Hands-On Science for Manitoba, Grade 5 An Inquiry Approach By Jennifer E. Lawson Series: Hands-On Science for Manitoba Imprint: Portage & Main Press Categories: Education, Elementary, Science & Technology, Evaluation Show edition details Softcover, coil bound : 9781553793137, 490 pages, September 2016 Softcover, coil bound $134.00 View Table of Contents READ EXCERPT Download Digital Resources Share: Table of contents Introduction to Hands-On Science for Manitoba, Grade 5 2 Program Introduction 2 The Foundations of Scientific Literacy 2 Program Principles 2 Program Implementation 3 Program Resources 3 Classroom Environment 6 Timelines 6 Classroom Management 6 Classroom Safety 7 Scientific Inquiry Skill: Guidelines for Teachers 7 Observing 7 Exploring 7 Classifying 7 Measuring 8 Communicating, Analyzing, and Interpreting 8 Predicting 11 Inferring 11 Inquiry Through Investigating and Experimenting 11 Inquiry Through Research 11 Online Considerations 12 Addressing Students’ Literacy Needs 12 Using the Design Process 12 Developing Attitudes Related to Science, Technology, and Society 13 Cultural Connections 13 Indigenous Connections 13 Technology 14 Sustainability 14 The Hands-On Science Assessment Plan 15 Assessment for Learning 15 Assessment as Learning 15 Assessment of Learning 16 Performance Assessment 16 Portfolios 17 An Important Note to Teachers 17 Assessment Reproducibles 18 Unit 1: Maintaining a Healthy Body 29 Introduction 30 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes 33 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Scientific Inquiry and Design Process Outcomes 34 Resources for Students 37 Websites and Online Videos 38 1 What Do We Know About Keeping Our Bodies Healthy? 40 2 Why Does It Matter What We Eat? 48 3 What Happens to Food After We Eat It? 61 4 Why Is Water Important for a Healthy Body? 71 5 How Can We Design and Construct a Model of the Digestive System? 77 6 Why Is Healthy Blood Red? 82 7 How Does Exercise Affect Your Heart and Lungs? 94 8 How Do Healthy Joints, Bones, and Muscles Help You Move? 103 9 How Does Our Brain Send Messages to Our Body? 120 10 How Does Skin Protect Our Bodies? 132 11 How Do Our Bodies Fight Illness and Injury? 142 12 How Do I Keep My Body Healthy? 152 13 Inquiry Project: What More Do I Want to Know About Maintaining a Healthy Body? 156 Unit 2: Properties of and Changes in Substances 161 Introduction 162 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes 165 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Scientific Inquiry and Design Process Outcomes 166 Resources for Students 169 Websites and Online Videos 170 1 What Do We Know About the Properties of Substances? 173 2 What Are Some Characteristics of Matter? 186 3 How Do We Determine Buoyancy? 189 4 How Do We Determine Solubility? 195 5 How Do Substances Interact? 200 6 How Do Substances Interact to Produce Gases? 204 7 What Are the Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases? 211 8 How Can We Design and Construct a Device to Measure Mass? 219 9 How Can We Compare the Mass of Objects That Change? 229 10 How Does Water Behave as It Melts, Freezes, Evaporates, or Condenses? 234 11 When Are Physical Changes in Matter Reversible? 241 12 How Can We Identify a Chemical Change? 247 13 How Does Cooking Depend on Physical and Chemical Changes? 253 14 How Can We Practise Safety With Household Chemicals? 257 15 How Are Products Manufactured? 263 16 Inquiry Project: How Can We Create and Evaluate Household Products? 269 Unit 3: Forces and Simple Machines 277 Introduction 278 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes 281 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Scientific Inquiry and Design Process Outcomes 282 Resources for Students 285 Websites and Online Videos 287 1 What Do We Know About Forces and Machines? 289 2 Why Is a Lever a Simple Machine? 298 3 How Do Wheels and Axles Work? 308 4 How Do Gears Help Make Work Easier? 316 5 What Can We Learn About Gears and Direction of Movement? 320 6 How Can We Design and Construct Devices With Working Gears? 327 7 Why Is a Single-Fixed Pulley a Simple Machine? 331 8 How Do Movable and Compound Pulleys Make Work Easier? 338 9 How Can We Design and Construct a Working Pulley System? 348 10 How Does an Inclined Plane Make Work Easier? 355 11 Why Is a Screw a Simple Machine? 360 12 Why Is a Wedge a Simple Machine? 363 13 What Have We Learned About Simple Machines? 367 14 Inquiry Project: How Can We Design and Build a System of Simple Machines to Do a Particular Job? 371 Unit 4: Weather 375 Introduction 376 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes 379 Curriculum Correlation Chart: Scientific Inquiry and Design Process Outcomes 380 Resources for Students 383 Websites and Online Videos 385 1 What Do We Know About Weather? 387 2 How Do Weather Conditions Affect the Lives of Humans and Other Animals? 396 3 What Is the Difference Between Weather and Climate? 400 4 How Is Weather Affected by the Water Cycle? 407 5 How Are Clouds Formed? 415 6 What Are the Properties of Air That Affect Weather? 422 7 How Do Air Masses Affect the Weather? 429 8 How Can We Design and Construct Weather Instruments? 437 9 How Does a Meteorologist Predict the Weather? 451 10 How Can We Compare Short-Term and Long-Term Weather Forecasts? 456 11 What Is Weather Lore? 464 12 What Are the Characteristics of Severe Weather Conditions? 468 13 Inquiry Project: What Factors Cause Changes in the Earth’s Climate? 472 References for Teachers 480 About the Contributors 483Access Digital Resources 484 Related Media Description Hands-On Science for Manitoba is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade-five book is divided into four units: Maintaining a Healthy Body Properties of and Changes in Substances Forces and Simple Machines Weather This new edition includes many familiar features for both teachers and students: curriculum correlation charts; background information on the science topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; digital reproducible student materials; materials lists; and hands-on, student-centred activities. Useful new features include: the components of an inquiry-based approach a four-part instructional process—engage, explore, embed, and enhance ideas for embedding Indigenous knowledge, multicultural connections, and real-world application an emphasis on technology and sustainability infused into all units a fully developed assessment plan that includes opportunities for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on the design process to solve real-life practical problems inclusion of learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) Download the FREE digital resources that accompany this book by following the instructions printed on the first page of the Access Digital Resources page.