RESOURCES FOR FIRST GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS

 Compiled by:  Paulette Cefalu-Walkwitz

WEBSITE:

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/chemistry/materials/match1pg1.html

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PS-E-A4

#16

This lesson helps students understand how to determine if an item is a solid, liquid, or gas.

WEBSITE:

http://www.learn.co.uk/glearning/primary/lessons/ks1/sounds3/default.asp

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PS-E-C1

#19

Includes

1) an activity to show that sound involves movement (i.e. vibration)

2) an activity to explore sound using the sense of touch

3) two activities observing and recording sounds, one of which is online

d) a literacy activity with an online component

WEBSITE:

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr1udesc.html

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LS-E-A1

#27

A comparison of various plants, and the parts of those plants

WEBSITE:

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~megingeb/1_plant_lesson.html

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LS-E-A1

#27

To identify the different parts of plants and learn the different ways that they are important

WEBSITE:

http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/CurriculumAwards/Brookmeade/microliving

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LSS-E-A2

#28       

Answers three questions:

1) What are the differences between living and nonliving things?

2) How can students determine if something is living or nonliving? 

3) What are the animal classes?

WEBSITE:

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/MonsonUnits?AmyFad/

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LS-E-A3

#29

Lessons on the human body

 

WEBSITE:

http://www.wfu.edu/users/caubee03/Rainforest%20Page/properties%20of%20soils.htm

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               ESS-E-A6

#39

Lessons to determine the properties of soil

 

 

 

 

 

WEBSITE:

http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10710_10733_10738-49612–,00.html

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LS-E-B3

#31

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Children select an animal to research for an imaginary adoption from a list that the teacher provides.  They share aspects of their adopted animal with the rest of the class.  Children consider how their adopted animal resembles or is different from its parents.

WEBSITE:

http://www.esb.utexas.edu/nrm2001/food/lessons.html

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ESS-E-A1

#35

Includes lesson on soil

WEBSITE:

http://www.proteacher.com/110022.shtml

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ESS-E-A4

#38

Resources on weather

WEBSITE:

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/programs/cipd/science/1/1rockssandsoil.html

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ESS-EA6

#39

(overview)

The unit provides students the opportunity to closely observe various earth materials.  They sort and classify rocks by texture, weight, color, and hardness.  They carefully examine soil to discover its components, and compare soil from different locations.