thought to have formed, what the solar system is made of, how the Sun affects Earth, and how we classify the galaxies, stars, and other objects that make up the universe.
- Apparent motion of celestial bodies
- Theories on how the solar system formed
- Composition of the solar system
- Measuring distances in space
- Technologies for exploring space
- Effects of solar phenomena on Earth
- Origin and evolution of the universe
- Classifying the components of the universe
Unit 2: Physical Science: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Building up the particle picture of matter — telling physical from chemical properties, modelling the inside of the atom, reading the periodic table, writing the symbols and formulas that name elements and compounds, and explaining what happens in a chemical reaction.
- Physical and chemical properties of materials
- Modelling the structure of the atom
- The changing model of the atom
- Chemical symbols for common elements
- Grouping elements on the periodic table
- Comparing common elements and their atoms
- Chemical formulas of common compounds
- Property changes in chemical reactions
- WHMIS and safe lab practice
Unit 3: Physical Science: Electricity
Following electric charge from a spark of static to a working circuit — how charges build up and behave, how current flows through series and parallel circuits, how we measure and pay for electrical energy, and how energy travels from the generating station to your home.
- Producing static electric charges
- Properties of static charges
- Measuring with an ammeter and voltmeter
- Static electricity versus electric current
- The flow of charge in a circuit
- Series and parallel circuits
- Electrical energy and consumption cost
- Precise language for electrical energy costs
- Efficiency of an electrical appliance
- From generating station to the home
- Alternative sources of electrical energy
Unit 4: Life Science: Reproduction
Looking inside the cell to see how life continues — where genetic information is stored, what can change it, how cells divide, and the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction, including their advantages and disadvantages.
- Genetic information in the nucleus
- Changes to a cell's genetic information
- The process of cell division
- Sexual and asexual reproduction
- Advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction
- Milestones in understanding genetics
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