TEACHING STUFF

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,

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

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

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 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.