UNIT: Biological Science: Common Characteristics of Life KEY LEARNING(S): external characteristics for living and nonliving First Marking Period NO. OF DAYS:10-12 3.1.1.A1 3.1.3.A1 Categorize living and nonliving things by external characteristics Describe characteristics of living things that help to identify and classify them What are the characteristics of living and nonliving things? What do living things need to survive? RESOURCES/ MATERIALS Student science journal Suggested Sequencing Guide Living Things song Teacher created anchor chart Living and nonliving pictures for anchor chart TIER 2 VOCABULARY Living Nonliving Breathe Reproduce Characteristics Energy Shelter Observe Hypothesis Materials Results conclusion TIER 3 VOCABULARY 3.2.1.B6 Energy: Recognize light from the sun as an important source of energy of living and nonliving Scholastic News: I Can Be a Scientist: Online September 2014 archive issue 3.1.1.A2 3.1.3.A2 Investigate dependence of living things on the sun s energy, water, food/nutrients, air, living space, and shelter Describe the basic needs of living and nonliving things and their dependence on light, food, air, water and shelter Meal word experiment materials Read Alouds: Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? By: Tom Slaughter
UNIT: Living and Nonliving KEY LEARNING(S): external characteristics for living and nonliving NO. OF DAYS: CONCEPT COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS COMMON SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES Living and nonliving characteristics Informal assessment: Last page of the student journal
UNIT: Form and Function and Heredity: Plants KEY LEARNING(S): The growth of a seed, how it changes and compare to adult 3.1.1.B1 3.3.3.B1 3.1.3.B5 Grow plants from seeds and describe how they grow and change. Understand that plants and animals closely resemble their parents Identify the characteristics that appear in both parents and offspring WAYNESBORO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM 1 ST GRADE SCIENCE First Marking Period How do seeds grow and change? How do young animals and plants resemble their parents in appearance? NO. OF DAYS:10-12 RESOURCES/ MATERIALS TIER 2 VOCABULARY TIER 3 VOCABULARY Student scientific journal Teacher suggestion guide PowerPoint: What Will I Be When I Grow Up Parent and offspring cards Read Aloud: Animal Observation: Young Animals and Their Parents (disposal book in student scientific journal) Animals and their Babies book set Are you My Mother or Is Your Mama A Llama (book or Bookflix) Seeds, Seeds, Seeds Amazing Apples Apples for Everyone Other suggestions: Scholastic News archive issues Brain Pop Jr. Other optional experiments in teacher guide Resemble Offspring Parent Embryo Sprout Seedling Bud Flower fruit Observe Question Hypothesis Procedure Results conclusion
UNIT: Form and Function and Heredity: Plants KEY LEARNING(S): The growth of a seed, how it changes and compare to adult NO. OF DAYS:10-12 CONCEPT COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS COMMON SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES Student Scientific Journal page with life cycle of an apple seed
Second Marking Period UNIT: Physical Science: Chemistry and Physics: Properties of Matter KEY LEARNING(S): properties of liquids and solids, identify real world solids & liquids, mixing liquids 3.2.1.A1 3.2.3.A2 3.2.2.A4 3.2.1.A5 Observe and describe the properties of liquid and solids. Recognize that all objects and materials in the world are made of matter Experiment and explain what happens when two or more substances are combined. Recognize that everything is made of matter How can you describe a solid, a liquid, or a gas? What properties of solids, liquids, and gases make them different? What information about the properties of matter can be gathered by observation? How can objects within each state of matter be different? NO. OF DAYS:15 RESOURCES/ MATERIALS TIER 2 VOCABULARY TIER 3 VOCABULARY Foss Kit: Solids and liquids Student scientific journal Teacher suggestion guide Foss Kit Student Solids and Liquids books Any optional experiments included in the teacher suggestion guide Or found at: BrainPop Jr.: -Solids, Liquids and Gases movie (Print the notebook questions to use during video) -Matter Sorter Game (advanced) Liquid Solid Matter Properties Bend Curve Flexible Gas Hard Observe Bubbly Colorless Pour Opaque Rigid Rough Straight Texture Transparent Translucent viscous
UNIT: Habitats KEY LEARNING(S): Second Marking Period NO. OF DAYS:5 RESOURCES/ MATERIALS TIER 2 VOCABULARY TIER 3 VOCABULARY 4.1.1.A.Identify and describe the basic needs of living things in a terrestrial habitat What are the basic needs of living things in a terrestrial habitat? 4.1.1.C Describe a simple food chain with a terrestrial habitat What are some food chains in a given terrestrial habitat? 4.1.1.1D Identify living things that are threatened, endangered, or extinct What are some living things that are threatened, endangered or extinct? 4.1.1.E Describe the seasons and describe how the change of the season affects living things How does the change of seasons affect living things?
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WAYNESBORO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM 1 ST GRADE SCIENCE Third Marking Period UNIT: Biological Science: Form and Function and Heredity: Plants KEY LEARNING(S): identify plant parts and function, compare seed/seedling to adult plant 3.1.1.A5 3.1.1.B1 Identify and describe plant parts and their function Grow plants from seeds and describe how they grow and change. ***Discuss plants in different habitats NO. OF DAYS:12 or 13 days RESOURCES/ MATERIALS TIER 2 VOCABULARY TIER 3 VOCABULARY Scholastic book order set: Plan Parts **experiments included Seed Seedling Root Stem Leaves Shoot Bulb Adapting or adaptation Seed leaf Seed coat 3.2.1.B6 (energy) Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living systems
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UNIT: Earth and Space Science: Weather KEY LEARNING(S): Weather instruments and weather over time Third marking Period NO. OF DAYS:12-15 RESOURCES/ MATERIALS TIER 2 VOCABULARY TIER 3 VOCABULARY 3.3.1.A5 Become familiar with weather instruments. Collect, describe, and record basic information about weather over time Foss Kit: Air and Weather
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