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This 70 page unit (revised September 2019) includes instructions, student handouts, answers, experiments, demonstrations, activities, review and assessment for the Grade 8 Matter and Materials Strand of the Ontario Curriculum. The unit focusses on *Flow Rate and Viscosity *Density *Buoyancy *Pressure *Hydraulics and Pneumatics

A whole two-dimensional measurement unit designed for the middle years. Uses metric units for distance and area. Includes 20 pages of handouts on: 1) Converting between metric area units 2) Finding irregular areas 3) Finding the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles 4) Finding the area and perimeter of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids 5) Calculating Pi 6) Finding the area and circumference of circles 7) Finding the area of composite shapes 8) Problem solving questions with area,

WATER SYSTEMS is a unit designed to align with the Ontario grade 8 Understanding Earth and Space Systems strand. This unit includes 30 pages of student handouts that cover topics such as the distribution of water on Earth, the water cycle, watersheds, the water table, glaciers, water and weather, acid rain, water and pH testing, water and sewage treatment, septic systems, personal water use calculation, comparing personal water use to international water use, water conservation strategies and a

No textbook required! This science unit is designed to align with the Ontario science curriculum. This hands-on unit includes *full teacher instructions and teacher information sheets *templates for student information, experiments and graphing *questions and review questions *quiz and unit test *answers TOPICS: molecule theory and heat, temperature, changes of state, expansion and contraction, transfer of heat: conduction, convection and radiation, greenhouse effect

This comprehensive 59 page unit includes instructions, student handouts, answers, experiments, activities, a quiz and unit test for the Grade 8 Life Systems strand of the Ontario Curriculum. The unit focusses on *Parts of a microscope and usage of microscope *Parts of plant and animal cells *Function of cell organelles *Unicellular and multi-cellular organisms *Tissues, organs and systems *Applications of cell biology

MATH: GEOMETRY Full unit that combines transformations and the co-ordinate plane. Includes worksheets and assessment with all answers. 1) Introduction to the four quadrants of the co-ordinate plane 2) Translations and reflections 3) Rotations 4) Dilations 5) Review Plus Assessment: test with full answer key

This grade 7 science unit aligns with the Ontario science curriculum (matter and energy strand). The unit includes: *instructions and materials lists *10 experiments (with templates for students) *templates for student notes and activities *review, mid-unit test and final test *answers for all templates and experiments *answers for review, mid-unit test and final test

A whole unit focussed on calculating the surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders. Uses metric measurements. Includes printable worksheets, two tests (one using rubrics and one multiple choice), triangular prism nets and all answers. Unit includes worksheets such as 1) Converting area and volume units 2) Calculating volume of prisms and cylinders 3) Hands-on activities measuring volume and surface area 4) Calculating surface area of prisms and cylinders 5) Calculating dimensions given a

An intermediate unit for teaching probability using an experiment based approach. Aligns with the Ontario grade 8 math curriculum. Includes: Warm-up handout and review handoutFour hands-on activities on handouts that could be run as centres: Theoretical and Experimental Probability, Complimentary Probability, Combining Events Part One and Combining Events Part TwoTest Answer key for test, warm-up, review and non-open ended parts of centresUses dice, cards, spinner (template included) and colour

Interactions in the Environment is a grade 7 unit that aligns with the Ontario Curriculum. The unit contains activities to teach food webs, energy pyramids, cycles in nature, succession, human-impacts such as bioaccumulation and invasive species, and morea review, a quiz and a teststudent handouts, information sheets and answers to handouts

This unit is a pre-algebra patterning unit designed for the middle years. The unit includes 15 pages of worksheets as well as all of the answers. Fits well with the Ontario grade 8 curriculum. 1) Introduces basic patterning concepts: intervals, extensions, steps, inputs and outputs. 2) Introduces students to finding formulae in terms of "n". They find general rules that can be used to extend a pattern to any step. 3) Students learn how to use multiples to extend repeating patterns. 4) Student

This writing conventions unit helps students sort different sentences by structure (simple, compound, complex and compound/complex) and by purpose (declarative, exclamatory, imperative, interrogative). Students are introduced to basic sentence structure (subject/verb/object), independent and dependent phrases as well as sentence fragments. There are two review activities and a unit test. All answers are included.

A whole algebra unit including handouts, answers and unit test. Students model equations with algebra tiles as well as solve equations using balancing. 1) Substituting variables for numbers 2) Solving equations by subtraction 3) Solving equations by addition 4) Solving equations by division 5) Solving equations by multiplication 6) Solving two-step equations (y=mx+b) 7) Grouping like terms 8) Using the distributive property 9) Words into algebra 10) Problem solving using algebra 11) Graphing eq

This bundle includes a patterning unit (pre-algebra) and an algebra unit designed for the intermediate grades. These resources cover the Patterning and Algebra expectations for grade 7/8 math in Ontario. The units include assessments and reviews as well as answers for all of the handouts.

This 79 page math unit has handouts that cover the ordering, rounding, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing of decimal numbers and the use of order of operations at an intermediate grade level (Ontario 7-8). There are two quizzes and two tests as well as some materials for minds-on activities. Answers are included for the handouts, quizzes and test.

This intermediate level (grades 7/8) unit is broken up into two sections: integers and rational numbers. There is a review, a quiz and two unit tests. Topics covered include ordering integers and rational numbers, adding and subtracting integers and rational numbers, multiplying and dividing integers and rational numbers and order of operations with integers and rational numbers. Cards are included for ordering activities. Answers are included for all handouts, the quiz and the tests. Ideas

This math unit includes instructions with minds-on ideas as well as a review and a unit test. Topics covered include divisibility strategies, prime and composite numbers, prime factors, exponents, square roots, scientific notation, the distributive property, lowest common multiple and greatest common factor, and the order of operations with exponents and square roots. Answers are included for all handouts, the review and the unit test.

This unit contains a list of commas rules, 5 comma practice handouts and a test. Answers for the 5 handouts and the test are included.

SAMPLE WORKSHEET from my unit "TRANSFORMATIONS on the CO-ORDINATE PLANE". Worksheet for practicing reading co-ordinates and plotting points on the co-ordinate plane. Geometry. Introduction exercise to transformations on the co-ordinate plane.