Hands-On Science, Level 5
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2000
- Category
- Elementary
- Recommended Age
- 10
- Recommended Grade
- 5
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Spiral bound
- ISBN
- 9781894110563
- Publish Date
- Jan 2000
- List Price
- $90.00
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
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 5 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. This resource has four instructional units: Unit 1: Maintaining a Healthy Body Unit 2: Properties of and Changes in Substances Unit 3: Forces and Simple Machines Unit 4: Weather Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular outcomes. Each lesson has materials lists activity descriptions questioning techniques activity centre and extension ideas assessment suggestions activity sheets and visuals
About the author
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.