Solar Energy and Earth's Spheres Bundle - BC Curriculum

Introducing the Ultimate Solar Energy and Earth's Spheres Experience!

Embark on an educational journey with our meticulously curated bundle of 9 dynamic slideshows!

Our slideshows are thoughtfully designed to cater to every learning style, ensuring an engaging and comprehensive learning.

Key features:

9 engaging slideshows

Comprehensive coverage

Captivating visuals

Concise notes

Interactive online activities with QR codes

Differentiated to meet the needs of different styles

Exercises and formula applications

Real-world connections

Teacher friendly/home school friendly

Topics include:

• Earth's 4 spheres: biosphere, geosphere (lithosphere), atmosphere, hydrosphere.
• Fresh water v/s salt water
• Cryosphere
• Water cycle
• Layers of atmosphere
• Continental crust v/s oceanic crust
• Revision of 3 types of rocks
• Hazards of the geosphere
• Revision of kingdoms of life
• Connectedness
• Solar radiation
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Revision of properties of waves
• Nuclear fusion
• Earth's energy budget
• Solar energy: absorption, reflection
• Albedo
• Impacts of changes of energy budget
• Local winds v/s global winds
• Causes of winds
• Differential heating
• Coriolis effect
• Trade winds, Westerlies, Polar easterlies
• Effects of global winds
• Ocean currents
• Surface currents, deep water currents
• Effect of Salinity
• Global conveyor belt
• Thermohaline circulation
• Coriolis effect
• Differential heating
• Ocean Gyres
• Photosynthesis
• Photosynthesis as the link between solar energy and the biosphere
• Photosynthetic pigments: chlorophyll and carotenoids
• Photolysis
• Uses of glucose
• Greenhouse effect
• Greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, water vapour, CFC, nitrous oxides
• Natural sources and human sources
• Impacts
• International agreements to reduce emissions
• Trophic levels
• Autotrophs: photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs
• Heterotrophs: primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, apex predators, decomposers
• Pyramid of numbers
• Food chains and food webs
• Solar energy through the biosphere
• Energy transfer across trophic levels
• Energy loss to the environment
• Trophic level efficiency
• How is energy lost
• Trophic cascade
• Energy pyramids
• Trophic interactions: predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, and decomposition.
• Interconnectedness
• First peoples perspective on interconnectedness
• Atmosphere connections, Hydrosphere connections, Lithosphere connections, Biosphere connections
• Ecosystem services: provisioning, supporting, regulating and cultural
• Ecosystem Services & Ethical Considerations
• Ecosystem Services & Sustainable Development

This bundle is everything you need to teach those topics!

This bundle was designed to meet the learning objectives of the new curriculum in British Columbia; BC, Canada for grade 9 but can be used by teachers and students from around the globe!