Manitoba · Grade 7 Science · Full implementation 2026/27
Manitoba's renewed Grade 7 Science, explained for the teacher planning it
In 2026/27, Manitoba's renewed Kindergarten to Grade 10 Science is in full implementation. Grade 7 now covers particles and heat, gravity and space, and ecosystems, and structures and Earth's crust are no longer Grade 7 outcomes. Here is what changed, what the three-unit bundle contains, and two free labs you can use for review.
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Milestone Teachers · Manitoba Grade 7 Science teaching materials · Last reviewed
- strands, A to E
- 5
- Grade 7 learning outcomes
- 38
- Scientific Knowledge outcomes
- 23
- full implementation
- 2026/27
Four clusters to five strands
What changed in Grade 7 Science
Manitoba says the renewed K to 10 Science curriculum "has been finalized and posted for full implementation in the 2026/27 school year" (Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, Framework for Learning). The current Grade 7 document is dated 24 August 2026 in its PDF properties.
| Previous program | Renewed program |
|---|---|
| Four clusters: Interactions Within Ecosystems, Particle Theory of Matter, Forces and Structures, and Earth's Crust. | Five strands woven through the year. The 23 Scientific Knowledge outcomes are grouped by big ideas: matter, fields (gravity), energy, space science and life systems. |
| Forces and Structures and Earth's Crust were clusters. | No Strand E outcomes about structures or Earth's crust. New knowledge areas are gravity and tides (E.4 to E.7), heat and energy transfer (E.8 to E.11) and space science (E.12 to E.16). |
| Content came grouped into clusters. | The outcomes "are not grouped to form prescriptive clusters or units," and teachers are encouraged to regroup and reorder them. |
| Nature of science sat inside the clusters. | Grade 7 begins the Grades 7 to 9 Nature of Science band (D.1 to D.8), with compulsory content such as peer review, types of bias, hypothesis, experiment and variables. |
How to read the outcomes: "Include the following" means compulsory content, and "Examples" are suggestions. For example, SCI.7.E.12 lists Moon phases and solar and lunar eclipses as compulsory, and SCI.7.E.19 lists food chain and food web.
Official source: Science: Grade 7 (English Program) (opens in a new tab)
Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB). Read the OpenMB licence (opens in a new tab).
From Milestone Teachers
What's in the Grade 7 Full Year Bundle
The Manitoba Grade 7 Science Full Year Bundle has three units, each built for the outcomes listed on its product page.
SCI.7.E.1 to E.3, E.8 to E.11
Particles & Heat
The particle theory of matter, state changes, melting and boiling points, conduction, convection and radiation, insulators and conductors, and efficiency, built around keeping heat in during a Manitoba winter.
Manitoba Grade 7 Science unit: Particles & Heat
Listing title: Manitoba Grade 7 Particles & Heat Unit
SCI.7.E.4 to E.7, E.12 to E.16
Gravity & Space
Gravity, mass and weight, orbits, tides on Hudson Bay, the Solar System, Moon phases and eclipses, latitude, longitude and the seasons, ending with a Canada in Space mission proposal.
Manitoba Grade 7 Science unit: Gravity & Space
Listing title: Manitoba Grade 7 Gravity & Space Unit
SCI.7.E.17 to E.23
Ecosystems
Self-sustaining ecosystems, photosynthesis, food webs in Lake Winnipeg, the energy pyramid, competition, nutrient recycling, algae blooms, and sea ice, seals and polar bears, ending with an ecosystem action plan.
Manitoba Grade 7 Science unit: Ecosystems
Listing title: Manitoba Grade 7 Ecosystems Unit
All three units, SCI.7.E.1 to E.23
Full Year Bundle
Across the three units: 30 lessons, 714 PDF pages and 267 editable teaching slides with speaker notes. Each unit has a student workbook, an accommodated edition, a teacher guide with answer keys and a rubric on Manitoba's report-card levels, and a START HERE guide.
Manitoba Grade 7 Science Full Year Bundle
Listing title: Manitoba Grade 7 Science Full Year Bundle
Good to know before you buy
- It is three separate downloads, one ZIP per unit.
- The units have no classroom interactive of their own, though some lessons link to free labs on this site.
- The Gravity & Space unit does not claim D.5 or D.6; the Ecosystems unit does not claim D.4 or D.6.
- Created by an Ontario Certified Teacher; not reviewed by Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning.
- Each unit is also sold on its own. Check the product page for the current price before you buy.
Week one
Your first week with Grade 7 Science
A suggestion, not a required sequence:
Before Monday
Download the free year plan. It lists all 30 lesson titles, so you can decide which unit comes first.
Day 1
Read the START HERE guide for your first unit and print Lesson 1 pages, plus the accommodated edition for students who need it.
Days 2 and 3
Teach Lesson 1 from the editable slides and speaker notes. Each unit's Lesson 1 starts with Manitoba data: frost ferns (Particles & Heat), a Churchill rocket launch (Gravity & Space) or tall-grass prairie (Ecosystems).
Day 4
If you start with Ecosystems, set up the longer investigations early, since three of them run over two weeks.
Day 5
Look at the rubric in the teacher guide so you know what you will report on.
Free from Milestone Teachers
Free: year plan, one lesson and two review labs
Manitoba Grade 7 Science NEW Curriculum | FREE Year Plan + Tides Lesson (free resource). A free ZIP with a 23-page PDF: the year at a glance for all three units (SCI.7.E.1 to E.23, 30 lesson titles) and Lesson 4, Tides on Hudson Bay, from the Gravity & Space unit. You get student pages at two reading levels, the teacher plan and answer key, and a 9-slide teaching deck. The warm-up reviews Lesson 3, which is not included.
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Free classroom interactives · no login
Two free labs for a quick review
Both run in the browser with no login or email. They were built for earlier grades, so use them as warm-ups, not as the Grade 7 lesson.
Moon Observatory
Students predict, then reveal, eight Moon phase positions with a paired orbit and Earth-view model. It was built for Grade 6 (SCI.6.E.9 and E.11). In Grade 7 it is a quick review before Moon phases and eclipses in SCI.7.E.12. Positions, sizes and distances are not to scale.
Habitat Web Lab
Students build boreal, prairie and wetland food chains, then take the hare out of a web to see which hunters lose food. It was built for Grade 4 (partial support for SCI.4.E.13 to E.15). In Grade 7 it is a short warm-up before food chains and food webs in SCI.7.E.19. It does not show energy loss or an ecological pyramid.
FAQ
Questions teachers ask
What happened to Forces and Structures and Earth's Crust?
The renewed Grade 7 document has no Scientific Knowledge outcomes on structures or Earth's crust. Its outcomes cover matter and particles, gravity and tides, heat and energy transfer, space science, and ecosystems. Read the full Grade 7 document and check your division's transition plan if your school still has materials for the old clusters.
When does the renewed Grade 7 Science curriculum start?
Manitoba lists the renewed Kindergarten to Grade 10 Science curriculum as finalized and posted for full implementation in the 2026/27 school year, after voluntary implementation in 2025-26. The current Grade 7 document is dated 24 August 2026 in its PDF properties. Confirm with your school division how it is handling the change this year.
What is in the Grade 7 bundle?
Three units: Particles & Heat, Gravity & Space, and Ecosystems. Together they include 30 lessons, 714 PDF pages and 267 editable slides with speaker notes. Each unit has a student workbook, an accommodated edition, a teacher guide with answer keys and a rubric on Manitoba's report-card levels, and a START HERE guide. Each unit downloads separately.
Are the free labs made for Grade 7?
No. Moon Observatory was built for Grade 6 and Habitat Web Lab for Grade 4. They are free, need no login, and work well as short reviews before Grade 7 lessons on Moon phases (E.12) and food webs (E.19). The bundle's Grade 7 lessons do the full teaching. Some bundle lessons link to free labs on this site.
What this guide is not
An independent planning guide, not a Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning publication, and it does not speak for the Government of Manitoba. Read the full Grade 7 document for the strand introductions and global competencies before you plan assessments.
Sources
Checked against these official pages on 17 October 2026.
- Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Science: Grade 7 (English Program) (PDF dated 24 August 2026) (opens in a new tab)
- Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Framework for Learning (opens in a new tab)
- Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Science: what's new (opens in a new tab)
- Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Grades 5 to 8 Science (archived) (opens in a new tab)
- Government of Manitoba OpenMB Licence (opens in a new tab)
Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB). Read the OpenMB licence (opens in a new tab).
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