Curriculum - Grade 12
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Kids' Fish Art Contest Activities 1-7
[1]: Webs & Stacks
[2]: Know Your Fish!
[3]: Fish & Habitat Balance Mobiles
[4]: One Person's Trash (fish)...
[5]: Chinook Salmon: Too Successful?
[6]: Sketch Studies
[7]: Young Angler's Licence Artwork
Numbers in [] following expectations refer to the activity number that will contribute to that expectation.
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Expectations for the Ontario Curriculum
Grade 12, Exploring the Arts, Open
Theory
Overall Expectations
- Describe the concepts used in various art forms [7]
Concepts
- Describe the use of the elements, principles, and techniques in various productions or works of art, using language appropriate to the relevant art forms [7]
Creation
Overall Expectations
- Apply arts concepts in the creation of a production or a work of art [2/3, 6/7]
- Apply appropriate steps in the creative process in completing individual or group projects [2/3, 6/7]
Applying Concepts
- Identify and use relevant arts concepts to create a work of art or a production in one or more of the arts [2/3, 6/7]
Applying Techniques and Technology
- Use a variety of techniques and technical effects appropriately within a group framework [2/3, 6/7]
Applying the Creative Process
- Solve a problem, applying appropriate steps in the creative process [2/3, 6/7]
- Document, using a portfolio, their creative process in the creation or production of art work [6/7]
Analysis
Overall Expectations
- Analyse and interpret their own and others’ works of art or productions, demonstrating an understanding of the process of critical analysis [7]
Analytical Process
- Evaluate a selected work of art of a production, following standard procedures in critical analysis [7]
- Analyse aesthetic features of a chosen work of art or a production [7]
- Analyse how a specific work of art or production is used as a vehicle for ideas, values, and ideologies [7]
Grade 12, Visual Arts, University/College
Theory
Visual Arts Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which formal qualities, visual conventions, concepts, and ideas shape expression in their own and others’ art works [7]
- Explain how the technical approaches and the elements and principles of design found in a specific work of art support the expression of ideas in the work and contribute to its function [7]
Creation
Overall Expectations
- Identify and develop ideas and concepts to shape and unify their own art works [2/3, 6/7]
- Produce a body of art work, using the stages of the creative process [2/3, 6/7]
Experimenting and Producing
- Demonstrate competence in representational drawing as an expressive art form, and drawing to document process [2/3, 6/7]
- Demonstrate competence in painting (oil, acrylic or another alternative to watercolour, mixed media), conceptual sculpture (e.g., installations, constructions, environmental sculptures), and new technologies [2/3, 6/7]
- Solve a series of artistic problems, showing an awareness of formal qualities, visual conventions, and relevant ideas and concepts [2/3, 6/7]
Reviewing and Evaluating
- Produce a portfolio of art works, in one or more media, that provides concrete evidence of the process of creating the works, and evaluate their work [2/3, 6/7]
Analysis
- Overall Expectations Evaluate, individually and in groups, the effectiveness of their personal research, creative process, and art products [7]
Critical Process
- Analyse the visual, symbolic, and conceptual aspects of specific fine art, applied design, and craft words [7]
Aesthetics
- Explain how representational elements, the formal organization of visual content, and the expression of moods, feelings, and ideas are used in both the creation and the analysis of art works [7]
Grade 12, Biology, University Preparation
Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
Overall Expectations
- Demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating) [4, 5]
- Identify and describe careers related to the fields of science under study, and describe the contributions of scientists, including Canadians, to those fields [5]
Scientific Investigation Skills
- Formulate relevant scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas problems, or issues, make informed predictions, and/or formulate educated hypotheses to focus inquiries or research [5]
- Identify and locate a variety of print and electronic sources that enable them to address research topics fully and appropriately [4]
- Synthesize, analyse, interpret, and evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data to determine whether the evidence supports or refutes the initial prediction or hypothesis and whether it is consistent with scientific theory; identify sources of bias and/or error; and suggest improvements to the inquiry to reduce the likelihood of error [5]
- Communicate ideas, plans, procedures, results, and conclusions orally, in writing, and/or in electronic presentation, using appropriate language and a variety of formats [4]
Career Exploration
- Identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study and the education and training necessary for those careers [5]
Population Growth
Overall Expectations
- Analyse the relationships between population growth, personal consumption, technological development, and our ecological footprint, and assess the effectiveness of some Canadian initiatives intended to assist expanding populations [5]
Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
- Analyse the effects of human population growth, personal consumption, and technological development on our ecological footprint [5]
Understanding Basic Concepts
- Explain the concepts of interaction (e.g., competition, predation, defence mechanism, symbiotic relationships, parasitic relationships) between different species [1, 2/3, 4, 5]
- Describe the characteristics of a given population, such as its growth, density, distribution, and minimum viable size [5]
- Explain factors such as carrying capacity, fecundity, density, and predation that cause fluctuations in populations, and analyse the fluctuation in the population of a species of plant, wild animal, or microorganism [5]
- Explain the concept of energy transfer in a human population in terms of the flow of food energy in the production, distribution, and use of food resources [5]
- Explain how changes in one population in an aquatic or terrestrial ecosystem can affect the entire hierarch of living things in that system [1, 2/3, 4, 5]
Grade 12, Mathematics of Data Management, University Preparation
Organization of Data for Analysis
Overall Expectations
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of data in statistical studies and the variability inherent in data, and distinguish different types of data [5]
- Describe the characteristics of a good sample, some sampling techniques, and principles of primary data collection, and collect and organize data to solve a problem [5]
Understanding Data Concepts
- Recognize and describe the role of data in statistical studies, describe examples of applications of statistical studies, and recognize that conclusions drawn from statistical studies of the same relationship may differ [5]
- Recognize and explain reasons why variability is inherent in data, and distinguish between situations that involve one variable and situations that involve more that one variable [5]
- Distinguish different types of statistical data and give examples [5]
Collecting and Organizing Data
- Determine and describe principles of primary data collection and criteria that should be considered in order to collect reliable primary data [5]
- Describe characteristics of an effective survey (e.g., by giving consideration to ethics, privacy, the need for honest responses, and possible sources of bias, including cultural bias), and design questionnaires or experiments for gathering data [5]
Statistical Analysis
Overall Expectations
- Analyse, interpret, and draw conclusions from one-variable data using numerical and graphical summaries [5]
Analysing One-Variable Data
- Interpret statistical summaries to describe the characteristics of a one-variable data set and to compare two related one-variable data sets; describe how statistical summaries can be used to misrepresent one-variable data; and make inferences, and make and justify conclusions, from statistical summaries of one-variable data orally and in writing, using convincing arguments [5]
Evaluating Validity
- Gather, interpret, and describe information about applications of data management in occupations, and about university programs that explore these applications [5]
Grade 12, Foundations for College Mathematics, College Preparation
Mathematical Models
Overall Expectations
- Describe trends based on the interpretation of graphs, compare graphs using initial conditions and rates of change, and solve problems by modelling relationships graphically and algebraically [5]
Modelling Graphically
- Interpret graphs to describe a relationship, using language and units appropriate to the context [5]
- Describe trends based on give graphs, and use the trends to make predictions or justify decisions [5]
Data Management
Overall Expectations
- Collect, analyse, and summarize two-variable data using a variety of tools and strategies, and interpret and draw conclusions from the data [5]
Working with Two-Variable Data
- Distinguish situations requiring one-variable and two-variable data analysis, describe the associated numerical summaries and graphical summaries, and recognize questions that each type of analysis addresses [5]
- Describe characteristics of an effective survey (e.g., by giving consideration to ethics, privacy, the need for honest responses, and possible sources of bias, including cultural bias) and design questionnaires or experiments [5]
- Make conclusions from the analysis of two-variable data (e.g., by using a correlation to suggest a possible cause-and-effect relationship), and judge the reasonableness of the conclusion (e.g., by assessing the strength of the correlation; by considering if there are enough data) [5]
Applying Data Management
- Gather, interpret, and describe information about applications of data management in occupations, and about college programs that explore these applications [5]
Grade 12, Mathematics for Work and Everyday Life, Workplace Preparation
Reasoning with Data
Overall Expectations
- Collect, organize, represent, and make inferences from data using a variety of tools and strategies, and describe related applications
Interpreting and Displaying Data
- Read and interpret graphs obtained from various sources [5]
- Make inferences based on the graphical representation of data, and justify conclusion orally or in writing using convincing arguments [5]
- Gather, interpret, and describe information about applications of data management in the workplace and in everyday life [5]
