School Trips

 


Curriculum Connections

For Grades 1 to 8 Programs and IMAX® Dome films

Refer to the chart below to match the Ontario Science Centre school programs and IMAX® Dome films to the Ontario Curriculum strands and topics.


Junior
Kindergarten
Senior
Kindergarten

Strands Understanding Life SystemsUnderstanding Structures and MechanismsUnderstanding Matter and EnergyUnderstanding Earth and Space SystemsMathematics
Grade 1Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
• Living Things and the Environment (1-3)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Under the Sea
Materials, Objects and Everyday Structures
• Matter and Materials (1-3)
• Structures (1-3)
Energy in Our Lives
• Energy (1-3)
Daily and Seasonal Changes
• The Night Sky (1-3)
Grade 2Growth and Changes in Animals
• Living Things and the Environment (1-3)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Under the Sea
Movement
• Simple Machines (1-3)
Properties of Liquids and Solids
• Matter and Materials (1-3)
Air and Water in the Environment
• Living Things and the Environment (1-3)
Grade 3Growth and Changes in Plants
• Living Things and the Environment (1-3)
Strong and Stable Structures
• Structures (1-3)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Forces Causing Movement
• Simple Machines (1-3)
• Forces Causing Movement (1-3)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Soils in the Environment
• Living Things and the Environment (1-3)

StrandsUnderstanding Life SystemsUnderstanding Structures and MechanismsUnderstanding Matter and EnergyUnderstanding Earth and Space SystemsMathematics
Grade 4Habitats and Communities
• Oceans: Biodiversity at Sea (4-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Under the Sea
Pulleys and Gears
• Pulleys and Gears (4)
Light and Sound
• Light and Sound (4-8)
Rocks and Minerals
• Rocks and Minerals (4-8)
Grade 5Human Organ Systems
• Body Works (4-8)
Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
• Fun with Physics (4-8)
• Inventors' Challenge: Flight (5-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Tornado Alley
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Properties of and Changes in Matter
• Fun with Chemistry (4-8)
• Liquid Nitrogen Extravaganza (4-8)
Conservation of Energy and Resources
• Energy Transformations (4-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Grade 6Biodiversity
• Environmental Solutions (6-8)
• Oceans: Biodiversity at Sea (4-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Under the Sea
Flight
• Liquid Nitrogen Extravaganza (4-8)
• Inventors' Challenge: Flight (5-8)
• Let's Take Flight (4-8)
Electricity and Electrical Devices
• Energy Transformations (4-8)
Space
• Solar System Revealed (4-8)
• Destination Space (4-8)
Grade 7Interactions in the Environment
• Environmental Solutions (6-8)
• Oceans: Biodiversity at Sea (4-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Under the Sea
Form and Function
• Fun with Physics (4-8)
• Inventors' Challenge: Flight (5-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Pure Substances and Mixtures
• Environmental Solutions (6-8)
• Fun with Chemistry (4-8)
• Liquid Nitrogen Extravaganza (4-8)
Heat in the Environment
• Heat Inquiry (7)
• Serious Science (7-8)
• Liquid Nitrogen Extravaganza (4-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Tornado Alley
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Number Sense and Numeration
Data Management and Probability
Grade 8Cells
• Diversity of the Microworld (6-8)
• Body Works (4-8)
Systems in Action
• Systems Inquiry (8)
• Serious Science (7-8)
• Fun with Physics (4-8)
• IMAX® Dome Film:
  Rocky Mountain Express
Fluids
• Serious Science (7-8)
• Liquid Nitrogen Extravaganza (4-8)
Water Systems
• Environmental Solutions (6-8)
• Action Earth! (4-8)
Number Sense and Numeration
Data Management and Probability