Grade 7 Science Heat in the Environment Ontario Curriculum

Grade 7 Science Heat in the Environment (Heat) | PDF & Digital Formats: This 176-page unit will help you teach science without a textbook. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that explains what heat is, where it is found and its functions in the environment.

• This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom™. The unit also comes with Google Slides™ versions of the included lessons for 1:1 technology schools.

• Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022 - Grade 7 Heat in the Environment

Resource Includes:

• Detailed lesson plans
• Differentiated lessons and assignments (readings, videos, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, group work, projects, labs)
• Mp3 audio files of each article
• Detailed unit plan, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
• Lessons are divided up with title pages for easy access
• Student assignment choice and variety
• Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
• Unit Test (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
• Science Lab
• PDF format
• Google Slides format

Lesson Overview

• Introduction Lesson #1- Safety Lesson
• Introduction Lesson #2 - Unit Vocabulary QR Code Scavenger Hunt
• Lesson #1 - Introduction To Heat
• Lesson #2 - Heat Production
• Lesson #3 - Heat and Temperature
• Lesson #4 - The Particle Theory
• Lesson #5 - Heat and Volume
• Lesson #6A - Conduction, Convection and Radiation
• Lesson #6B - Heat Video
• Lesson #7 - Teacher Demonstration: Boiling Water in a Paper Cup
• Lesson #8 - Student Lab: Melting Ice Cubes
• Lesson #9 - Heating and Cooling of the Earth
• Lesson #10 - Greenhouse Gases
• Lesson #11 - Investigation: Benefits of Technology With Heat
• Lesson #12 - Stations & Project-Based Learning: Energy Types & Solar Panels Investigation
• Lesson #13 - Unit Test

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