Science Teaching Resources for 1st Grade
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No Light, No Sight
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light is needed in order to see.
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Let the Sun Shine In
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sources of light and identify the sun as a light source.
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Sensational Senses
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the five senses and the information they provide.
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Making Monsters
A 60-minute lesson in which students design and create a three-dimensional monster using materials with different properties.
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Keep Me Dry
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate materials to determine how water resistant they are.
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Give Me Some Shade
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate materials to determine how much shade they each provide.
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What Works Best?
A 60 minute lesson in which students develop an understanding of the suitability of certain materials for different purposes.
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Let's Sort!
A 60 minute lesson in which students identify the material objects are made of and sort them in various ways.
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Diving Into Description
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the properties of materials and develop vocabulary to describe them.
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Habitat Diorama - Assessment Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the four basic needs for living things.
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Shelter Building Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how a shelter can protect a living thing.
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Living Things Need Shelter
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify why living things need shelter.
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Living Things Need Water
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate why living things need water.
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Balloon Rocket Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how energy makes things move.
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Living Things Need Energy
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify why living things need energy.
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Creating Oxygen Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how plants make oxygen.
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Living Things Need Oxygen
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify why living things need oxygen.
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What Do Living Things Need?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the four basic needs of living things.
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Living or Non-Living?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the features of living and non-living things.
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Assessment - Changes I Can See
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Seasons of Change
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How About This Weather?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore the changes in the weather.
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The Nighttime Sky
A 60-minute lesson in which students explore the nighttime sky.
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The Daytime Sky
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What Will Change?
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Do You See What I See?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will make observations using their 5 senses.
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