Space Exploration
Space Exploration — Grade 9
Meet scientist Nathalie Ouellette from the Canadian Space Agency and learn about one of the exciting research goals of the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope: to explore whether there might be life beyond Earth! Plus, learn more about space exploration by engaging in activities that will leave you asking more about the universe!
This resource was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education.
Curriculum Connections
Strand A : STEM Skills, Careers, and Connections
| A1.1 | apply a scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations, making connections between their research and the scientific concepts they are learning |
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| A1.2 | apply a scientific experimentation process and associated skills to conduct investigations, making connections between their observations and findings and the scientific concepts they are learning |
| A1.5 | apply their knowledge and understanding of safe practices and procedures, including the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), while planning and carrying out hands-on investigations |
| A2.2 | describe how scientific innovations and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence systems, impact society and careers |
| A2.3 | analyse how the development and application of science is economically, culturally, and socially contextualized, by investigating real-world issues |
| A2.4 | apply scientific literacy skills when investigating social and environmental issues that have personal, local, and/or global impacts |
Strand D : Physics
| D1.1 | assess social, environmental, and economic benefits and challenges resulting from the production of electrical energy from various sources |
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| D1.4 | analyse social, environmental, and economic impacts of emerging technologies related to electrical energy production, consumption, storage, and conservation |
Strand E : Earth and Space Science
| E1.1 | evaluate social, environmental, and economic impacts of space observation and exploration |
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| E1.2 | evaluate how space observation and exploration technologies contribute to our understanding of climate change, natural disasters, and other phenomena |
| E1.3 | assess ways in which technological innovations related to space observation and exploration are applied in various fields, including their contributions to sustainable practices on Earth |
| E2.2 | explain how the Sun’s energy causes natural phenomena on Earth, and how these phenomena contribute to renewable energy production |
| E2.3 | summarize observational evidence used to support theories about the origin and evolution of the universe and the solar system, considering diverse ways of knowing |
| E2.4 | describe major components of the solar system and the universe and compare their characteristics |
| E2.5 | quantify distances in the solar system and the universe by applying an understanding of relative distances and sizes and using appropriate units of measure |
| E2.6 | conduct investigations to explain the causes of various astronomical phenomena that can be observed from Earth |