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Education Elementary

Hands-On Science and Technology, Grade 5

by (author) Jennifer Lawson

revised by Sidney Mckay

Publisher
Portage & Main Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2008
Category
Elementary
  • Spiral bound

    ISBN
    9781553791812
    Publish Date
    Nov 2008
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science and Technology program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the science skills that grade 5 students use and develop) and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. It also includes connections to the Achievement Levels as outlined in The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Science and Technology (2007). This resource has four instructional units. Unit 1: Human Organ Systems Unit 2: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms Unit 3: Properties of and Changes in Matter Unit 4: Conservation of Energy and Resources Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has curriculum expectation(s) lists materials lists activity descriptions assessment suggestions activity sheet(s) and graphic organizer(s)

About the authors

Jennifer Lawson, PhD, is the originator and program editor of the Hands-On series published by Portage & Main Press. Jennifer writes, teaches in the faculty of education at the University of Manitoba, and is a local school board trustee. She is also one of the founders of Mission to Mexico, an organization that works with and provides supports to schools in some of the most impoverished communities in Puerto Vallarta. Jennifer is a former classroom teacher, resource and special education teacher, consultant, and principal. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with her husband, Barry, and sons, Devon and Jeremy.

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