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Each student will have acquired essential science skills and knowledge including use of the scientific investigation process; understandings of concepts of life, earth, and physical sciences; understandings of the interrelationships among the sciences and the applications of science as technology; and knowledge of the impact of science in our world.
Grade 1 Science
Description
The curriculum has been aligned to provide the content necessary for students to achieve the grade level expectations and, upon completion of their program of studies, the District's content standard.
Time Allocation
Eighty hours per year (one hour per day) alternating science and social studies units.
Themes/Topics
Animal Classification and Needs
Dental Health
Five Senses
Fossils
Magnetic Force
Projects/Speakers/Field Trips
The Morrison Natural History Museum
Zoo Discovery
Grade 1 Science Expectations
Scientific Investigation
A. Asked questions and stated predictions that could be addressed through scientific investigation.
B. Selected and used simple devices to gather data related to an investigation.
C. Used data based on observations to construct a reasonable explanation.
D. Communicated about investigations and explanations.
Scientific Principles and Concepts
A. Distinguished living from non-living things.
B. Examined, described, and classified tangible objects in terms of common physical properties.
C. Described human body parts that are used for each sense.
D. Identified which sense they are using when they observe something.
E. Described what each sense tells us.
F. Classified a variety of organisms according to selected characteristics.
G. Recognized that animals consume plants and other organisms to live.
H. Described the basic needs of animals.
I. Described life cycles of selected organisms.
J. Identified characteristics that are common to all individuals of a species.
K. Recognized differences in appearance among individuals of the same group.
L. Recognized that fossils are evidence of past life.
M. Described examples of extinct organisms based on fossil evidence.
N. Recognized the properties and characteristics of magnets.
O. Described the uses of magnets.
P. Determined the importance of teeth.
Q. Understood why they lose their teeth.
R. Listed activities that cause tooth decay.
Relationships
A. Recognized that daily care is important to maintaining healthy teeth.
B. Identified observable patterns.
C. Compared a model with what it represents.
D. Recognized that people who care for animals must know the needs of each type of animal in
their care.
E. Realized that some people spend their lives studying fossils and what fossils tell us about life
on earth long ago.