Manitoba Grade 8 Density, Fluids & Water Unit

Teach the matter outcomes of Manitoba's renewed Grade 8 Science (SCI.8.E.1 to E.6) through ten lessons: density, floating and sinking, how temperature changes density, viscosity, gas pressure and compressibility, ice, water and steam, the energy needed to change state, and the properties of water that matter for climate and life, ending with a spill response plan for oil on Manitoba water. The ZIP holds 91 editable PowerPoint slides with speaker notes, a 91-page student workbook, a 105-page accommodated edition, a 48-page teacher guide with answer keys and a rubric on Manitoba's report-card levels, and a one-page START HERE guide. The sample shows Lesson 1's Manitoba mining data and the Density Detectives investigation. Limits: it covers E.1 to E.6 only and does not claim D.4 or D.6; SCI.8.A.1 and C.2 are addressed in part; Lesson 6 needs boiling water and Lesson 7 rubbing alcohol, both handled by the teacher only; it has no Grade 8 interactive of its own (Lesson 2 links the free Circuits & Buoyancy Lab on this site, built for Grade 6). Written by an Ontario Certified Teacher; not reviewed or endorsed by Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning.

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Lesson 1 opener with the big question, learning goal and Manitoba data cards: 37.0% of Canada's zinc came from Manitoba in 2019, and five metals in Manitoba's operating-mines list.
Student workbook, page 3. Manitoba's mines open the density lessons.
Words to know and Investigation 1: Density Detectives, finding the mass and volume of five objects by measuring and by displacement.
Student workbook, page 4. Find the density of any object, even one with a strange shape.