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 2 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: Growth and Changes in Animals; Unit 2: Movement; Unit 3: Properties of Liquids and Solids; Unit 4: Air and Water in the Environment. Each unit is divided into lessons which 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).

"Units relate directly to the learning expectations which complement those in the Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, 2008 document." Includes bibliographical references.