Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle

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In this Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle, teachers are equipped with 122 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers to immerse their modified Grade 6/7 students in learning about key concepts in the Grade 6 and 7 Science curriculum. Each of the 122 lessons aligns with a critical concept in the Ontario Curriculum but has significantly reduced reading and writing expectations within the lesson. 

This Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 6 and 7 Ontario Science Curriculums but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. An MP3 audio file of each student reading has been provided. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.

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Curriculum Alignment

1. Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022 Grade 6 Strands A - E
2. Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022 Grade 7 Strands A - E

Resource Includes:
✅122 Detailed Lesson Plans
✅Modified Lesson Content
✅MP3 Audio Files of Articles
✅Answer Keys
✅Hands On Science Labs & Activities
✅Lesson Variety
✅Self-Marking Google Forms
✅Print and Digital Formats

Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle Overview

• 122 Engaging Lessons: Immerse your students in enthralling learning experiences that ignite their curiosity, encompassing Strands A through E of the Grade 6 and 7 Ontario Science Curriculum, fostering a deep understanding and personal connection to the subject matter.
• MP3 Audio Files: Elevate student learning and accessibility with audio recordings of the student readings, offering valuable support for diverse learning styles and ensuring active participation for every student.
• Easy-to-Use Lesson Plans: Experience a seamless and enriching educational journey with easy-to-follow daily lesson plans, saving precious preparation time.
• Self-Marking Google Forms: Benefit from the efficiency of self-marking Google Forms, automating the assessment process and gaining quick insights into your students' progress.
• Graphic Organizers: Empower your students with graphic organizers that facilitate information organization, making complex concepts more accessible and memorable.
• Answer Keys: Optimize your grading process with readily available answer keys for assessments and activities, allowing you to focus more on teaching and providing timely feedback to your students.
• Print and Digital Formats: Embrace the convenience of accessing materials in both print and digital formats, effortlessly adapting to diverse teaching environments and catering to individual preferences.

Do you have students working at grade level? Check out this Grade 6/7 Science Bundle.

Grade 6 Science Lesson Overview & Modifications

Flight Modified Unit

1. Introduction (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules and Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #1 (Whole Class Reading, Cut & Paste Activity, Properties of Air Activity) – Properties of Air
3. Lesson #2 (Video Demonstrations) – Properties of Air – Video Demonstrations
4. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Reading, Compression or Insulation? Activity, Optional Extension Activity) – Compression and Insulation of Air
5. Lesson #4 (Whole Class Reading, Cut & Paste Diagram) – The Four Forces of Flight
6. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Multiple Choice Activity) – Unbalanced Forces
7. Lesson #6 (Whole Class Reading, Mandala Activity, Optional Quiz) – How The Four Forces Can Be Changed
8. Lesson #7 (Whole Class Reading, Multiple Choice Activity, Optional Quiz) – Characteristics That Enable Flight in Living Things
9. Lesson #8 (Paper Plane Lab) – Paper Airplane Lab
10. Lesson #9 (Whole Class Reading, Guided Inquiry) – Air Travel Inquiry
11. Lesson #10 (Unit Test) – Flight Unit Test
12. Lesson #11 (Unit Review/Sub Plans) – Bill Nye and Magic School Bus Videos

Biodiversity Modified Unit

1. Introduction (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules and Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #1 (Whole Class Reading, Plant & Animal Category Activity) – Classifying Plants and Animals
3. Lesson #2 (Whole Class Reading, Biography Sheets & Graphic Organizer) – The Classification System
4. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Reading, Cut & Paste Graphic Organizer) - Biodiversity
5. Lesson #4 (Whole Class Reading, Biodiversity Within Species Graphic Organizer, Quiz) – Biodiversity Within Species
6. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Multiple Choice Activity) – Biodiversity in Ecosystems
7. Lesson #6 (Whole Class Reading, Examples, Worksheet, Quiz) - Interrelationships
8. Lesson #7 (Anticipation Guide, Whole Class Reading, Product Chart) – Everyday Products
9. Lesson #8 (Whole Class Readings, Social Media Profile Assignment) – Invasive Species
10. Lesson #9 (Whole Class Reading, Cut and Paste Venn Diagram) – Comparing Organisms
11. Lesson #10 (Whole Class Reading, True/False Activity) – Biodiversity and Climate Change
12. Lesson #11 (Whole Class Reading, Fill-in-the-Blank Activity, Quiz) – Agriculture and Biodiversity
13. Lesson #12 (Guided Inquiry, Share Your Thoughts Activity) - Monoculture
14. Lesson #13 (Unit Test) – Biodiversity Unit Test
15. Lesson #14 (Unit Review/Sub Plans) – Bill Nye & Magic School Bus Videos

Electricity Modified Unit

1. Introduction (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules and Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #1 (Brainstorming Activity, Whole Class Reading, Electricity Examples Activity, Anchor Chart) – The Difference Between Current and Static Electricity
3. Lesson #2 (Whole Class Reading, Fill-in-the-Blank Activity) – What is Static Electricity?
4. Lesson #3 (Static Electricity Graphic Organizer & Cut & Paste) – Static Electricity Video Demonstration
5. Lesson #4 (Whole Class Reading & Conductor or Insulator Activity) – Conductors and Insulators
6. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Matching Activity) – Energy Transformed into Electricity
7. Lesson #6 (Virtual Lab) – Potato Battery Virtual Lab
8. Lesson #7 (Whole Class Reading, Energy Transformation Worksheet) – Electrical Energy Transformations
9. Lesson #8 (Simple Circuit Lab) – Simple Circuit Project Lab
10. Lesson #9 (Whole Class Reading, Electrical Circuit Worksheet) – Components of Electrical Circuits
11. Lesson #10 (Whole Class Reading, Cut and Paste Activity, Mandala Activity) – Series and Parallel Circuits
12. Lesson #11 (Whole Class Reading, Past to Present Activity) – Electrical Changes Over Time
13. Lesson #12 (Whole Class Reading, Positives and Negatives Activity, Cut and Paste ) – Sources of Electrical Energy
14. Lesson #13 (Whole Class Reading, Brainstorming Activity, Visual Presentation) – Electricity-Saving Project
15. Lesson #14 (Unit Test) – Unit Test
16. Lesson #15 (Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False, and Multiple Choice Activities) – Sub Plans Video Links

Space Modified Unit

1. Introduction (Class Discussion & QR Code Scavenger Hunt) - Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #1 (Reading, Cut & Paste, Assignment, Quiz) - Solar System Components
3. Lesson #2 (Reading & Multiple Choice Questions) - Light in Space
4. Lesson #3 (Questions, Cut & Paste, Thinking Questions) - Humans in Space
5. Lesson #4 (Reading & True or False Questions) - Space Exploration Tools
6. Lesson #5 (Reading & Matching Activity) - Space and the Environment
7. Lesson #6 (Reading, Hemisphere & Moon Phases Diagrams) - The Earth, Moon, and Sun
8. Lesson #7 (Science Lab) - Sundial Creation
9. Lesson #8 (Reading & Matching Activity) - Canadian Contributions To Space
10. Lesson #9 (Reading, Cut & Paste Graphic Organizer, Quiz) - Space Exploration
11. Lesson #10 (Inquiry) - Mission To Mars
12. Lesson #11 (Unit Test) - Space Unit Test
13. Lesson #12 (Unit Review/Sub Plans) - Bill Nye & Magic School Bus Videos

Grade 7 Science Lesson Overview & Modifications

Interactions in the Environment Modified Unit

1. Introduction & Lesson 1 (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #2 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Cut and Match) - Elements of Ecosystems
3. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Readings, Videos, & Sketching) - Ecosystems -  Examples and Interactions
4. Lesson #4 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Cut and Match) - Energy Transfer and Food Chains
5. Lesson #5 (Quiz) - Biotic Elements Quiz
6. Lesson #6 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Cut and Match) - The Water Cycle
7. Lesson #7 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & T-Chart) Ecological Succession
8. Lesson #8 (Videos & Case Study) - Ecosystem Limits
9. Lesson #9 (Research Project) - Species At Risk
10.  Lesson #10 (Whole Class Readings, Videos, & Chart) - Human Interactions in the Environment
11.  Lesson #11 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Cut and Match) - Agriculture and Ecosystems
12.  Lesson #12 (Whole Class Readings and Fill-in-the-Blank Questions) - Indigenous Perspectives
13.  Lesson #13 (Case Study) - Electric Cars
14.  Lesson #14 (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Activity) - Human Interactions in the Environment
15.  Lesson #15 (Virtual Lab) - Owl Pellet Lab

Heat in the Environment Modified Unit

1. Introduction & Lesson #1 (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #2 (Brainstorm Activity) - Introduction to Heat
3. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Matching Activity) - Heat Production
4. Lesson #4 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Multiple Choice Questions, Quiz) - Heat and Temperature
5. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Fill-in-the-Blank, Quiz) - The Particle Theory
6. Lesson #6 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Activity) - Heat and Volume
7. Lesson #7 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Activity, Quiz) - Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
8. Lesson #8 (Video, True or False) - Bill Nye
9. Lesson #9 (Video Lab) - Boiling Water in a Paper Cup
10.  Lesson #10 (Lab, Video) - How to Melt Ice Cubes the Fastest
11.  Lesson #11 (Whole Class Reading, Videos, Activity) - Global Warming
12.  Lesson #12 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Inquiry) - Benefits of Technologies With Heat
13.  Lesson #13 (Whole Class Reading, Videos, Inquiry) - Energy Types
14.  Lesson #14A (Whole Class Readings, Videos & Activity) - Solar Panels: Investigation
15.  Lesson #14B (Lab, Video) - Creating a Solar Oven Lab
16.  Lesson #15 (Unit Test) - Heat Unit Test

Pure Substances and Mixtures Modified Unit

1. Introduction & Lesson #1 (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #2 (Whole Class Reading, True & False) - The Particle Theory
3. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Readings, Video, Frayer Model Cut & Paste) - Pure Substances and Mixtures
4. Lesson #4 (Sorting Activity & Quiz) - Pure Substances and Mixtures Activity
5. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Activity) - Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Mixtures
6. Lesson #6 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Frayer Model Cut & Paste) - Solutions and Solubility
7. Lesson #7 (Whole Class Reading, Multiple Choice Activity) - Solution Examples Activity
8. Lesson #8 (Whole Class Reading, Videos, Demonstration) - Concentration and Saturation of Solutions
9. Lesson #9 (Video, Teacher Demonstration Lab) - Teacher Demonstration: Saturation Lab
10.  Lesson #10 (Whole Class Reading, Videos, Cut & Paste, Activity) - Separating Mixtures
11.  Lesson #11 (Lab) - Separating Mixtures Lab
12.  Lesson #12 (Whole Class Reading, Inquiry) - Positive and Negative Impacts on the Environment
13.  Lesson #13 (Whole Class Reading, Video, Inquiry, Activity) - Tar Sands Investigation
14.  Lesson #14 (Video, True & False) - Bill Nye Video
15.  Lesson #15 (Unit Test) - Pure Substances: Unit Test

Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Modified Unit

1. Introduction & Lesson #1 (Class Discussion, QR Codes) - Safety Rules and Unit Vocabulary
2. Lesson #2 (Whole Class Reading & Structures Search Activity) - Structures: Form and Function
3. Lesson #3 (Whole Class Reading, Cut & Paste Graphic Organizer, Structural Classification Activity) - Classifying Structures
4. Lesson #4 (Videos, Fill-in-the-Blank Activity) - Bill Nye Videos
5. Lesson #5 (Whole Class Reading, Investigation Activity) - Centre of Gravity & Stability
6. Lesson #6 (Show and Tell Assignment Sheet) - Structures Show and Tell Assignment
7. Lesson #7 (Quiz) - Classifying Structures Quiz
8. Lesson #8 (Whole Class Reading, External and Internal Forces Worksheet, Quiz) - External and Internal Forces
9.  Lesson #9 (Card Pyramid Activity) - Card Pyramid Activity
10.  Lesson #10 (Whole Class Reading, Symmetry Activity) - Symmetry in Structures 
11.  Lesson #11 (Whole Class Reading, Fill-in-the-Blank Activity) - Structural Failure
12.  Lesson #12 (Whole Class Readings, Materials Activity) - Manufacturing Factors
13.  Lesson #13 (Whole Class Reading, Matching Activity, Anchor Chart) - Loads
14.  Lesson #14 (Whole Class Reading, True/False Worksheet) - Factors in Designing & Building Structures 
15.  Lesson #15 (Whole Class Reading, Inquiry Sheet, Organizer, Thinking Question) - Take-Out Container Inquiry
16.  Lesson #16 (Unit Test) - Structures Unit Test

This Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle is specifically tailored to accommodate the unique needs of classroom teachers with students performing significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This adaptable and accessible resource empowers teachers to provide engaging science lessons while ensuring every student can participate actively in their learning journey.

Note: The internet is required to access videos in this unit.

Additional Resources

• Use these Grade 6 Science Report Card Comments
• Use these Grade 7 Science Report Card Comments