Grade 7 Form, Function & Design of Structures - Ontario 2022 Science STEM

NEW 2022 CURRICULUM! DIGITAL AND PDF VERSIONS BOTH INCLUDED!

New Ontario 2022 Science Curriculum - Grade 7 – Form, Function, and Design of Structures. This product was created to cover the NEW 2022 Ontario Science Grade 7 curriculum – Structures and Mechanisms: Form, Function, and Design of Structures.

***Strand A: STEM/Coding has been added to this unit at no extra charge!

There are 161 activities sheets that cover the expectations in the new science curriculum. This massive unit contains readings, research assignments, experiments, diagrams, true/false, and much more!

Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grade 7 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, summarizing, visualizing, and questioning) as they work through this unit.

Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students in science and language!

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Types of structures: shell structures, frame structures, and solid structures
• Centre of gravity affecting a structure’s stability
• Leaning Tower of Pisa – How the centre of gravity is affecting its stability
• Evaluating the stability of structures by determining the centre of gravity
• Centre of gravity experiments
• Internal forces – shear, compression, tension, and torsion affecting structures
• Finding examples of these internal forces in our environment
• External forces from the natural environment – natural forces (earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.)
• The Tacoma Narrows Bridge – how external and internal forces caused the collapse
• Live and dead loads
• Describing forces – Magnitude, direction, point of application and plane of application
• Magnitude – Force diagrams using arrows
• Determining the net force by reading force diagrams and arrows
• Spring scales and beam balance scales – experiment and reading/questions
• Mechanical advantages using Newtons
• Symmetrical structures creating stability
• Evaluating the symmetry of structures and their stability
• Structural failures – poor foundations, bad designs, faulty construction and extraordinary loads
• Digging foundations below the frost line – Basements
• Leaning Tower of Pisa and its poor foundation – foundation settling
• Examining bad designs in structures around the world
• Extraordinary loads – Ice Storm 1998
• Faulty construction leading to structural failures – Skyline Plaza Apartment Building collapse
• Properties of materials – cement, steel, rubber and plastic
• Choosing the right building material – manufacturing shoes
• Ergonomics in structures – office equipment and tools
• Assignment – creating an ergonomic workstation
• Structural analysis – engineers and architects researching the forces and loads acting on potential structures
• Structural assessment reports – engineers working to keep structures safe
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments – building bridges, chairs, tower
• Artificial intelligence on construction sites keeping them safe
• Coding – Monitoring the Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Reading and writing code
• STEM Assignment – AI improving safety at recess
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning goals in the new science curriculum.

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