The  Nelson Science Perspectives 9 - Student Textbook supports the Ontario Ministry of Education course: Science, Grade 9, Academic, Course Code: SNC1D

Author Team: Charmain Barker, Lucille Davies, Andrew Fazekas, Douglas Fraser, Barry LeDrew, Rob Vucic.

It has these units and chapters:

Unit A: Introduction to Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
Chapter 1  Living and Working with Science
  1.1 Skills of Scientific Investigation
  1.2 Scientific LIteracy for Living and Working in Canada

Unit B: Sustainable Ecosystems
Chapter 2  Understanding Ecosystems
  2.1 Life on Planet Earth
  2.2 Introducing Ecosystems
  2.3 "Perform an Activity on" Factors Affecting an Aquatic Ecosystem
  2.4 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
  2.5 Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids
  2.6 Cycling of Matter in Ecosystems
  2.7 Biotic and Abiotic Influences on Ecosystems
  2.8 Major Terrestial Ecosystems
  2.9 Major Aquatic Ecosystems
  2.10 "Perform an Activity on" Ecosystem Field Study
Chapter 3  Natural Ecosystems and Stewardship
  3.1 Services from Natural Ecosystems
  3.2 Equilibrium and Change
  3.3 The Importance of Biodiversity
  3.4 Habitat Loss and Fragmentation
  3.5 The Introduction of Non-Native Species
  3.6 Pollution
  3.7 Consumpton and Resource Management
  3.8 "Perform an Activity on" Comparing Forest Management Practices
Chapter 4  Ecosystems by Design
  4.1 Engineered Ecosystems and Modern Agriculture
  4.2 Managing the Soil - Controlling the Flow of Nutrients and Water
  4.3 "Perform an Activity on" Fertile Grounds: The Right Mix
  4.4 Pests and Poisons
  4.5 Issues with Pesticides
  4.6 "Perform an Activity on" Greening the Consumer - Reducing Your Ecological Footprint
  4.7 The Urban Ecosystem
  4.8 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Waste Management or Mismanagement?

Unit C: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Chapter 5  Properties of Matter
  5.1 From Particles to Solutions
  5.2 Physical Properties
  5.3 Chemical Properties
  5.4 "Perform an Activity on" Safety in Science
  5.5 "Perform an Activity on" Forensic Chemistry
  5.6 Characteristic Physical Properties
  5.7 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Are We Salting or Assaulting our Roads?
Chapter 6  Elements and the Periodic Table
  6.1 A Table of the Elements
  6.2 "Conduct and Investigation on" Become a Metal Detective
  6.3 "Perform an Activity on" Properties of Household Chemicals
  6.4 Patterns in the Periodic Table
  6.5  "Conduct and Investigation on" Comparing Family Behaviour
  6.6 Theories of the Atom
  6.7 Explaining the Periodic Table
  6.8 From Charcoal to Diamonds
Chapter 7  Chemical Compounds
  7.1 Putting Atoms Together
  7.2 "Conduct and Investigation on" A Race to Rust
  7.3 How Atoms Combine
  7.4 "Perform an Activity on" Making Molecular Models
  7.5 "Perform an Activity on" What is This Gas?
  7.6 Breaking Molecules Apart: Properties of Hydrogen Peroxide
  7.7 "Perform an Activity on" What Is Rotten and What Is Not?
  7.8 "Explore An Issue Critically on" DDT Is Forever

Unit D: The Study of the Universe
Chapter 8  Our Place in Space
  8.1 Touring the Night Sky
  8.2 The Sun
  8.3 The Solar System: The Sun and the Planets
  8.4 "Perform an Activity on" A Scale Model on the Solar System
  8.5 Motions of Earth, the Moon, and Planets
  8.6 Patterns in the Night Sky
  8.7 "Perform an Activity on" Using a Star Map
  8.8 "Conduct and Investigation on" Modelling Motion in the Night Sky
  8.9 Observing Celestial Objects from Earth
  8.10 "Conduct and Investigation on" Finding Objects in the Night Sky
  8.11 Satellites
  8.12 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Security Satellites
Chapter 9  Beyond the Solar System
  9.1 Measuring Distances Beyond the Solar System
  9.2 The Characteristics of Stars
  9.3 "Conduct and Investigation on" Factors Affecting the Brightness of Stars
  9.4 The LIfe Cycle of Stars
  9.5 The Formation of the Solar System
  9.6 Other Components of the Universe
  9.7 The Orign and Evolution of the Universe
Chapter 10  Space Research and Exploration
  10.1 Space Exploration
  10.2 Challenges of Space Travel
  10.3 Space Technology Spinoffs
  10.4 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Should Canadians Be Paying for Space Research?
  10.5 The Future of Space Exploration

Unit E: The Characteristics of Electricity
Chapter 11  Static Electricity
  11.1 What is Static Electricity?
  11.2 Charging by Contact
  11.3 "Conduct and Investigation on" Predicting Charges
  11.4 Conductors and Insulators
  11.5 "Perform an Activity on" Testing for Conductors and Insulators
  11.6 Charging by Induction
  11.7 "Perform an Activity on" Charging Objects by Induction
  11.8 Electric Discharge
Chapter 12  Electrical Energy Production
  12.1 Introducing Current Electricity
  12.2 Electric Circuits
  12.3 Electrical Energy
  12.4 Forms of Current Electricity
  12.5 Generating Current Electricity
  12.6 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Not in My Backyard!
  12.7 Electrical Power and Efficiency
  12.8 "Perform an Activity on" Examining Electrical Energy Production
  12.9  "Perform an Activity on" Performing an Electrical Energy Audit
Chapter 13  Electrical Quantities in Circuits
  13.1 Circuits and Circuit Diagrams
  13.2 "Perform an Activity on" Connecting Multiple Loads
  13.3 Electric Current
  13.4 "Perform an Activity on" Comparing Conductivity of Conductors
  13.5 Potential Difference
  13.6 "Perform an Activity on" Measuring Voltage and Current in Circuits
  13.7 Resistance in Circuits
  13.8 "Perform an Activity on" Determining the Relationship between Current and Potential Difference
  13.9 Relating Current, Voltage, and Resistance
  13.10 How Series and Parallel Circuits Differ
  13.11 "Conduct and Investigation on" The Effect of Increasing the Number of Loads in a Circuit

For each chapter, there are Summary, Review and Self-Quiz.
For each unit, there are Task, Review and Self-Quiz.
Numerical and short answers are given at the end of the textbook.

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