Sciences Grades 10-12

A 2019 high school curriculum focused on ocean's acidification that was developed by Oregon State University

Read this article from Oceans and Fisheries Canada to learn how the chemistry of the ocean is changing

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.

Resources to use with your students to explore matter and chemical changes. 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

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.

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?

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.

Learn about how stress affects the brain and the resilience scale in this scientifically based video (7:42) created by the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative in consultation with the FrameWorks Institute and the Harvard Center on the Developing Child.

Learn about immunity and infection. You can watch an animation showing disease spreading in an unvaccinated group and then a comparison of successful herd immunity and unsuccessful herd immunity.

This animated slide show demonstrates how vaccines are made. Follow each step for illustrations and explanations.

This animated simulation demonstrates the human immune system’s response to vaccination. After viewing the simulation, students can show what they learned by sequencing and labeling the steps in the process.

Learn about the stages of our immune response, the types of cell and the difference between our innate immune system and our adaptive immune system - and why vaccines are key to helping our adaptive immune system fight disease - in this short explainer video.

Learn about Koch's Postulates, basic principles that scientists use when trying to identify the cause of an infectious disease.

Use the scientific method to identify the cause of an illness before an epidemic breaks out.

This video is a good summary of stress, as well as the how and why our bodies can have physical reactions to stress.

For several centuries, people thought diseases were caused by wandering clouds of poisonous vapor. This video describes how scientists worked to prove "germ theory" and changed how we see and prevent disease.

This animated video explores the different components of the immune system and how, together, they do their vital work. "Most of the time, you may not even notice it's there, but over the course of your life your immune system will guard you against hundreds of potentially fatal threats."

We know that germs are everywhere. Why are some of these germs relatively harmless, while others can be fatal? This video describes how germs are passed around and offers new ideas to control them.

Watch this animated TED video that describes how your "kidneys balance the amount of fluid in your body, detect waste in your blood, and know when to release the vitamins, minerals, and hormones you need to stay alive." (site)

What goes on inside a body that is chronically stressed? Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. However, when activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body.

Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. This video explains how bones naturally grow inside the body and describes the innovations that scientists are using to replicate that process in a lab.

This video explores a very interesting theory. In the event of nuclear fallout or another worldwide catastrophe, every piece of digital and written information could be lost. Could all of human history be recorded and safely stored inside our human DNA?

This video tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose DNA led to countless cures, patents, and discoveries. Trillions of lab-grown cells called HeLa, after the woman they were taken from, have been the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics.

Do you know your integumentary system? Your skin, which makes up 16% of your physical weight, is the largest organ in your body: laid out flat, it would cover close to 1.7 square meters of ground. But besides keeping your organs in, what is its purpose?

This video describes the science of skin colour. When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. What was the evolutionary process that led to this variety of skin colours?

This is a video about the development and function of the teen brain. The video treats the teen brain as a computer upgrade. The video was created by TeenMentalHealth.org and is hosted on YouTube.

Move through this slideshow and learn about the different types of vaccines.

This matching activity provides information about several important vaccine developers. Match the disease to the vaccine creator.

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

This video explains the basics of genetics; learn about DNA, genes, chromosomes, proteins, and how genetic traits are inherited.

This 2-minute video explains how traits pass from parents to offspring. Learn how each offspring is a mix of inherited traits.

This video explains collisions and how they're not all the same. Learn how mass, momentum, and many other things affect a collision.

This video introduces the concept of motion in a straight line. Students learn about displacement, acceleration, time, velocity, and the definition of acceleration.

This video uses a running horse to demonstrate the relationship between acceleration, velocity, and distance. How can you use this relationship to assess the fuel efficiency of a vehicle?

Metabolism is a complex process. This video explores some of its key parts, including vital nutrients (water, vitamins, minerals, carbs, fats, and proteins) and describes two different reactions: anabolic and catabolic.

In this Crash Course video, learn about human metabolism including cellular respiration, atp, glycogenesis, and how insulin regulates our blood sugar levels. What does your body do with the food you eat?

The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. This video shows how our bodies react to carbohydrates including the chemical reactions in our bodies.