Hands-On Science for Manitoba is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade-five book is divided into four units:

• Maintaining a Healthy Body
• Properties of and Changes in Substances
• Forces and Simple Machines
• Weather

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

Download the FREE digital resources that accompany this book by following the instructions printed on the first page of the Access Digital Resources page.

Jennifer E. Lawson, PhD, is the creator of the Hands-On books published by Portage & Main Press. As senior writer and editor for the series, she has contributed to more than 50 publications for teachers and students. Jennifer provides professional development workshops for educators locally, nationally, and virtually, and is a Workplace Wellness Advisor. Her most recent book is a collective effort called Teacher, Take Care: A Guide to Well-Being and Workplace Wellness for Educators. She is also one of the founders of Mission to Mexico, an organization that supports schools in some of the most impoverished communities in Puerto Vallarta. Throughout her extensive career in education, Jennifer has worked as a classroom teacher, resource and special education teacher, consultant, principal, university instructor, and school trustee. She lives with her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Lynda Matchullis is a former middle-years and senior-years science teacher in Manitoba. She is a contributor to Success for All Learners: A Handbook on Differentiating Instruction and author of Senior Years Science Teachers Handbook: A Teaching Resource. She has worked as a divisional consultant supporting implementation of K–12 curricula in all basic subject areas, as well as literacy, numeracy, and establishing educational partnerships with community members. Lynda continues to collaborate with teachers through her work with the Manitoba Rural Learning Consortium. She believes a science teacher’s fundamental tasks are to work collectively to establish learning targets that are both content-based and skills-based, to use performance-based assessments, to moderate student work, and to differentiate instruction.

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Susan Atcheson, BSc in Psychology, BEd, PBCE, Certificate in Special Education, is a K–5 resource teacher in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As an educator for the past 26 years, Susan has worked as an early classroom teacher with children with learning disabilities, and as a tutor for adult education. Susan believes in creating learning environments for children that engage and support curiosity and imagination while developing strong academic and social skills. As a resource teacher, she considers a collaborative approach essential to educating children.

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Marlene Gallagher, BA, BEd, MEd, is an Anishinaabe woman from Sagkeeng First Nation. She is currently an independent education consultant, sessional lecturer at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg, and a writer/editor. Marlene works with all levels of education – university, ministry, grade-school classrooms, and organizations, and she is an advocate for Indigenous education. Marlene attended residential school, and she works with schools to teach about the history and the legacy of Indian residential schools, as well as share her knowledge about the Anishinaabe culture. She is married to Robert and has two children, Andrea and Shaun.

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Greg Johnson, one of North America’s top professional storm-chasers and severe weather experts, is also an accomplished photographer, speaker, workshop leader and, most recently, author. Having graduated from Canada's renowned Acadia University, and after founding and building a leading successful communications, marketing and advertising firm from the ground up, Greg decided it was time to devote himself full-time to pursuing his passion for capturing nature's most beautiful and deadly displays of severe weather. With more than 10 years of experience, Greg enjoys chasing classic prairie thunder and lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards, and he plans to continue traveling the world year-round to satisfy his appetite for capturing extreme weather. Using sophisticated weather-tracking technology, his ability to read severe weather patterns and a team of dedicated sidekicks, Greg has put more than 30,000 miles on his Tornado Truck, intercepting and documenting hundreds of storms across the United States and Canada in 2011 alone. Additionally, Greg's skills are now being retained by the outdoor festival industry in order to assist organizers in ensuring their large crowds are kept safe from sudden and severe weather risks. Greg is also well known for his workshops in severe weather photography, his innovative shot-making and creativity in merging time-lapse photography and music to create mesmerizing weather visuals and soundscapes. A firm believer in the "Bucket List" philosophy, Greg's mission is to inspire others to chase their own passions, while sharing and teaching the lessons he has learned from pursuing his. When he's not storm chasing, Greg enjoys life at home in Regina, Saskatchewan spending time with his wife and three children, and of course - cheering for his beloved Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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