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1st Grade Science · Lessons

1st Grade Science lessons

4 sections · 41 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

1st Grade Science

Practice 41 skills across this outline.

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Questioning Vibration and Sound
Waves: Light and Sound · Vibrating Materials and Sound
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
12 categories
Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles · Predictable Patterns in Sky
15%
Structure, Function, and Information Processing · Mimicking Animal and Plant Parts
11%
Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles · Daylight and Time of Year
10%
K-2.Engineering Design · Defining Simple Problems
10%
Waves: Light and Sound · Light and Sound Communication Devices
8%
Structure, Function, and Information Processing · Offspring Similarity to Parents
8%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of 1st grade science — drill into a card to work its skills.

Waves: Light and Sound · Vibrating Materials and Sound

4 core skills6% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Questioning Vibration and SoundRecommended
Long-form
2
Investigating Vibrating MaterialsAvailable
Long-form
3
Explaining Vibration-Sound RelationshipAvailable
Long-form
4
Sound Makes Materials VibrateAvailable
Long-form

Waves: Light and Sound · Light and Sound Communication Devices

4 core skills8% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Building Communication DevicesAvailable
Long-form
2
Communication Problems With Light/SoundAvailable
Long-form
3
Improving Communication DevicesAvailable
Long-form
4
Testing Communication DevicesAvailable
Long-form

Waves: Light and Sound · Materials and Light Effects

4 core skills6% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Classifying Materials by LightAvailable
Long-form
2
How Materials Affect LightAvailable
Long-form
3
Materials Change LightAvailable
Long-form
4
Testing Light and MaterialsAvailable
Long-form

Waves: Light and Sound · Objects Need Light to Be Seen

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Light Is Needed to SeeAvailable
Long-form
2
Objects Need LightAvailable
Long-form
3
Observing Light and VisibilityAvailable
Long-form

Structure, Function, and Information Processing · Mimicking Animal and Plant Parts

4 core skills11% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
How Design Solves ProblemsAvailable
Long-form
2
Designing Biomimicry SolutionsAvailable
Long-form
3
How External Parts HelpAvailable
Long-form
4
Solve Problems By Emulating AnimalsAvailable
Long-form

Structure, Function, and Information Processing · Parent and Offspring Behavior Patterns

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Behavior Patterns for SurvivalAvailable
Long-form
2
How Behaviors Help OffspringAvailable
Long-form
3
Parent and Offspring BehaviorsAvailable
Long-form

Structure, Function, and Information Processing · Offspring Similarity to Parents

3 core skills8% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Offspring Are Similar But DifferentAvailable
Long-form
2
Recording Differences in OffspringAvailable
Long-form
3
Recording Similarities in OffspringAvailable
Long-form

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles · Predictable Patterns in Sky

4 core skills15% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Sun's Movement Across SkyAvailable
Long-form
2
Moon's Position Over TimeAvailable
Long-form
3
Predictable Sky PatternsAvailable
Long-form
4
Star Patterns Day and NightAvailable
Long-form

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles · Daylight and Time of Year

3 core skills10% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Seasonal DaylightAvailable
Long-form
2
Observing Daylight Through SeasonsAvailable
Long-form
3
Time of Year and DaylightAvailable
Long-form

K-2.Engineering Design · Defining Simple Problems

3 core skills10% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Asking About ProblemsAvailable
Long-form
2
Defining Simple ProblemsAvailable
Long-form
3
Gathering Problem InformationAvailable
Long-form

K-2.Engineering Design · Shape and Function Models

3 core skills8% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Building Shape ModelsAvailable
Long-form
2
How Shape Helps FunctionAvailable
Long-form
3
Sketching Problem SolutionsAvailable
Long-form

K-2.Engineering Design · Comparing Design Performance

3 core skills8% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Collecting Design Test DataAvailable
Long-form
2
Comparing Design StrengthsAvailable
Long-form
3
Which Design Works BetterAvailable
Long-form