10.D1.2

identify some major developments in science and/or technology during this period, and explain how they changed the lives of people in Canada, including First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit individuals and communities (e.g., the popularization of television changed recreational habits; developments in medicine contributed to increased life expectancy; the development and use of satellites expanded communications across the country; innovations in the design of the snowmobile changed the way many people in rural and northern Canada travelled in the winter; the advent of commercial fertilizers and pesticides helped farmers but also had consequences for the environment; the creation of the DEW Line changed the way of life of many Inuit)