Grade 7 · Science · Unit 16 of 16
Science All Around Us
Careers, hobbies, ways of knowing and taking action
What your child practises
Children connect science to careers, hobbies and activities, practise scientific attitudes, think about taking action on a science and society issue, and learn that First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have their own ways of knowing the land.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.7.A.1, SCI.7.B.1, SCI.7.C.1, SCI.7.C.5 · Indigenous ways of knowing, a sense of belonging in science, action on STSE issues and connections to careers and hobbies
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Dancers use science ideas about…
- balance, forces and energy in movement
- only sound
- only colour
- only cooking
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balance, forces and energy in movement
Hint: Science is part of dance.
Question 2
Which is an STSE issue?
- What is for lunch?
- What is the date?
- Who won the game?
- How can our school use less electricity?
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How can our school use less electricity?
Hint: STSE means science, technology, society and the environment.
Question 3
Which hobby uses ideas about wind and force?
- knitting only
- stamp collecting
- colouring
- sailing
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sailing
Hint: Sails use moving air.
Question 4
An astronomer studies…
- the ocean only
- stars, planets and space
- forests only
- rocks only
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stars, planets and space
Hint: Astronomy is the science of space.
Question 5
An ecologist studies…
- only machines
- only rocks
- only stars
- how living things interact with each other and their environment
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how living things interact with each other and their environment
Hint: Ecology is about ecosystems.
Question 6
Many First Nations, Métis and Inuit knowledge keepers teach that living things and the land are…
- interconnected, and should be cared for in return
- unimportant
- only for use
- unrelated
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interconnected, and should be cared for in return
Hint: Many communities teach reciprocity: give back as you take.