Curated external resources
Tools linked from lesson slide decks, plus a short catalog of reputable sites used across Alberta Science 10 units. We link out only — no textbook or third-party content is scraped or embedded.
External sites are independent services. Links are curated for classroom use; verify terms of use before assigning student access.
Recommended tools by unit
Interactive periodic table for Unit A bonding, naming, and element properties.
Website terms apply; link-out only.
Open educational simulations (chemistry, energy, membranes, and more).
PhET simulations are free for educational use under PhET's terms.
Solar energy budget, climate, and Earth system visuals for Unit D.
U.S. government public information; cite NASA as source.
Ocean currents and hydrosphere connections to climate (Unit D).
U.S. government public information; cite NOAA as source.
Microscope types and cell imaging context for Unit C.
U.S. government public information.
International climate science summaries referenced in Alberta POS Unit D.
Use reports and summaries per IPCC terms; suitable for teacher background and senior excerpts.
Links used in slide decks
Deduplicated URLs from lesson JSON. Open the lesson for presenter context.
- IPCC ↗From: Climate Science, Decisions, and Perspectives
https://www.ipcc.ch/
- NASA — Earth's Energy Budget ↗From: Factors Affecting Solar Input at the Surface
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/earths-energy-budget/
- NASA Climate ↗From: Climate Science, Decisions, and Perspectives
https://climate.nasa.gov/
- NASA Climate Kids — Energy from the Sun ↗From: Sun, Climate, and Life on Earth
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/energy-budget/
- NIH — Microscopy ↗From: Microscopy and Modern Cell Research
https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/microscopes-fact-sheet.aspx
- NOAA — Climate data ↗From: Human Actions and Climate Evidence
https://www.climate.gov/
- NOAA — Ocean currents ↗From: Global Energy Transfer and Climate Zones
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/
- PhET — Balancing Chemical Equations ↗From: Word Equations and Balancing (Conservation of Mass)
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/balancing-chemical-equations
- PhET — Build an Atom ↗From: Particles of Matter: From Macro to Subatomic
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/build-an-atom
- PhET — Energy Forms and Changes ↗From: Forms of Energy in Natural and Technological Systems
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/energy-forms-and-changes
- PhET — Energy Skate Park ↗From: Kinetic, Potential, and Chemical Energy
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/energy-skate-park
- PhET — Membrane Channels ↗From: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Active Transport
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/membrane-channels
- Ptable — periodic table ↗From: Atomic Models and Evidence
https://ptable.com
Alberta Program of Studies
Curriculum alignment uses Alberta Education Science 10 (2005, Updated 2014). External sites do not replace the POS and are not endorsed by Alberta Education.