Strand D — Structures and Mechanisms

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Depth

At a glance

Curriculum expectations

D1 — assess the impact on people and the environment of everyday objects, including structures, and the materials they are made of
D2 — demonstrate an understanding that objects, including structures, have observable characteristics and are made from materials with specific properties that determine how they are used

Lessons

Structures that hold things upStructures built to carry a load, and the materials and properties that let them do it.
What things are made ofObjects are made of one or more materials; where the materials come from and what happens when objects are no longer needed.

Brief

Strand D of the Grade 1 course looks at objects and structures and the materials they are made from. The museum maps two lessons from it. ¹

Sources

Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology, Grades 1–8 (2022)

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islam.museum contributors. “Strand D — Structures and Mechanisms”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g1-science-d/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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