Grade 7 Science Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Ontario Curriculum

Grade 7 Science Understanding Structures and Mechanisms (Structures) | PDF & Digital Formats: This 190-page unit will help you teach science without a textbook. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that explains what structures are and how they function.

• 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 Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

Resource Includes:

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

Lesson Overview

1. Safety Lesson, Unit Vocabulary, Unit Introduction
2. Classifying Structures
3. Structures Video Questions
4. Centre of Gravity & Stability
5. Force
6. Show and Tell Assignment
7. Classifying Structures Quiz
8. Internal and External Forces
9. Card Pyramid Activity
10. Symmetry in Structures
11. Structure Failure
12. Manufacturing Factors
13. Loads
14. Structural Safety
15. Design Factors
16. Ergonomic Design
17. Take-Out Container Lab
18. Egg House Lab
19. Unit Review
20. Unit Test

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