Subject
Science
Course description:
This course provides you with fundamental science knowledge and workplace skills needed to prepare you for success beyond secondary school. You will explore hazards in the workplace, chemicals in consumer products, disease and its prevention, electricity at home and at work, and nutritional science. Emphasis is placed on current topics in science and relevant, practical activities that develop your literacy and mathematical literacy skills and enhance your scientific literacy.
Grade: 12
Type: Workplace Preparation
Language of Study: English
Prerequisites:
SNC2L
or
SNC2P
Course description:
This course provides you with fundamental science knowledge and workplace skills needed to prepare you for success beyond secondary school. You will explore hazards in the workplace, chemicals in consumer products, disease and its prevention, electricity at home and at work, and nutritional science. Emphasis is placed on current topics in science and relevant, practical activities that develop your literacy and mathematical literacy skills and enhance your scientific literacy.
Course Lessons
This course is designed for independent study.
This course is designed for independent study.
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24 Lessons
7 Lessons
1.1
Preparing for the culminating activity Digital career magazine
1.1
Preparing for the culminating activity Digital career magazine
1.2
Becoming aware of hazards in the workplace
1.2
Becoming aware of hazards in the workplace
1.3
The properties of chemicals
1.3
The properties of chemicals
1.4
The reactions of chemicals
1.4
The reactions of chemicals
1.5
Creating Consumer Products
1.5
Creating Consumer Products
1.6
Handling, Safe Use and Disposal of Chemicals
1.6
Handling, Safe Use and Disposal of Chemicals
1.7
Chemical Hazards in the Workplace
1.7
Chemical Hazards in the Workplace
6 Lessons
2.1
Understanding pathogens and disease
2.1
Understanding pathogens and disease
2.2
Preventing Disease
2.2
Preventing Disease
2.3
Investigating Immunization
2.3
Investigating Immunization
2.4
Looking into treating disease
2.4
Looking into treating disease
2.5
Understanding public health initiatives
2.5
Understanding public health initiatives
2.6
Understanding biohazards in the workplace
2.6
Understanding biohazards in the workplace
6 Lessons
3.1
Grasping the basics of electricity
3.1
Grasping the basics of electricity
3.2
Examining the Generation of Electricity
3.2
Examining the Generation of Electricity
3.3
Learning activity Discovering current, potential difference and resistance
3.3
Learning activity Discovering current, potential difference and resistance
3.4
Exploring the cost of electricity
3.4
Exploring the cost of electricity
3.5
Understanding the Impact of Electricity
3.5
Understanding the Impact of Electricity
3.6
Considering electrical hazards at home and work
3.6
Considering electrical hazards at home and work
5 Lessons
4.1
Nutrients in food
4.1
Nutrients in food
4.2
Making healthy choices
4.2
Making healthy choices
4.3
Processed foods
4.3
Processed foods
4.4
The environmental impact of food choices
4.4
The environmental impact of food choices
4.5
Nutritional science in the workplace
4.5
Nutritional science in the workplace