This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science program, which includes its guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the science skills that grade 1 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. This resource has four instructional units: Unit 1: Characteristics and Needs of Living Things Unit 2: The Senses Unit 3: Characteristics of Objects and Properties of Materials Unit 4: Daily and Seasonal Changes Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular outcomes. Each lesson has materials lists activity descriptions questioning techniques activity centre and extension ideas assessment suggestions activity sheets and visuals