Web Links
Click on the chapter that interests you for a menu of related websites.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Materials and Safety
Chapter 1: Safety and You
Section 1.1 Safety at Work and at Home, page 12
You now know what your rights are. But what are your responsibilities
as a worker?
Young
Worker Awareness Program
The Young Worker Awareness Program has been set up to reduce the number
of workplace accidents involving workers between the ages of 15 and
24 in Ontario.
Workers
Health and Safety Centre
The Workers Health and Safety Centre has many offices around Ontario,
and an extensive website. The site details the many programs that
they run to make the workplace safer for Ontarians.
Workplace
Safety and Insurance Board for Ontario
This website contains information and resources that will help you
maintain a safe workplace, and help you understand your health and
safety rights and responsibilities.
Ontario
Ministry of Labour - Health and Safety on the Job for Ontario's Young
Workers
The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires workers to always
work safely and not 'fool around,' use all equipment safely, as demonstrated
by the supervisor; and report to the supervisor any hazard, dangerous
situation or violation of the legislation.
A
Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
This Guide gives examples of what the employer should do, and what
an employee can refuse to do, to reduce the chances of workplace injury.
Ontario
Ministry of Labour - Information for Working Students
Although this Government of Ontario site is written primarily for
working students, the workers' responsibilities listed apply to all
employees.
Section 1.2 Job Link: Gas Fitter, page 19
The Job Link outlines the career of gas fitter. Find three related
careers.
Edunet
Connect catalogue of careers
Click on "gasfitter" to find out about this career, and
what careers are related to it. Then go back to the menu and select
other careers to read about them.
Collegeboard.com
This Careers website has information on hundreds of different jobs.
Click on Construction trades and extractive occupations to find out
about careers related to gas fitting.
Ontario
Job Futures 2000
Try "gas fitter" and see what related jobs are suggested
in this Government of Canada site.
Ontariojobs.com
This is an example of a job search site. Select "entry level
- no degree" as a career type, and then "fitter" as
a key word. See what's available this week!
Chapter 2: Rates of Chemical Reactions
Section 2.2 Job Link: Tool and Die Makers, page 45
Research three industries that hire tool and die makers and what they
are hired to do.
Ontario
College - CareerPath
A real-life tool and die maker shares his thoughts on his job and
his employer.
Occupation
Outlook Handbook
This handbook, produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, gives some
ideas about who you might work for, as a tool and die maker.
Collegeboard.com
Click on "metalworking and plastics" then "tool and
die makers" to find lots of information on being a tool and die
maker, including many industries in which you might work.
Niagara
College Career Centre
Look for Shane Storey's real-life experience. He is an Ontario high-school
graduate who is training to be a tool and die maker.
Section 2.3 Combustion, page 52
Should every home have a carbon monoxide detector?
Technical
Standards and Safety Authority
The website of the TSSA (a non-governmental organization in Ontario)
has some good tips for helping you avoid problems with carbon monoxide
in your home.
Frequently
Asked Questions About Carbon Monoxide Detectors
This is a very useful website produced by fire safety professionals
in Hamel, Minnesota. The site outlines the "why, where, and how"
of carbon monoxide detectors in the home.
U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
This website was produced to answer the public's questions about carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Carbon
Monoxide - Ontario Ministry of the Environment
If you want to know where else carbon monoxide might be produced,
this site gives some useful data.
Unit 2: Electric Circuits
Chapter 3: Electricity — What Is It?
Section 3.2 Generating Electricity, page 84
Nuclear Energy
Check out these links and answer the following questions about each
one.
- Has the author identified her/himself?
- Is the author for or against nuclear energy?
- Does the site provide you with enough facts to allow you to make
your own decision about using nuclear energy?
- Could this site be classified as an advertisement?
Nuclear
Technology - A Primer
The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility produced this
"primer" on producing and using nuclear power.
Nuclear
Energy Agency
The NEA is an international organization with a website putting
forward its views on the topic.
Nuclear
Energy Institute
Click on "About NEI" to find out where the Nuclear Energy
Institute, an American organization, is coming from.
Frequently
Asked Questions about Nuclear Energy
A retired professor from Stanford University, in the U.S.A., put
this page together. It ends with lots of links to other websites
that deal with the nuclear issue.
Atomic
Energy of Canada Limited
AECL is a global nuclear technology and engineering company, based
in Canada, that designed and developed the CANDU nuclear power reactor.
Good
and Bad Points About Nuclear Energy
The sponsors of this Welsh site are interested in many types of
energy.
Environmental
News Network Inc.
Environmental News Network Inc. is a Califoria-based company that
covers environmental stories from around the world. This one focuses
on nuclear energy.
Nuclear
Power - CANDU Reactors
This article, on Energy Probe's website, has a very particular point
of view.
Section 3.2 Job Link: Interview with Ontario Power Generation Employee,
page 90
What are the requirements to be a power system electrician?
CareerMatters
TVOntario's career pages give details of many careers, including that
of power system electrician.
NOC
7243 Power System Electrician
The National Occupation Classification site describes the duties and
requirements of power system electricians.
Electrical
Power Line and Cable Workers
The Canadian Government's Job Futures 2000 website describes the education
and main duties of electrical power line workers. Can you find the
job description for industrial electricians, too?
Chapter 4: Practical Electricity
Section 4.1 Consumers and Electrical Devices, page 111
What safety precautions are needed for someone who installs light fixtures?
Installing
Light Fixtures
A web page from Wisconsin gives you all the basics about installing
light fixtures.
Workplace
Electrical Safety Reminders
This page is part of the National Electrical Safety Foundation's website.
It has many tips for people who work with electricity for a living.
Home
Safety
The Electrical Safety Authority has some good, practical suggestions
on what to do before doing any electrical work in the home. Click
on "Home Safety" and select a topic.
The
Truth About Electrical Injuries
This pamphlet, sponsored by the Electrical and Utilities Safety Association
of Ontario and other organizations, cautions electrical workers about
the dangers of careless behaviour.
Bob's
Home Page - Free Electrical Answers
If you have any questions about electricity in the home, Bob's Home
Page is likely to have the answers!
Section 4.4 From the Power Station to You, page 129
Electromagnetic fields: Are you concerned about EMF?
Electric
and Magnetic Fields at Extremely Low Frequencies
This is an excellent, factual website put out by Health Canada.
Electromagnetic
Fields
BCHydro presents the results of studies relating to EMF.
Leukemia
and Power Lines Correlation Probed
The Medical Post published this article in July, 2002.
Power
Lines and Cancer - FAQs
This website, owned by the Medical College of Wisconsin, contains
a long list of questions and answers about the possible link between
power lines and cancer.
Electromagnetic
Fields
What are the established health effects associated with exposure to
EMF? The UK's National Radiological Protection Board gives its answers.
Electromagnetic
fields and cancer: Scientists use statistics, biology to study suspected
link
This summary of an article by Dave Jackson, a UC Berkeley physics
professor, indicates that "there is no evidence to support the
claim that stray low frequency (50 or 60 Hz) electromagnetic fields
cause leukemia."
Power
Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear
Dr. Farley is Professor of Physics at the University of Nevada. He
has written an article outlining his research on whether there is
a link between EMF and cancer.
Section 4.4 Job Link: Emergency Preparedness Team, page 134
What happens if a disaster strikes in your city or town? Are there
enough employees to handle it? What is the government's role?
Office
of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness
The OCIPEP is a civilian organization operating within the Department
of National Defence. Click on "Partnerships" to learn more
about how this organization may affect you.
Safeguard
SAFE GUARD is a national program based on partnerships and aimed at
increasing public awareness of emergency preparedness in Canada.
Health
Canada Emergency Preparedness - Working with our Partners
This site outlines some of Health Canada's partnerships and working
relationships with a number of international, federal, provincial/territorial
and local organizations. These partnerships combine expertise resulting
in a strong, effective response to emergency situations.
Emergency
Management
Here you will find probably more than you'll ever want to know about
disaster preparedness in King County, Washington, U.S.A.
Emergency
Preparedness
Vancouver, B.C. has produced a site to help citizens help themselves
in times of disaster. Of course, there will be city and provincial
employees involved also.
Unit 3: Micro-organisms
Chapter 5: Characteristics of Micro-organisms
Section 5.1 Job Link: Retail Sales Clerk, page 150
What careers require classification skills?
NOC
1441 Administrative Clerks
Documentation or administrative clerks are constantly having to make
decisions about which document goes where. Classification skills are
a must.
NOC
1413 Records and File Clerks
Records and file clerks sort material according to particular filing
systems. In a medical office they might classify and code health records
and related information, cross-reference and store health records,
and maintain indexes for classification systems.
NOC
2223 Forest Technician
Being able to classify trees and land types is essential if you plan
to become a forest technician.
NOC
1453 Customer Service, Information and Related Clerks
A customer service representative in an insurance company has to determine
a client's acceptability and risk classification according to the
company's guidelines.
Occupations
in Food and Beverage Service (645)
Bartenders maintain an inventory of bar supplies, so must be able
to classify and store their stock.
Making
This Industry the Career of Choice
This article advises supermarket managers on how to excite and inspire
their employees, and groom them to be the next generation of managers.
Section 5.3 Protists, page 162
Euglena
- How do Euglena feed?
- Based on your research, do you think Euglena are more like
animals or more like plants?
Euglena
Anatomy
This diagram, on a school website, might give you some ideas about
how Euglena gets its energy.
Buckman
Laboratories Photomicrographs
Here you can see living Euglena, in a wet mount, through
a microscope.
Euglena
This excellent description, produced by the Academy of Science at
St. Louis, gives lots of information on Euglena.
Euglena's
Home Page
Produced by Johnson County Community College, this page includes
microscopic photographs and movies, as well as a written description.
Section 5.5 Viruses, page 173
Viruses often make us sick. What human diseases do viruses cause?
What
the Heck is a Virus?
For an easy-to-read review of viruses, check out this page written
by a microbiologist at Kansas University in the United States.
Viral
Meningitis
The New York State Department of Health publishes information on many
different diseases, including viral meningitis. Try to find their
info on hand, foot, and mouth disease also.
Microbiological
News and Views
Click on "Congo fever" and "Ebola" on this site
of Microbiology Department at the University of Cape Town in South
Africa.
The
Common Cold
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (in Bethesda,
Maryland, U.S.A.) gives lots of information about the virus that affects
more North Americans than any other infectious disease.
Study:
Gulf War Syndrome: viral infection may be linked
CNN publicize a rather spooky discovery: the genetic material of Gulf
war veterans is different from that of the rest of us.
Chapter 6: Micro-organisms and Human Life
Section 6.2 Micro-organisms in Agriculture, page 193
What other ways are there to control the micro-organisms that cause
disease in agriculture?
Controlling
Canola Diseases in Direct Seeding Systems
Canola is a popular crop in Southern Ontario. This Alberta Agriculture,
Food and Rural Development site gives some familiar and some newer
suggestions for avoiding the diseases that can damage canola.
Compost
Teas for Plant Disease Control
Perhaps some tea will make those ailing plants feel better! An Arkansas
organization, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, has
some novel ideas for improving plant health.
Preventing
Foot and Mouth Disease in Canada - Basic Biosecurity Principles
The government of Alberta gives farmers some tips on avoiding introducing
foot and mouth disease into their cattle.
Controlling
False Smut in Rice
A plant pathologist in Arkansas gives some suggestions on how to keep
the rice crop healthy.
Farm
Hygiene for Disease and Weed Control
Although targeted at cotton growers in Australia, this document from
the Cooperative Research Centre gives ideas that could be useful on
farms all around the world.
Section 6.3 Micro-organisms in the Kitchen, page 204
Health Canada provides Canadians with information on the safe handling
and storage of foods. What micro-organisms are most likely to cause
problems? What can you do at home and at work to protect your health
and the health of others? Prepare a point-form summary of the information
you find.
Safe
Food Storage
Health Canada gives tips on buying, transporting, and storing food
to minimize the chances of food-related illness.
Canadian
Food Inspection Agency Food Facts
Look under "Causes of Food Borne Illness" and click on Clostridium
botulinum or Salmonella to find out about two of the most familiar
causes of food poisoning - and how to avoid them.
Food
Safety Facts for Kitchen Safety
Here you will find lots of tips on keeping the kitchen clean and infection-free,
courtesy of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Check out the tips
on the left-hand side of the screen, too.
Hamburger
Disease
Barbeque season can be food-poisoning season if you don't take care
of your meat and cook it properly. Here are Health Canada's tips.
Escherichia
coli O157:H7
U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied
Nutrition gives lots of information on this infamous bacteria - the
same one that caused death and illness in Walkerton in 2000.
Food-borne
Pathogens and Food-borne Illness
This site has many links to others where you can search out information
on food and infections.
Unit 4 The Immune System and Human Health
Chapter 7 Disease and Your Body's Defences
Section 7.1 What is Disease?, page 225
Brainstorm some non-communicable diseases and their symptoms. When
you have finished, check your ideas using these links.
Canadian
Cancer Society - Ontario Division
Cancer is one of the most feared of diseases. Separate the truths
from the myths with the help of this informative site.
The
Changing Face of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada 2000 - Executive
Summary
Perhaps the number one killer in Canada, heart disease is largely
related to lifestyle. Find out about the disease and its prevention.
Understanding
Depression
It may not be visible to the rest of us, but depression is a real
illness with a real cause. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
based in Toronto, has an excellent page that answers all your questions
about depression.
Extent
of the Non-Communicable Disease Problem in South-East Asia
The World Health Organization's Department of Social Change and Non-Communicable
Diseases is concerned with the illnesses affecting people all around
the world.
Malnutrition
This page on the British Nutrition Foundation's website clearly describes
the causes, symptoms, and treatment of malnutrition.
Section 7.3 The Immune Response, page 241
What are the first-aid kit requirements in different workplaces? How
is preparing first-aid kits similar to the specific defences of the
body's immune system?
Saint
John Ambulance Canada Health and Safety Training
Click on the different kits, such as the Restaurant Kit, to find out
what should be in a first aid kit at various workplaces.
Canada
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations - First Aid
Find Schedule I and Schedule II to discover what should be in the
first aid kits in workplaces with various numbers of employees.
Occupational
Health and Safety First Aid Regulations - Newfoundland
As well as federal regulations, there are provincial guidelines dictating
what should be in a workplace first aid kit. Scroll through this site
to find what's required in Newfoundland.
Canada
Labour Code Coal Mines Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
Scroll down to Schedule V Part II to find out what should be in a
miner's first aid kit.
Chapter 8: Reducing the Incidence of Disease
Section 8.1 Fighting Pathogens: The Battlefield, page 253
Research the responsibilities, skill, and education requirements for
a career as a medical clinic assistant.
Assisting
Occupations in Support of Health Services (341)
Human Resources Development Canada gives an outline of what's involved
in working as an assistant in a hospital, lab, or doctor's office.
NOC
1243 Medical Offices Assistants
The HRDC listing indicates that this job is largely secretarial.
NOC
6631 Elemental Medical and Hospital Assistants
This job seems to be somewhat more practical than that of a medical
office assistant.
Medical
Office Assistant
Capilano College in Vancouver, B.C., offers a course for high school
graduates to train to work as assistants in medical clinics.
Unit 5 Human Impact on the Environment
Chapter 9 Natural Relationships
Section 9.2 Ecosystems in Action, page 294
Ecological Footprint
Use the questionnaires on the Web sites below to find out your own
ecological footprint. Hint: the first link allows you to compare your
findings with Canadian averages.
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm
http://www.esb.utexas.edu/drnrm/EcoFtPrnt/Calculate.htm
How does your ecological footprint compare with the average Canadian's?
List some things you could change that would reduce your ecological
footprint.
Imagining you have made these changes, enter the information again and
see how small you can make your ecological footprint.
Activity 9B: Investigating Biodiversity, page 299
Select one of the following ecosystems to find a listing of some of
the residents:
arctic/tundra
coniferous/boreal
forest/taiga
deciduous
forest
prairie
mountains
As well as using the links provided, try searching for information
on specific animals using the web browser.
Section 9.2 Ecosystems in Action, page 300
How do Zebra mussels affect the biodiversity of the Great Lakes?
Frequently
Asked Questions about the Zebra Mussel
This site, put out by the U.S. Geological Survey, contains lots of
basic information about Zebra mussels.
Zebra
Mussel Migration to Inland Lakes and Reservoirs: A Guide for Lake
Managers
This is a Great Lakes Sea Grant Network fact sheet produced by the
Ohio Sea Grant College Program. Look at the section entitled "Ecological
effects of zebra mussels in inland lakes".
Section 9.3 Human Destruction of Ecosystems, page 306
Why are there limits to the number of fish and other animals that can
be killed? Make a collage to explain your answer.
The
Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Sector
This Government of Canada site outlines the reasons for the rules
and regulations controlling who can fish where and when.
The
Fisheries Council of Canada
This organization is made up of people who make their living by fishing.
Check out their mission statement, and click on "About the Fishery"
to view some of their publications.
Canadian
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing Operations
This new code is written to help fish harvesters in their efforts
to make harvesting operations responsible and sustainable.
Total
Number of Ontario Moose Validation Tags Up
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources increased the number of
moose that could be shot by hunters in 2001. Find out why.
2002
Hunting Regulations Summary
Read the Premier's and Minister of Natural Resources' messages on
pages 3 and 5.
page 307
Over the years our governments have made many laws that may help minimize
environmental damage. Both federal and provincial governments in Canada
have environment ministries that make and enforce environmental laws.
What types of laws have been passed? What laws do you think we need?
Environment
Canada Emergencies and Enforcement Division
What happens when environmental laws are broken? There is a "police
force" set up to track down the offenders. Most of the laws they
enforce are called "acts".
Environment
Canada Legislation
Here is a long list of acts and regulations passed by Environment
Canada.
Laws
and Policies of the Great Lakes Region
The Great Lakes Information Network has collected together information
on the laws and acts that protect the Great Lakes.
Environmental
Protection Act - Ontario Regulation 206/97
Here is an example of an act passed by the Government of Ontario in
1997. It covers many aspects of environmental protection.
Endangered
Species Act - R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 328
Here you can see how changes are made to provincial legislation.
Case Study: The Oak Ridges Moraine and Urban Sprawl, page 310
To develop or not to develop. This question has drawn a lot of people
and organizations into the debate over the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Oak
Ridge Moraine
This City of Toronto site tries to present the facts in an unbiased
way. Do you think it succeeds?
The
Earthroots Campaign to Protect the Oak Ridges Moraine
There's no doubt about which side of the argument this website supports.
Oak
Riges Moraine:Proposal for the Protection and Management of a Unique
Landscape
This site describes the attempts at finding a solution to this thorny
problem, involving many different organizations and interested parties.
Oak
Ridges Moraine Position Paper - Ontario Professional Planners Institute
You might think that this organization would be in favour of development.
Read this carefully to see what you think.
Sustainability,
Planning Practice, and Housing Form in the Oak Ridges Moraine
Even those in favour of development have to acknowledge that the moraine
is a sensitive area. Funding for this project has been provided by
the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation through the External Research
Programme
Chapter 10 What Can I Do?
Section 10.1 Food Production, page 320
What is chemical-free pest control?
Harry
R. Rosen Alternative Pest Control Research Center
In an effort to come up with non-chemical methods of controlling pests
in crop plants, this research centre is experimenting with many techniques,
including genetic manipulation.
Resources
for Alternative Pest Control
This site lists several methods to reduce pest infestations without
resorting to toxic chemicals.
All-Natural
Pesticides
Home and Garden TV's website makes some suggestions for curbing garden
pests. But read them carefully: not all of the suggestions are non-chemical.
Section 10.2 Where Does the Waste Go?
Look at these websites to find out more about the trucking and waste
removal industries.
Ontario
Waste Management Association
This is an association of independent companies that provide a wide
range of waste management services, including waste collection and
transport. Click on some of the businesses to find out what they do.
Waste
News
This tabloid-style newspaper, available on-line, is devoted to issues
of waste reduction and waste management.
Capital
Environmental Resource Inc.
This is just one of the many private waste haulage companies that
operate in Ontario.
Disposal
Technology - Rail Haul Derailed
The on-line magazine Solid Waste and Recycling published this
report on the Government of Ontario's decision not to transport Toronto's
garbage to Kirkland Lake by rail.
