Recommended learning resource for Manitoba classrooms
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)
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