Science 30 - Unit A: Living Systems Respond to Their Environment Outcomes: 1. Analyze how the human circulatory system facilitates interaction between blood cells and the external environment and investigate cardiovascular health. 2. Analyze the defense mechanisms used by the human body to protect itself from pathogens found in the external environment. 3. Apply the principles of heredity and molecular genetics to explain how human diseases can arise from inherited traits, the risks and benefits of genetic technology, and the need for ethical considerations in the application of scientific knowledge.
Key Concepts - Structure and function of the circulatory system - Composition of human blood tissue and the role of blood - Immune response and defense mechanisms to pathogens - Principles of Mendelian genetics - Mutations and gene therapy - Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA and protein synthesis
Science 30 - Unit B: Chemistry and the Environment Outcomes: 1. Analyze the sources of acids and bases and their effects on the environment. 2. Analyze the sources of organic compounds and their effects on the environment. 3. Analyze, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of using chemical processes in meeting human needs and assess technologies for reducing the impact of chemical compounds on the environment.
Key Concepts - Structure and function of the circulatory system - Composition of human blood tissue and the role of blood - Immune response and defense mechanisms to pathogens - Principles of Mendelian genetics - Mutations and gene therapy - Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA and protein synthesis
Science 30 - Unit C: Electromagnetic Energy Outcomes: 1. Explain field theory and analyze its applications in technologies used to produce, transmit and transform electrical energy. 2. Describe the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and their applications in medical technologies, communication systems and remote-sensing technologies used to study the universe.
Key Concepts - Devices based on electric and magnetic fields (electric motors, generators and transformers) - The electromagnetic spectrum, its properties and its effects on living tissue - Principles of field theory and applications in technology - Circuitry
Science 30 - Unit D: Energy and the Environment Outcomes: 1. Explain the need for balancing the growth in global energy demands with maintaining a viable biosphere. 2. Describe the sun as Earth’s main source of energy and explain the functioning of some conventional and alternative technologies that convert solar, nuclear, tidal and other energy sources into useable forms.
Key Concepts - Global energy consumption and its impact on the biosphere - Sources of renewable energy - Conversion of solar energy, fossil fuels and wind and water power into thermal and electrical energy - Fission and fusion, nuclear change - Heats of formation and Hess’s law - Nuclear, wind, hydro, biomass, tidal, solar, fuel cell and geothermal alternative energy technologies