Science – Grade One

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Weather

D.S.S. A 2, A 3, C 1, E 1

(All Prep)

·         Temperature changes

·         Wind

·         Season changes (e.g. day, night)

·         Clouds vs. lights

·         Types of weather

·         Weather safety

·         Characteristic of sun

·         Observation of projects and class participation

 

·         Animals

D.S.S. A 1, A 2, A 3, B 1, C 1, E 1, E 3 E 4, E 5

(All Prep)

·         Students will know that animals will change,

      grow and reproduce

·         Expose and use words for different animals:  birds, mammal, insect, spider, reptiles, amphibians

·         Animal adaptations to environments

·         Nocturnal animals

·         Understand hibernation - animal movements

·         Discuss shadows (Feb.)

·         Migration (Fall)

·         Names for female, male babies (e.g. buck, doe, fawn)

·         Body coverings of animals

·         Classify by body size, shape, and texture

·         Animals in our area  - food chain

·         Predators and prey protection, homes, camouflage animals

·         Domestic vs. wild animals

·         Pets - needs, caring for

·         Plant eaters vs. meat eaters

·         Humans caring for wild animals

·         Life cycle of animals

·         Observation of projects and class participation

Yearlong

·         Seasons

D.S.S. A 2, A 3, B 1, C 1

(All Prep)

·         How things change

·         How it happens with respect to plants and animals - change of weather - migration

·         Hibernation preparation

·         Discuss day and night - earth rotation

·         Equator and if impact on climate world wide

·         When the seasons occur and activities people do  (summer, spring, fall, winter)

·         Dress for seasons        

·         Temperature changes

·         Observation of projects and class participation

Yearlong

·         Safety

D.S.E. A 1, E 1 (All Prep)

·         Knowing and understand hazard symbols/ labels

·         Environmental safety

·         Playground, school, home

·         Bike - fire - stranger - seatbelt  - sun

·         Bus - floatation devices

·         Boating - medical safety

·         Observation of projects and class participation

Health

Yearlong

·         Personal Hygiene

D.S.E. B1 (Prep)

·         Washing hands

·         Overall cleanliness

·         Cover coughs & sneezes

·         Use Kleenex appropriately

·         No objects in ears, nose, mouth

·         Dental health

·         Dress appropriately

·         Germs and illness

·         Handling body fluids

·         Observation of projects and class participation

Winter/

Spring

·         Nutrition

D.S.E. A 1, B 1, E 3, E 4,

E 5 (All Prep)

·         Food pyramid

·         Healthy food choices

·         Exercise with your daily food intake

 

Yearlong

·         Human Body

D.S.E. B 1, E 1 (All Prep)

·         5 Senses

·         Body system (general) e.g. care, digestive, skeletal and muscular

·         Germs

·         Growing and changing

 

February

·         Dental Health

D.S.E. B 1, C 1 (All Prep)

·         Primary vs. permanent teeth

·         Brushing and flossing

·         How teeth are used

·         Names of teeth - parts of tooth - care of teeth

·         Observation of projects and class participation

Fall and Yearlong

·         Plants

D.S.E. A 3, B 1, C 1

(All Prep)

·         Parts of a plant - needs of plant

·         Which plants grown in certain areas

·         Characteristics of how plants re-germinate

·         Human/animal uses of plants

 

Fall/Spring

·         Trees

D.S.E. A 2, A 3, B 1, E 1, E 3, E 4 (All Prep)

·         Getting their food

·         Shapes of trees and leaves

·         Parts of tree

·         Seasonal changes for trees

·         General characteristics of trees

·         Needle tree vs. leaf tree

·         Products and uses of trees

·         Class participation and projects

Spring

·         Environmental Science

D.S.E. D 1, D 2, D 3, E 2

(All Prep)

·         Recycling

·         Pollution - noise, water, air, land

·         Water cycle

·         Respect for environmental and earth

·         Introduce solid, liquid, and gases

·         Class participation and projects

Spring or Winter

·         Earth Science

D.S.E. A 1, A 2, A 3, C 1, D 2, D 3, E 1, E 3, E 5

(All Prep)

·         Features of the earth (e.g. air, land, water)

·         Land forms

·         Sun, sky, planets, stars, moon, space travel

·         Light and heat

·         Gravity

·         Class participation and projects

Yearlong

·         Simple Machines

D.S.E. B 1, D 2, E 5

(All Prep)

·         See how things work

·         Leaves (scissors, knife)

·         Grinding

·         Introducing turns

·         Weight distribution

·         Class participation and projects