Science - 1st Grade

 

Avon Lake Curriculum Framework

SCIENCE  •  GRADE 1

 

Content Overview: 

Students explain how plant and animal structures support survival, investigate light and sound as forms of information and energy, and use repeated observations to identify predictable patterns in the sky. The K–2 engineering design standards (K-2-ETS1-1 through K-2-ETS1-3) are addressed throughout the year as students identify simple problems, develop possible solutions using drawings or models, and test and compare solutions to determine what works best. 

 

Resources:

TCI Bring Science Alive! Exploring Science Practices 

 

Assessments: 

TCI Unit Checkpoints and Performance Assessments; investigation/journal work; teacher observation and science talk; student drawings/models and oral explanations; NGSS-designed unit tests as developmentally appropriate.

 

Standards/Learning Goals 

Unit 1 Plants and Animals Parts

  • 1-LS1-1 — Use plant/animal structures as inspiration to design a solution to a human problem.

  • 1-LS1-2 — Use texts/media to identify patterns in parent and offspring behaviors that help offspring survive.

  • 1-LS3-1 — Observe evidence that young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents.

Unit 2  Light and Sound

  • 1-PS4-1 — Investigate how vibrating materials make sound and how sound can cause materials to vibrate.

  • 1-PS4-2 / 1-PS4-3 — Use evidence to explain that light is needed to see and compare how materials interact with light.

  • 1-PS4-4 — Design and build a device that uses light or sound to communicate over a distance.

Unit 3 Sky Patterns

  • 1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

  • Science Practice — Record repeated sky observations and use evidence to describe what changes and what repeats.

  • Modeling — Create and revise simple models that represent observed sky patterns.