HandsOn Science and Technology Grade 1 Author:Jennifer Lawson 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 science skills that grade 1 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement L... more »evels as outlined in the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum. This resource has five instructional units: Unit 1: Characteristics and Needs of Living Things Unit 2: Characteristics of Objects and Properties of Materials Unit 3: Energy in Our Lives Unit 4: Everyday Structures Unit 5: Daily and Seasonal Cycles 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« less