Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 3 is an easy-to-use resource for teaching the five strands of the Ontario science and technology (2022) curriculum...Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 3 encourages students’ natural curiosity about science and the world around them as they participate in hands-on activities and explore their environment.

Cover -- Front Matter -- Copyright and usage -- Contents -- Introduction to Hands-On Science and Technology for Ontario, Grade 3 -- Introduction to Hands-On Science and Technology -- Coding Reproducibles -- How to Use Hands-On Science and Technology in Your Classroom -- Scientific and Engineering Design Processes -- The Hands-On Science and Technology Assessment Plan -- Assessment Reproducibles -- Achievement Chart for Science and Technology -- Unit 1 Growth and Changes in Plants -- About This Unit -- Curriculum Correlation Chart -- Resources for Students -- 1 - What Do We Know About Plants and Their Needs? -- 2 - What Are the Parts of a Plant? -- 3 - What Are Some Special Features of Plants? -- 4 - How Do Plants Adapt to Survive? -- 5 - What Is the Life Cycle of a Plant? -- 6 - What Parts of Plants Do We Eat? -- 7 - What Are the Different Ways Plants Are Grown for Food? -- 8 - How Can We Investigate the Needs of Plants? -- 9 - In What Other Ways Are Plants Important to Humans? -- 10 - How Do Plants and Animals Depend on Each Other? -- 11 - How Do Plants Help Reduce Erosion? -- 12 - How Can We Protect Plants? -- Unit 2 Forces and Motion -- About This Unit -- Curriculum Correlation Chart -- Resources for Students -- 1 - What Is a Force? -- 2 - How Is a Force a Push or a Pull? -- 3 - What Is Friction? -- 4 - Which Objects Do Magnets Attract? -- 5 - How Can a Magnetic Force Be Altered? -- 6 - What Are Helpful Uses and Harmful Effects of Magnets? -- 7 - What Is Static Electricity, and How Is It Created? -- 8 - What Effect Does Gravity Have on Different Objects? -- 9 - What Are Some Forces of Nature? -- 10 - How Can Safety Devices Be Used to Reduce the Effects of Forces? -- 11 - How Are Forces Used to Move Toys? -- 12 - How Can I Design a Toy, Game, or Device That Uses Forces? -- Unit 3 Strong and Stable Structures -- About This Unit. Curriculum Correlation Chart -- Resources for Students -- 1 - What Is a Structure? -- 2 - Where Are Structures Found? -- 3 - Which Materials Are Stronger Than Others? -- 4 - What Are Joints? -- 5 - How Can We Build Structures to Be Stronger and More Stable? -- 6 - How Can We Build a Frame That Is Strong and Stable? -- 7 - What Structures Has Nature Engineered? -- 8 - How Are Structures Around the World Similar and Different? -- 9 - What Other Structures Can We Build? -- 10 - What More Can I Learn About Important Buildings and Structures? -- Unit 4 Soils in the Environment -- About This Unit -- Curriculum Correlation Chart -- Resources for Students -- 1 - What Do We Know About Soil? -- 2 - What Are Some Different Types of Soil? -- 3 - How Can Soil Components Be Separated? -- 4 - How Much Water Can Different Substances Absorb? -- 5 - How Do Different Soils Affect the Growth of Plants? -- 6 - What Lives in Soil? -- 7 - How Does Rainfall Affect Soil? -- 8 - How Can Organic Materials Be Recycled? -- 9 - How Do Humans Use Earth Materials? -- Appendix: Image Banks -- Unit 1: Growth and Changes in Plants -- Unit 2: Forces and Motion -- Unit 3: Strong and Stable Structures -- Unit 4: Soils in the Environment -- About the Contributors.