The Berenstain Bears Science Fair

Papa Bear teaches Small Bear and Sister about machines, matter, and energy, and helps them prepare projects for a science fair.

Papa Bear teaches Small Bear and Sister about machines, matter, and energy, and helps them prepare projects for a science fair.

Three big adventures involving the Bear Country Almanac, a nature guide, and a trip to a science fair answer such questions as What are the seasons? How can we make energy from wind and water? and many more.

Competing in the annual school science fair for first prize, Brother Bear, Sister Bear and their friend Ferdy Factual, with exciting experiments to show the judges, discover winning isn't what matters most.

Competing in the annual school science fair for first prize, Brother Bear, Sister Bear and their friend Ferdy Factual, with exciting experiments to show the judges, discover winning isn't what matters most.

Hands-On Science and Technology: An Inquiry Approach is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activity-based lesson plans. The grade 1 book is divided into four units based on the current Ontario curriculum for science and technology. Needs and Characteristics of Living Things Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures Energy in Our Lives Understanding Earth and Space Systems This new edition includes many familiar great features for both teachers and students: curriculum correlation charts; background information on the science and technology topics; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; reproducible student materials; materials lists; and hands-on, student-centred activities. Useful new features include: the components of an inquiry-based scientific and technological approach Indigenous knowledge and perspective embedded in lesson plans a four-part instructional process—activate, action, consolidate and debrief, and enhance an emphasis on technology, sustainability, and differentiated instruction a fully developed assessment plan that includes opportunities for assessment for, as, and of learning a focus on real-life technological problem solving learning centres that focus on multiple intelligences and universal design for learning (UDL) land-based learning activities FREE access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in your book on the reverse side of the title page.)

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science and Technology program (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. It also includes connections to the Achievement Levels as outlined in The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Science and Technology (2007). This resource has four instructional units: Unit 1: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things Unit 2: Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures Unit 3: Energy in Our Lives Unit 4: Understanding Earth and Space Systems Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has the curriculum expectation(s) listed materials lists activity descriptions assessment suggestions activity sheet(s) and graphic organizer(s)