Sciences Grades 10-12

Resources from Blackgold School District to use with your students in grade 10 Science. If you click the links, there is a sign-in prompt -- but you can bypass the sign-in by clicking the image instead and will be able to access all the Google slides associated with that image

A series of short and fun animated videos that explains the structures and how they work in a cell.

Click on a part of the cell to find out more. Students will also find a quiz and cell animations.

How big are cells compared with other objects, molecules and atoms? Drag the slider button below the image to magnify the items.

Biology is the study of life—a four-letter word that connects you to 4 billion years worth of family tree. The word “life” can be tricky to define, but a shared set of characteristics helps biologists identify living things.

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common. But plant cells have evolved some wild features that set them apart from animal cells.

Click on each part of the cell to learn more. Students will also find a quiz.

This visual and narrated tour of protein basics includes pain signals, cell scaffolds and making a protein.

"Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas."

Hank does his best to convince us that chemistry is not torture, but is instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff.

Why does wearing a jacket in the cold keep you warmer? What is happening to all the heat inside your body? In this episode, Shini talks about the physics of heat!

A unit is a frequently arbitrary designation we have given to something to convey a definite magnitude of a physical quantity and every quantity can be expressed in terms of the seven base units that are contained in the international system of units.

Today we take a historical perspective on the creation of the science, which didn't really exist until a super-smart, super-wealthy Frenchman put the puzzle pieces together

Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever! The periodic table of elements!

Hank brings us the story of the electron and describes how reality is a kind of music, discussing electron shells and orbitals, electron configurations, ionization and electron affinities, and how all these things can be understood via the periodic table.

Chemists need stoichiometry to make the scale of chemistry more understandable - Hank is here to explain why and to teach us how to use it.

You'll learn what to wear in the lab, how to dispose of chemicals safely, how to avoid the most common accidents, how to pour solutions properly, what the HazMat diamond means, what an MSDS is, and how to use a fume hood.

Here is a great interactive periodic table - Each element has a link to show what the element looks like, with the history of discovery, and other useful information about the element.

There are many ways to explore this activity. Use the periodic table and click on elements that interest you, or use the menu at the top to learn more about atomic basics, isotopes, and how the periodic table is organized.

This periodic table has student-friendly pictures and descriptions for the elements. The pictures show things that relate to each of the elements.

This is an entire periodic table, with videos about each element. These videos are chemistry adventures in the laboratory, as well as journeys into the world, to learn more about the unique qualities of each element.

Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. But what exactly are you looking at?

This video explains the law of conservation of mass. Everything in our universe has mass, from the smallest atom to the largest star. How has the amount of mass remained constant throughout existence even during the birth and death of stars and planets?

Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake.

This TED video lesson examines the two forces that drive both endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions: enthalpy and entropy. There is a short quiz in the Think section and further links in Dig Deeper.

The video was created as part of an International climate workshop to provide a youth perspective on Indigenous knowledge, practices, and multi-generational approaches to addressing the climate crisis.

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Click on the globe to spin it. When you click on a location, you will see the latitude and longitude, as well as a visualization of global weather conditions. The weather is forecast by supercomputers and updated every three hours. The ocean surface current estimates are updated every five days.

Each environmental science lab on this site includes several lesson plans you can use in your classroom.

Fly along with one of the many NASA satellites that are currently monitoring the Earth's lands, oceans and atmosphere. Choose a mission or satellite to learn more details. This requires a one-time download of an app.

This detailed interactive allows you to explore world data on carbon emissions in a variety of formats for comparison.

This NASA page is filled with great information about climate change. Get quick stats about carbon levels, Earth's temperature and melting ice. Explore the data, articles and incredible images showing the changes that Earth is undergoing.

Indigenous peoples have wide-ranging knowledge of the land and its ecology. Through collaboration with Indigenous partners, Parks Canada benefits from traditional knowledge systems

This article explains that Indigenous peoples were the first to notice climate change and they have critical knowledges for navigating and adapting to it.

Students can see how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as temperature and sea ice extent, have changed in the past few years.

Select a topic to see how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets worldwide.

Classroom resources from the National Center for Science Education (US)

Explore the world's national parks, wilderness areas and world heritage sites. Use the interactive map to explore different areas of the world. This was created through a UN partnership with the International Union of Conservation of Nature, as well as other organizations.

A list of lesson plans, articles, videos, and interactive activities for students from grades 9-12 to explore the science of rising sea levels.

This is a virtual model of Earth's gyres and the pollution that flows through them.

In this video, the creator "examines the many ways in which energy cycles through our planet, from the sun to our food chain to electricity and beyond." (site)

For plants and animals, adapting to climate change involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Learn how animals are adapting

The video explains how this overload of CO2 leads to climate change and reminds us that, unlike Tetris, we won't get an opportunity to start over.

This animated TED video uses billiards to illustrate tipping points, chaotic motion and their implications on climate change. Learn about how rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere increase Earth’s temperature and lead to huge, unpredictable changes elsewhere.

Clearing forests for agriculture and development can have severe consequences for our environment.

Did you know that deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined?

The Arctic is a unique and remote region that can be both an early indicator of the climate of the rest of the Earth and a driver for weather patterns across the globe.

This textbook style resource from NASA contains a wealth of information for high schoolers learning about physics.

This is an interactive map of Canada’s extensive clean-energy resources and projects. Clean energy includes renewable energy, electric vehicles, nuclear energy, biofuels, and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Try this amazing tool for learning the concepts of motion, forces, electricity, magnetism, light, and so much more. You can bounce and slide your way through the developed levels or get creative and make your own level.

This 3 minute video reviews how we harness solar energy and the benefits of this renewable source. The video also describes the challenges that we need to overcome to make this source even more viable.

"Play with one or two pendulums and discover how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum bob, and the amplitude of the swing." (site)

This video examines renewable energy and some of the challenges of exchanging our fossil fuel dependence for only renewable energy sources.

The concepts of work and power help us unlock and understand many of the physical laws that govern our universe.

Is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? This video examines how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy.

Watch this animated video to learn how solar towers and panels work and why cloud cover is an important factor in the future of solar energy production.

This course package is designed as an introduction to general and applied science. It satisfies the learning outcomes for British Columbia Adult Basic Education Intermediate General and Applied Science (Science 10 in B.C.)