Ontario: Canadian and World Studies

Grade 12 - Univeristy Preparation

 
Reference Expectations The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
  By the end of this course, students will:  
Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U)
Human-Environment Interactions analyse geographic issues that arise from the impact of human activities on the environment in different regions of the world Endangered Wetlands Rainforests of the World, Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
demonstrate an understanding of how human-induced changes in natural systems can diminish their capacity for supporting human activity Endangered Wetlands: Conservation, Pollution Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens, Succession Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
analyse the impact of past and current trends in agriculture   Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens (agriculture) Human Impact: Impact on the Desert (agriculture)
analyse the impact of urbanization and urban growth (e.g., destruction of wildlife habitat, traffic congestion, land use conflicts) on natural and human systems Endangered Wetlands: Conservation, Pollution Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
evaluate the economic, social, and ecological impact of current methods for raising or harvesting a selected resource (e.g., clear-cutting of forests, development of wildlife habitat areas, monoculture) Endangered Wetlands: Conservation, Pollution Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions (CGU4U)
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems explain why groups of people in similar environments (e.g., deserts) may have different ways of life   Rainforests of the World Deserts of the World screens, Impact on the Desert
Human-Environment Interactions explain how humans have modified the natural environment Endangered Wetlands: Conservation, Pollution Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
identify examples from each continent of positive and negative effects of human activities on the natural environment   Rainforests of the World Deserts of the World screens
analyse the advantages and disadvantages of intensive human use of selected physical features Endangered Wetlands: Conservation, Pollution Endangered: Human Impact, Impact screens, Water Cycle, Climate Human Impact: Impact on the Desert, Desertification
The Environment and Resource Management (CGR4M)
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems demonstrate an understanding of the factors that affect the survival of a species (e.g., genetic characteristics, availability of habitat, population size) Organism screens, Plant and Animal Adaptations Organism screens Organism screens, Plant and Animal Adaptations screens
analyse selected relationships between the earth’s diverse natural systems (e.g., climate, soils, vegetation, wildlife) Wetland Types screens Rainforest Types screens Aridity Types, World Desert screens
explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems (e.g., nutrient cycling: carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles; energy flow) Nutrient Cycles: Carbon, Water, Nitrogen Phosphorus; Groundwater Mechanisms: Water Cycle; Endangered: Climate  
explain interactions between producers, consumers, and decomposers within a selected ecosystem Food Web, Food Chains, Web Energy, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Food Web Game Build-a-Desert Game
analyse the factors that contribute to the fragility and/or resilience of selected ecosystems Endangered Wetlands screens Soils & Decomposition, Succession, Climate, Impact screens Climatic Influences screens, Impact on the Desert
explain the combination of biotic and abiotic factors and processes that produce a selected soil, wetland, or forest Wetlands Mechanisms screens Rainforest Mechanisms screens Desert Mechanisms screens
Human-Environment Interactions demonstrate an understanding of how humans are an integral part of an ecological system and of how human activity has short- and long-term effects on the natural environment Endangered Wetlands screens Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert, Desertification
analyse ways in which selected human activities alter the natural environment Endangered Wetlands screens Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert, Desertification
analyse the ways in which various groups or individuals depend on a selected resource & evaluate the environmental, economic, & social implications of their dependence on the resource Endangered Wetlands screens Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert screens, Desertification
The Environment and Resource Management (CGR4M)
Global Connections analyse environmental and resource management issues on a global scale Endangered Wetlands, Conservation, Migration, Pollution Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert screens, Desertification
analyse the relationships between global population growth, accelerating consumption of resources, and sustainability of ecosystems on a global scale Endangered Wetlands Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert screens, Desertification
analyse the relationships between global resource consumption and environmental degradation Endangered Wetlands Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert screens, Desertification
Understanding and Managing Change explain ways in which human activity in one place may cause changes to the environment in another place Endangered Wetlands Human Impact, Impact screens Human Impact, Impact on the Desert screens, Desertification
 

Grade 12 - University/College Preparation

 
Reference Expectations The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
  By the end of this course, students will:  
The Environment and Resource Management: (CGR4M)
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems analyse and explain relationships between the earth’s major components: the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere Nutrient Cycles: Carbon, Water, Nitrogen Phosphorus; Groundwater Soils & Decomposition, Water Cycle, Climate Landscape Formation: Rocks & Minerals, Weathering, Wind screens, Water screens, Climatic Influences screens
explain key ecological processes and their significance for ecosystem health Wetlands Mechanisms screens, Food Web, Web Energy, Web Game Mechanisms screens, Endangered: Climate, Web Game Water Availability, Weathering, Climatic Influences
analyse the spatial distribution of global biomes and explain the natural conditions that shape these patterns   Rainforests of the World Deserts of the World screens
demonstrate an understanding of the variety, complexity, and evolutionary characteristics (e.g., primary & secondary succession) of selected ecosystems Bog Study, Bog Formation, Wetland Types screens Succession, Tree Fall Gaps, Soils & Decomposition, Forest Strata, Water Cycle, Productivity, Types section Deserts of the World, What is a Desert?, Aridity Types, What Causes Aridity?
explain the role of micro-organisms in maintaining soil fertility Decomposers Soils & Decomposition, Productivity Weathering
demonstrate an understanding of the process of bioaccumulation of chemicals within the food chain Food Web, Food Chains, Web Energy, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers