Sustainability [Slides about nutrient cycles and eutrophication]

The Biosphere and Energy [Slides about photosynthesis and biomagnification]

Extracting Energy from Biomass [Slides about cellular respiration and acid rain]

Photosynthesis Lab  [Lab report guidelines and marking scheme]

Measuring Biodiversity [Slides about biodiversity and methods to measure it]

Communities [Slides about communities, species relationships, and succession

 Threats to Biodiversity [Slides about habitat loss, alien species, and extinction]

 Restoration Ecology [Slides about restoration methods and its future]

 Developing Models of the Atomic Structure  [Slides about the history of the Atomic Theory]

 Applications of Static Electricity   [Slides about some of the applications with the field of Electrostatics]

  Characteristics of Celestial Bodies   [Introductory astronomy slides] 

 PAT  [Cover page and the 4 corresponding activities of the summative performance assessment task]

 The Periodic Table   [Handout resource of the Periodic Table of Elements]

• Sustainable ecosystems
• Biotic and Abiotic factors
• Biotic characteristics (symbiosis, predation, competition with examples)
• Abiotic characteristics (water, oxygen, light, nutrients)
• Earth’s spheres (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere)
• Nutrient cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus)
• Eutrophication (definition, and the 6 steps involved in its formation)
• Social policies
• Photosynthesis (word and chemical equation, and importance)
• Chlorophyll
• Sources of Oxygen
• Trophic levels, biomass, trophic efficiency
• Bioaccumulation and biomagnification (DDT and PCBs)
• Cellular respiration and fermentation
• Greenhouse effect and gases
• Reducing CO₂ in the atmosphere (action and policies)
• Methane gas from landfills (production and use)
• Acid rain formation
• pH scale
• Effects of acid rain (3 effects)
• Reducing acid rain (2 ways)
• Population vs community
• Exponential growth, limiting factors, and carrying capacity
• Human activities and carrying capacity (eg Redside Dace)
• Intensification
• Ecological niche with examples
• Plant adaptation in bogs
• Bottom-up vs top-down population regulation with examples
• Competition and niche (eg Stickleback)
• Mutualism (coral reef), parasitism (brainworm and deer)
• Human niches and population
• Ecosystem forest services
• Insect services (pollination, decomposition)
• Migratory birds
• Ecotourism and ecosystem spirituality
• Methods of measuring biodiversity
• Documenting biodiversity
• Biodiversity hotspots in Canada and in the tropics
• Dominant vs Keystone species with examples
• Captive breeding
• Ecosystem engineers and succession
• Biodiversity and ecosystem variability (ecotones)
• Habitat loss (natural sources and human activities)
• Deforestation in Canada and in the tropics
• Wetlands and their importance
• Characteristics of Alien species
• Invasive species (zebra mussels)
• Disappearance of species with examples
• Connectivity across ecosystems
• Mass and background species extinction
• At risk species and their categories (eg extirpated)
• Restoration methods (reforestation, wetland restoration biocontrol, chemical, bioremediation, bioaugmentation)
• The future of restoration ecology

• WHIMIS symbols
• Laboratory apparatus
• Classification of matter with examples
• The particle theory of matter
• Qualitative physical properties and quantitative physical properties
• States of matter and their processes
• Solubility, solvent, and solute
• Density problems
• Chemical properties (reactivity, combustibility, stability and toxicity)
• Gas testing for hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Counting atoms
• Diatomic molecules
• Atomic theories, discharge tube and gold foil experiment (Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr)
• Subatomic particles (proton, neutron, electron)
• Standard atomic notation
• Bohr-Rutherford diagrams
• Isotopes and examples
• Periodic table (classes, groups, periods)
• Valence electrons and reactivity
• Ions (cations and anions) and examples
• Ionic compounds and Bohr-Rutherford diagrams
• Covalent/molecular compounds and Bohr-Rutherford diagrams
• Properties of ionic and covalent compounds

• Static electricity (law of electrostatics)
• Charging (friction, contact, induction)
• Discharging (grounding)
• Electrostatic series
• Electroscopes (pith ball, metal leaf)
• Insulators and conductors
• Applications of static electricity
• Current electricity (AC, DC)
• Electric circuit parts (energy source, load, switch, conducting wires)
• Drawing electric circuits
• Series vs. parallel circuits
• Batteries (primary cell, secondary cell)
• Voltaic cells
• Potential difference
• Current
• Resistance
• Power
• Measuring electrical energy (KW∙h)
• Percent efficiency
• Circuit breakers, and fuses
• Renewable and non-renewable energies (examples, advantages, disadvantages)

• Constellations and Asterisms (definitions and examples)
• Light year and Astronomical unit (AU)
• Apparent magnitude versus absolute magnitude
• Polaris and pointer stars
• Earth motions and seasons
• Lunar and Solar eclipses
• Tides
• Solar system (planet characteristics)
• Comets, Asteroids, Trans-Neptunian objects (dwarf planet eg Pluto)
• Meteoroids, Meteors (“shooting stars”), Meteorites
• Instruments used for space exploration (telescopes, planetary orbiters/landers, satellites)
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Star formation and evolution (H-R diagram)
• Sun (features like sun spots, solar flares, and effects like auroras)
• Nuclear fusion
• Colour and temperature of stars
• Composition of stars and spectroscopy
• White dwarf, neutron star, black hole
• Nebulas and supernovas
• Galaxy types
• Space exploration (cost and ethical considerations)