Hands-On Standards: Explicitly teach science inquiry process skills for grades 4-5.
Ages 9-11
Designed to fit science into your schedule, complete lessons explicitly teach the process skills of inquiry.
Provides photo-illustrated instructions for each hands-on activity in complete lessons that are easily accessible for teachers with any level of comfort and experience in teaching science
Moves from building background knowledge to hands-on inquiry to assessment in each lesson
Offers Meeting Individual Needs section with differentiated instruction ideas in each lesson
Applies the process skills to other curricular areas (reading, math, language arts, social studies, art) in extension activities
Features physical, life, and Earth and space science content aligned with National Science Education Standards
Reinforces the process skills of science inquiry, which research shows is key to understanding science principles that students can apply to standardized tests and everyday life
Complements our popular Hands-On Standards® Math series
Provides access to rubrics, assessments, answer keys and blackline masters online
Teaches 9 process skills in 36 lessons
Includes 45 blackline masters
Tabbed, spiral-bound teacher handbook with 152 pages measures 9"L x 11"H
Grades 4-5