Science 1.2
Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student develops abilities to ask questions and seek answers in classroom and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
- (1) ask questions about organisms, objects, and events
observed in the natural world;
- (A) plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations;
- (B) collect data and make observations using simple tools;
- (C) record and organize data using pictures, numbers, and words; and
- (D) communicate observations and provide reasons for explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations.
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Nature Scavenger Hunt Grid
Make outdoor play a learning opportunity with our fun nature scavenger hunt worksheet.
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Nature Scavenger Hunt Checklist
A fun checklist of activities for children to do outdoors during a nature walk.
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Natural, Managed, and Human-Made Features Posters
Identify the natural, manmade, and managed features of environments with printable anchor charts.
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Build a Crayon Box – STEM Activity
Foster critical thinking and problem solving with this back to school STEM activity.
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Playdough STEM Challenge – Task Cards
Use this set of STEM challenge cards to foster critical thinking and problem-solving by building various items with playdough.
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Science Experiment - Keep Me Dry
A science experiment that explores the absorptive properties of materials.
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Balloon Rocket - Experiment
A hands-on experiment to use when investigating how energy can make things move.
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Build a Pirate Ship STEM Challenge - Early Years
A STEM challenge suitable for students in the early years.
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Color-Changing Slime Experiment
A set of instructions and posters to create an experiment with thermochromic slime.
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Bean Growth Experiment
“Grow” your students’ knowledge of plant life cycles with a plant growth experiment.
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Creating Oxygen - Experiment
Investigate how oxygen is made with a hands on plant experiment.
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End of Year STEM Challenge
Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills with this set of STEM challenge cards.
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Changes I Can See - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores changes to observable features of the environment.
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Science Experiment - Will It Change?
A science investigation in which the students observe changes that occur to various objects over time.
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Do You See What I See? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how features of a local environment may change.
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Natural, Managed, and Constructed Environments PowerPoint
A 17-slide teaching presentation to use when exploring some of the features of environments.
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Science Experiment - Blubber Me!
A science experiment which explores the structural adaptation of blubber.
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Shelter Building - Experiment
A hands-on experiment to use when investigating how shelters protect living things.
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Science Observations - Worksheet
A set of 2 worksheets for students to record their science observations.
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Nature Walk Senses Worksheet
Encourage children to listen, smell, look, and feel during a nature walk with this graphic organizer!
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Initiating a Scientific Investigation Worksheet
A worksheet to help the students begin the process of a scientific investigation.
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Science Experiment - Sound Research
A science experiment which explores how sound travels.
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Science Experiment - What Snacks Do Ants Prefer?
A science experiment which explores the food preferences of ants.
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Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
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Exploring the Five Senses PowerPoint
A 16-slide PowerPoint Presentation to use when exploring the five senses.
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Assessment - Changes I Can See
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Changes I Can See!
This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores how and why observable changes occur in the sky and landscape, and develops students' ability to describe these changes in their local environment.
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Day and Night, Night and Day
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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.