This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science and Technology program, which includes its guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the scence skills that grade 7 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels as outlined in the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum. This resource has five instructional units. Unit 1: Interactions within Ecosystems Unit 2: Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit 3: Heat Unit 4: Structural Strength and Stability Unit 5: The Earth’s Crust Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has materials lists activity descriptions questioning techniques activity centre and extension ideas assessment suggestions activity sheets and visuals.

Note: Hands on Science and Technology is unavailable from the Publisher Portage & Main (out of print). No plans for revision.