Recommended learning resource for Manitoba classrooms

Hands-On Science is written for the Western and Northern Canadian provinces. For the Ontario edition, please see Hands-On Science and Technology.

Hands-On Science: An Inquiry Approach is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade 6 book is divided into four units:

Diversity of Living Things
Flight
Electricity
The Solar System

This new edition includes many familiar great features for both teachers and students: curriculum correlation charts; background information on the science topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; 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)