Unit 1: Modern Physics

• analyze the importance of relativistic principles and quantum mechanics in our world
• assess the effects of radioactivity and nuclear technology on society and the environment

Unit 2: Forces and Motion

• analyze motion in one- and two-dimensions, including uniform motion, uniformly accelerated motion, circular motion, and projectile motion
• analyze the effects of forces on objects undergoing uniform motion, uniformly accelerated motion and circular motion

Unit 3: Conservation Laws

• investigate the nature of mechanical energy and efficiency in mechanical systems, including the law of conservation of energy
• analyze the motion of objects and interactions between objects using momentum concepts, including the law of conservation of momentum

Unit 4: Fields

• investigate gravitational fields and their interactions with matter
• investigate electric and magnetic fields and their interactions with matter

Unit 1: Heat

• analyze, qualitatively and quantitatively, the effect of heat on matter during temperature changes and changes of state using kinetic molecular theory
• determine the quantities of heat involved in chemical reactions through experimentation and calculation

Unit 2: Foundations of Chemistry

• predict products of the five basic types of chemical reactions and evaluate the impact of these reactions on society and the environment
• construct an understanding of the mole as a unit for measuring the amount of substance
• use stoichiometry to determine the relative amounts of substances consumed and produced in chemical reactions

Unit 3: Properties of Waves

• investigate the properties and characteristics of one-, two- and three-dimensional waves in at least three different media (eg. springs, ropes, air and water)
• examine, using physical materials, ray diagrams and mathematical equations, how waves reflect from a variety of barriers
• analyze, using physical materials, ray diagrams and mathematical equations, how waves refract at boundaries between different media

Unit 01: Chemical Bonding and Material Science

• examine the role of valence electrons in the formation of chemical bonds
• investigate how the properties of materials are dependent on their underlying intermolecular and intramolecular forces
• explore the nature and classification of organic compounds, and their uses in modern materials
• determine the suitability of materials for use in specific applications

Unit 2: Chemical Equilibria

• consider, qualitatively and quantitatively, the characteristics and applications of equilibrium systems in chemical reactions
• analyze aqueous solution equilibria including solubility-product constants
• observe and analyze phenomena related to acid-base reactions and equilibrium

Unit 3: Electrochemistry

• investigate the chemistry of oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions
• examine applications of electrochemistry and their impact on society and the environment

Unit 1: Atmosphere and Human Health

• Assess the impact of human activities on indoor and outdoor air quality and the need for regulations and mitigating technologies to minimize risks to human health
• analyze the production, reliability and uses of geoscience data to investigate the effects of a changing climate on society and the environment

Unit 2: Human Population and Pollution

• investigate technologies and processes used for mitigating and managing resources use, waste generation and pollution associated with a growing human population

Unit 3: Aquatic Systems

• analyze the function and condition of freshwater aquatic systems such as rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and watersheds
• assess the importance of maintaining healthy water for humans and the environment

Unit 4: Terrestrial Ecosystems

• analyze the importance of soil as an integral component of terrestrial ecosystems
• examine the role plants play in an ecosystem, including ways in which humans use plants
• recognize the need for intact habitat to support animal populations and biodiversity

Unit 1: Foundations of Earth Science

• examine the multi-disciplinary nature of earth science
• examine the evidence for and the importance of plate tectonics theory in explaining processes that produced Earth’s major surface features
• analyze how geologists use the fossil record and relative and absolute dating methods to determine the geological history of Earth and to construct the geologic time scale

Unit 2: Lithosphere

• examine the processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals
• investigate the processes and technologies used to locate the extract mineral resources and fossil fuels locally, provincially and globally
• analyze surface geography as a product of deposition, weathering, erosion and mass wasting processes

Unit 3: Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

• analyze the composition of Earth’s atmosphere and factors that influence changes in the composition in the short and long term
• investigate the characteristics of the hydrosphere and how hydrosphere processes impact the atmosphere, biosphere and lithosphere

Unit 1: Health Care Philosophies and Ethics

• analyze how Western, Indigenous, traditional, complementary and alternative approaches to health care can contribute to a holistic (eg. mental, emotional, physical and spiritual) perspective of health
• examine how personal and societal beliefs affect ethical decisions regarding health care

Unit 2: Human Body

• analyze the anatomy and physiology of a healthy human
• investigate the effects of various injuries, disorders and diseases on human cells, tissues, organs and systems

Unit 3: Nutrition

• assess the importance of macronutrients and micronutrients in maintaining human health
• analyze dietary choices based on personal and cultural beliefs and scientific understanding of nutrition

Unit 4: Diagnostics and Treatment

• evaluate the tools and procedure used to diagnose and monitor medical conditions
• assess the importance of interpreting diagnostic findings to support treatment options for specific pathologies

Unit 1: Life and Evolution

• explore how scientific understandings of life and its characteristics change in light of new evidence
• examine the significance of evolution as a key unifying theme in biology through the principles, processes and patterns of biological evolution

Unit 2: Organization of Life

• investigate cell structure and processes, including energy transfer, and transport of materials, in unicellular and multicellular organisms which are representative of each kingdom
• compare the anatomies, physiologies and behaviours of multicellular organisms including protists, fungi, plants and animals
• explore how the dynamic nature of biological classification reflects advances in scientific understanding of relationships among organisms

Unit 3: Genetics and Biotechnology

• explore classical (Mendelian) and current (chromosomal) understandings of biological inheritance
• investigate how genetic information is stored, transmitted and expressed at the molecular level
• explore the impacts of historical, current and emerging biotechnologies on self, society and the environment