Little 1st grade Science Thinkers Curriculum
$86.95
Little First Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade. It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your 1st grade students, including step-by-step scripted lesson plans and teaching PowerPoints. It incorporates the NGSS standards, 2024 Texas TEKS standards, as well as many other state standards for 1st grade science.
This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans. Please note, this is a digital file download.Â
—————–WHAT’S INCLUDED?——————–
-A complete Teacher Guide
–49Â Printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds
–72 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans
-Teaching PowerPoints to guide every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint and can be uploaded/converted to Google Slides)
-Essential Question and Learning Target posters
-Science Investigations or Hands-On Experiments
-Science Stations
-Anchor Charts
-Whole group Games and Activities
-Student Workbook that follows each lesson
-Quick Check for every lesson
-Primary-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
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UNIT 1: Matter and Energy
Lesson 1: SCIENTISTS OBSERVE
Lesson 2: SCIENCE TOOLS AND SAFETY
Lesson 3: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Lesson 4: STATES OF MATTER
Lesson 5: PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Lesson 6: HOW MATTER CHANGES (2 DAY LESSON)
Lesson 7: ENERGY (Focus on Heat Energy)
Lesson 8: SOUND AND VIBRATIONS
Lesson 9: LIGHT
Lesson 10: USING LIGHT AND SOUND TO COMMUNICATE
Lesson 11: COMMUNICATING USING LIGHT OR SOUND INVESTIGATION
Lesson 12: HANDS-ON SCIENCE STATIONS (2 DAYS)
Lesson 13: REVIEW
Lesson 14: UNIT ASSESSMENT
UNIT 2: Space
Lesson 1: EARTH’S PLACE IN SPACE
Lesson 2: THE SUN – ENERGY
Lesson 3: PATTERNS OF DAY AND NIGHT
Lesson 4: PATTERNS OF THE SEASONS
Lesson 5: PATTERNS OF DAYLIGHT
Lesson 6: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Lesson 7: THE MOON – CRATERS
Lesson 8: THE MOON – PHASES
Lesson 9: GRAVITY
Lesson 10: SOLAR SYSTEM INVESTIGATION
Lesson 11: HANDS-ON SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 12: REVIEW
Lesson 13: UNIT ASSESSMENT
UNIT 3: Earth’s Surface
Lesson 1: EARTH’S SURFACE
Lesson 2: ROCKS AND MINERALS
Lesson 3: ROCK TYPES
Lesson 4: ROCK EXPLORATION
Lesson 5: NATURAL RESOURCES
Lesson 6: RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES
Lesson 7: BODIES OF WATER
Lesson 8: SOIL
Lesson 9: SOIL INVESTIGATION
Lesson 10: WHEN WATER MOVES
Lesson 11: CARING FOR OUR RESOURCES & COMPOSTING
Lesson 12: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 13: REVIEW
Lesson 14: UNIT ASSESSMENT
UNIT 4: Survival of Living Things
Lesson 1: LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS
Lesson 2: HOW PARTS OF LIVING THINGS HELP THEM SURVIVE
Lesson 3: BIOMIMICRY INVESTIGATION
Lesson 4: ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES
Lesson 5: OFFSPRING OF LIVING THINGS
Lesson 6: INHERITED TRAITS
Lesson 7: INHERITED TRAITS INVESTIGATION
Lesson 8: INTERDEPENDENCE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Lesson 9: NATURE WORKING TOGETHER
Lesson 10: FOOD CHAINS
Lesson 11: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 12: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 13: REVIEW
Lesson 14: UNIT ASSESSMENT
UNIT 5: Weather
Lesson 1: ALL ABOUT WEATHER
Lesson 2: HOW WEATHER FORMS
Lesson 3: PRECIPITATION
Lesson 4: CLOUDS
Lesson 5: CLOUD INVESTIGATION – CREATING A CLOUD
Lesson 6: CLOUD INVESTIGATION – CLOUDS IN OUR ATMOSPHERE
Lesson 7: SEVERE WEATHER
Lesson 8: FORECASTING WEATHER
Lesson 9: CLIMATE
Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS (2 DAYS)
Lesson 11: REVIEW
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT
—Additional Mini-Lesson Packs Included—
Scientists, Discovery, and Innovation:
Lesson 1: TYPES OF SCIENTISTS
Lesson 2: FAMOUS SCIENTISTS
Lesson 3: DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE
Parts of Objects:
Lesson 1: HOW PARTS MAKE THINGS WORK
Lesson 2: ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING STRUCTURES
COMING SOON: Force & Motion
Little Science Thinkers(TM) is a registered trademark of Karen Jones and Mrs. Jones’s Class. Little Science Thinkers is an original teaching curriculum created and copyrighted by Karen Jones. No portion of this curriculum may be resold, shared without purchasing the proper number of licenses, altered, or posted online.
