SNC2D
Academic
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SNC1D Academic Grade 9 Science, or SNC1P Applied Grade 9 science
This course enables students to enhance their understanding of concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and physics, and of the interrelationships between science, technology, society, and the environment. Students are also given opportunities to further develop their scientific investigation skills. Students will plan and conduct investigations and develop their understanding of scientific theories related to the connections between cells and systems in animals and plants; chemical reactions, with a particular focus on acid/base reactions; forces that affect climate and climate change; and the interaction of light and matter.
Throughout this course, students will learn the following:
| A. Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration | |
|---|---|
| A1 | demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating); |
| A2 | identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study, and identify scientists, including Canadians, who have made contributions to those fields. |
| B. Biology: Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things | |
| B1 | evaluate the importance of medical and other technological developments related to systems biology, and analyse their societal and ethical implications; |
| B2 | investigate cell division, cell specialization, organs, and systems in animals and plants, using research and inquiry skills, including various laboratory techniques; |
| B3 | demonstrate an understanding of the hierarchical organization of cells, from tissues, to organs, to systems in animals and plants. |
| C. Chemistry: Chemical Reactions | |
| C1 | analyse a variety of safety and environmental issues associated with chemical reactions, including the ways in which chemical reactions can be applied to address environmental challenges; |
| C2 | investigate, through inquiry, the characteristics of chemical reactions; |
| C3 | demonstrate an understanding of the general principles of chemical reactions, and various ways to represent them. |
| D. Earth and Space Science: Climate Change | |
| D1 | analyse some of the effects of climate change around the world, and assess the effectiveness of initiatives that attempt to address the issue of climate change; |
| D2 | investigate various natural and human factors that influence Earth's climate and climate change; |
| D3 | demonstrate an understanding of natural and human factors, including the greenhouse effect, that influence Earth's climate and contribute to climate change. |
| E. Physics: Light and Geometric Optics | |
| E1 | evaluate the effectiveness of technological devices and procedures designed to make use of light, and assess their social benefits; |
| E2 | investigate, through inquiry, the properties of light, and predict its behaviour, particularly with respect to reflection in plane and curved mirrors and refraction in converging lenses; |
| E3 | demonstrate an understanding of various characteristics and properties of light, particularly with respect to reflection in mirrors and reflection and refraction in lenses. |
This is an OSSD credit course that has been developed based on the following Ontario Ministry of Education documents
The assessment and evaluation strategies of our school follows the Ministry of Education's Growing Success document. Growing Success articulates the vision the Ministry has for the purpose and structure of assessment and evaluation techniques.
Assessments help to monitor student progression and provide reflection and feedback. Evaluation is the process of judging the quality of student work in relation to the achievement chart categories and criteria, and assigning a percentage grade to represent that quality. Evaluation is based on gathering evidence of student achievement through:
| Knowledge & Understanding | Thinking | Communication | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30% | 20% | 20% | 30% |
The Final Grade
You can safely enroll and try this course. Since this is a Grade 9/10 course, you can drop this course at any time, without any academic penalty.
You can also retake Grade 9/10 courses as many times as you want. If you retake and achieve a higher mark, this higher mark replaces your existing mark on your transcript. If you retake and somehow do worse than before, then nothing changes: you retain your existing mark. The number of times you retake a course will not be revealed to others since this information does not appear on your transcript (this is unlike Grade 11/12 courses, where each attempt if not withdrawn properly will be recorded on your transcript).
Read more about ministry guidelines regarding course withdrawals and retakes.According to Ministry policies, grade 9 and grade 10 courses can be withdrawn at any time without any academic penalty. The grade 9 and 10 courses can also be repeated an unlimited number of times without any academic penalty. Grade 9 or 10 courses withdrawn are simply not recorded on the OST (it is as if you have never registered for the course). When students retake grade 9 or 10 courses, the highest mark is recorded on their OST, replacing the lower mark.
However, withdrawing from grade 11 or grade 12 courses without academic penalty must be done within 5 days of receiving the first report card. In this case, the mark will not be recorded on the OST. On the other hand, withdrawal from a grade 11 or grade 12 course after 5 days of receiving the first report card results in the following permanent record on the student’s OST: a "W" being entered in the "Credit" column of the OST along with the mark at the time of the withdrawal. If there are extraordinary circumstances relating to a student's withdrawal from a course, an "S" may be entered in the "Note" column on the OST.
Retaking grade 11 and grade 12 courses leads to permanent records of all repeats on the student’s OST, along with the marks of each attempt. Only one credit is earned if a course is retaken. An “R” is entered in the “Credit” column of the OST for the repeats with the lower mark.
It is therefore advised that students taking grade 11 and grade 12 courses be mindful of withdrawal deadlines pertaining to their enrollment, and do their best in the course if they have passed the withdrawal deadline.
