Grade 1

Embedded Inquiry

Embedded Technology & Engineering

Life Science

Earth and Space Science

Physical Science

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Standard 1 - Cells

Standard 2 - Interdependence

Standard 3 - Flow of Matter and Energy

Standard 4 - Heredity

Standard 5 - Biodiversity and Change

Standard 6 - The Universe

Standard 7 – The Earth

Standard 8 - The Atmosphere

Standard 9 - Matter

Standard 10 - Energy

Standard 11 - Motion

Standard 12 - Forces in Nature

Observe the world of familiar objects using the senses and tools.

Ask questions, make logical predictions, plan investigations, and represent data.

Explain the data from an investigation.

Use senses and simple tools to make observations.

Communicate interest in simple phenomena and plan for simple investigations.

Communicate understanding of simple data using age-appropriate vocabulary.

Collect, discuss, and communicate findings from a variety of investigations.

Recognize that both natural materials and human-made tools have specific characteristics that determine their use.

Apply engineering design and creative thinking to solve practical problems.

Explain how simple tools are used to extend the senses, make life easier, and solve everyday problems.

Invent designs for simple products.

Use tools to measure materials and construct simple products.

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

Recognize that living things have parts that work together.

Use tools to examine major body parts and plant structures.

Combine pictures of major body parts to assemble a complete animal.

Communicate the effect of using tools like magnifiers when examining different body parts.

Make diagrams to record and communicate observations.

Distinguish between living and non-living things in an environment.

Identify the basic characteristics of living things.

Record information about living or non-living objects in local environments.

Sort and classify a variety of living and non-living materials based on their characteristics.

Recognize that plants and animals are living things that grow and change over time.

Conduct investigations and record data about the growth of different plants under varying conditions.

Describe what plants and animals need in order to grow and remain healthy.

Observe and illustrate the life cycle of animals.

Describe ways in which animals closely resemble their parents.

Observe, describe, and record the life cycle of a particular animal.

Match pictures of parents and related offspring by identifying common characteristics.

Investigate how plants and animals can be grouped according to their habitats.

Recognize that some organisms which formerly lived are no longer found on earth.

Observe plants and animals on the school grounds and group them according to where they are found.

Create a chart of different habitats and match animals to specific locations.

Sort pictures or illustrations of animals into groups that are extinct and those that still exist and offer possible explanations for extinction.

Compare and describe features of the day and night sky.

Realize that the sun can only be seen during the day, while the moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day.

Create a chart of things that can be observed in the day and night sky.

Identify objects in the sky and describe their observable similarities and differences.

Realize that water, rocks, soil, living organisms, and man-made objects make up the earth's surface.

Classify earth materials according to their physical properties.

Create a diagram of the school grounds to identify where water, rocks, soil, living organisms, and man-made objects are found.

Sample areas of the school grounds to identify where different materials are found.

Use bagged samples of earth materials or pictures from different areas to classify materials according to their use.

Gather and interpret daily weather data.

Collect daily weather information to predict what conditions might occur on the following day.

Discuss what makes a weather prediction accurate or inaccurate.

Classify objects according to their physical properties.

Distinguish between the properties of solids and liquids.

Predict the changes that may occur when different materials are mixed.

Classify solids according to their size, shape, color, texture, hardness, ability to change shape, magnetic attraction, whether they sink or float, and use.

Compare liquids according to their color, ability to flow, solubility in water, and use.

Investigate and describe the results of mixing different substances such as salt and pepper, water and sand, water and oil, and water and salt.

Investigate the effect of the sun on land, water, and air.

Predict and determine what happens over the course of a school day when containers of sand, soil, and water with thermometers are placed in a sunny window.

Predict and determine what happens over the course of a school day when containers of sand, soil and water with thermometers are placed in a shady location.

Compare the temperature at different places around the school such as black top driveway, lawn, concrete areas, side of the building, under a shade tree, wet area, in the ground.

Investigate how forces (push, pull) can move an object or change its direction.

Use familiar objects to explore how the movement can be changed.

Investigate and explain how different surfaces affect the movement of an object.

Investigate materials that are attracted to magnets.

Identify and classify objects in the classroom as magnetic or non-magnetic.

Make predictions about how various objects will be affected by a magnet.