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Hands-On Science for Manitoba, Grade 7

Manitoba

By Jennifer E. Lawson
Series: Hands-On Science for Manitoba
Imprint: Portage & Main Press

Categories: Education, Elementary
Softcover, coil bound : 9781553790259, 286 pages, January 2004

Table of contents

Introduction to Hands-On Science 1

  • Program Introduction 1
  • The Foundations of Scientific Literacy 1
  • Hands-On Science Outcomes 2
  • Program Principles 6
  • Program Implementation 6
  • Classroom Environment 7
  • Time Lines 7
  • Classroom Management 8
  • Science Skills: Guidelines for Teachers 8
  • Assessment Plan 14
  • The Hands-On Science Assessment Plan 14
  • Assessment Sheets 16

Unit 1: Interactions Within Ecosystems 27

  • Books for Students 28
  • Websites 29
  • Introduction 31
  • 1 Introduction to Ecology 32
  • 2 Ecosystems: Small Places to Big Spaces 35
  • 3 Abiotic and Biotic Elements of Ecosystems 38
  • 4 How to Use a Microscope 42
  • 5 Succession: The Order of Things 45
  • 6 Building Blocks in an Ecological
  • Food Pyramid 53
  • 7 Human Action and Ecosystems 61
  • 8 Energy Cycles in Ecosystems and the Importance of Plants 66
  • 9 Examining Organisms in Soil 72
  • 10 Bacteria 76
  • 11 Microorganisms and Food 80
  • References for Teachers 83

Unit 2: Particle Theory of Matter 85

  • Books for Students 86
  • Websites 87
  • Introduction 88
  • 1 Scientific Theories 90
  • 2 Pure Substances and Mixtures 96
  • 3 Solutions, Solutes, and Solvents 100
  • 4 Rate of Solution 105
  • 5 Separating Mixtures and Solutions 108
  • 6 Dangerous Mixtures and Solutions and Their Effects on the Environment 114
  • 7 Heat and Temperature 119
  • 8 Thermometers 123
  • 9 Effects of Heating and Cooling on Volume 127
  • 10 Changes of State 131
  • 11 Heat Transfer 135
  • 12 Producing Heat 141
  • 13 Design Challenge 145
  • References for Teachers 148

Unit 3: Forces and Structures 149

  • Books for Students 150
  • Websites 151
  • Introduction 153
  • 1 Classifying Structures 154
  • 2 Nature’s Structures 159
  • 3 Centre of Gravity 162
  • 4 Effects of Internal Forces 167
  • 5 Effects of External Forces on Structures 172
  • 6 Stress, Fatigue, and Failure 177
  • 7 Investigating Beam Bridges 179
  • 8 Types of Bridges – Structural Forms and Components 184
  • 9 Designing, Constructing, and Testing Bridges 191
  • 10 Increasing Strength of Materials 193
  • 11 Structural Efficiency 197
  • 12 Researching and Evaluating Bridge Designs 200
  • 13 Product Research and Design 203
  • References for Teachers 206

Unit 4: Earth’s Crust 207

  • Books for Students 208
  • Websites 209
  • Recommended Videos 211
  • Introduction 213
  • 1 The Continental Drift 214
  • 2 Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Structure 218
  • 3 Earth’s Changing Surface 222
  • 4 Mountain Formation 228
  • 5 Earthquakes 233
  • 6 Volcanoes 241
  • 7 Rocks and the Rock Cycle 247
  • 8 Classifying Minerals and Rocks 254
  • 9 Erosion and the Landscape 259
  • 10 Soil 262
  • 11 Resources and their Extraction 269
  • 12 Geological Resources 273
  • 13 Mining and the Environment 278

References for Teachers 281

Access Digital Resources 282

Description

Hands-On Science for Manitoba is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade-seven book is custom-written to the Manitoba science curriculum (2000), and divided into four units:

  • Interactions Within Ecosystems
  • Particle Theory of Matter
  • Forces and Structures
  • Earth’s Crust

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science program, which includes its guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the science skills that grade 7 students use and develop, a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates, and digital reproducible student materials.