Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Science 9
Strand C: Practical Science
Science, Technology, Society, and Environment (STSE) Contexts
Learning Outcome:
SCI.9.C.1 Demonstrate an awareness of the dynamic interplay between science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE), thereby being empowered to critically evaluate the impacts of scientific and technological advancements on individuals, communities, and ecosystems, and to make informed decisions for a sustainable future.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Body Image and Social Media: Escaping the Comparison Trap
- Digital Media Literacy for Democracy
- Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
- My Voice is Louder Than Hate: The Impact of Hate
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- The Citizen Reporter
- There's No Excuse: Confronting Moral Disengagement in Sexting
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
- Unpacking the Black Box: Explaining Algorithms and AI
Action and Practice
Learning Outcome:
SCI.9.C.3 Demonstrate practical scientific skills through safely and actively participating in a variety of scientific practices such as inquiry-based learning experiences, experimentation, scientific observation, data analysis, measurement, debate and scientific argumentation, communicating scientific information, and designing and building.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Digital Media Literacy for Democracy
- Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
- Screen Stigma: Looking at Mental Illness in Popular Media
- Screen Stigma: Looking at Mental Illness in the News
Strand D: Nature of Science (Grades 7-9 Band)
Implication
Applications of science often have ethical, environmental, social, economic, and political implications.
Learning Outcome:
SCI.9.D.7 Demonstrate the understanding that technologies may have beneficial and detrimental social and environmental consequences
MediaSmarts Resources
- #ForYou: The Algorithm Game
- Body Image and Social Media: Escaping the Comparison Trap
- Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
- My Voice is Louder Than Hate: Pushing Back Against Hate
- My Voice is Louder Than Hate: The Impact of Hate
- The Invisible Machine: Big Data and You
- There's No Excuse: Confronting Moral Disengagement in Sexting
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
- Unpacking the Black Box: Explaining Algorithms and AI
Learning Outcome:
SCI.9.D.8 Demonstrate the understanding that when detrimental effects of a technology are revealed, the trade-off between the advantages and consequences of continued use must be carefully considered.
Include the following: fossil fuels and climate change; paper usage and biodiversity; cell phones and social health.