| week | Unit | Topic | Weekly Learning Target | Next Generation Science Standards Covered | Interactive Science Worktext | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in science class. The students can ask questions like a scientist. | SP1 |
Skills 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | How To Be a Scientist | Skills Scientists use | Students can identify what skills scientists use. | SP3 |
Skills 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 3 | Scientific Tools | Students can identify scientific tools and state how scientists use them. | SP1 SP3 SP4 |
Skills 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 4 | Finding Answers | Students can explain how scientists find answers. | SP2 SP3 |
Skills 1.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Sharing Data | Students can explain how scientists share data. | SP4 SP7 SP8 |
Skills 1.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 6 | How To Be a Scientist Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Patterns of Change in the Sky | Observing and Recording the Sun | Students can observe the sun and record pertinent information. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 8 | The Sun’s Movement | Students can explain the movement of the Sun in relation to time of day and season. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
Unit 3.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 9 | Observing the Stars and Moon | Students can observe the stars and moon to discover patterns. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | The Moon’s Light and Phases | Students can explain the source of the moon’s light and phases. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | Patterns in the Sky | Students can use observations of the sun, moon, and stars, to describe patterns that can be predicted. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
TE 139a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 12 | Patterns in the Sky | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | 1.ESS1.1 1.ESS1.2 |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Characteristics of Living Things | Identifying Animals | Students can identify different animals, animal parts, and animal groups. | 1.LS1.2 1.LS3.1 |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 14 | Animals and Their Parents | Students can compare and contrast young animals and their parents. | 1.LS1.2 1.LS3.1 |
Unit 2.5 and 2.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 15 | Parents Helping | Students can find patterns in how parents help their offspring survive. | 1.LS1.2 1.LS3.1 |
Unit 2.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 16 | Parts of a Plant | Students can identify the different parts of a plant and explain their function. | 1.LS1.2 1.LS3.1 |
Unit 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | How Plants Grow | Students can explain and show how plants grow. | 1.LS1.2 1.LS3.1 |
Unit 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 18 | Characteristics of Living Things Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 19 | Mimicking Organisms to Solve Problems | Animal Features | Students can name different animal features and explain their function. | 1.LS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Unit 2.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 20 | Animal Classifications | Students can sort animals into different classifications and compare their features. | 1.LS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 21 | Animal Classifications | Students can sort animals into different classifications and compare their features. | 1.LS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | Using Nature to Solve a Problem | SStudents can plan and design a solution to a human problem using nature. | 1.LS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
TE 99a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 23 | Using Nature to Solve a Problem | Students can plan and design a solution to a human problem using nature. | 1.LS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
TE 99a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | Mimicking Organisms to Solve Problems Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 25 | Light and Sound | Examples of Energy | Students can define energy and give examples of different kinds. | 1.PS4.2 1.PS4.3 1.PS4.4 |
Unit 1.1 & 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 26 | Light | Students can define light and explain what light can do. | 1.PS4.2 1.PS4.3 1.PS4.4 |
Unit 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 27 | What Light Can Do | Students can make observations about what light can do. | 1.PS4.2 1.PS4.3 1.PS4.4 |
Unit 1.3 & pg 40 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Sound | Students can define sound and explain how sound is created. | 1.PS4.2 1.PS4.3 1.PS4.4 |
Unit 1.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 29 | Light and Sound | Students can use tools and materials to design and build a device that communicates using light or sound. | 1.PS4.2 1.PS4.3 1.PS4.4 |
Unit 1.4 & TE 43a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | Light and Sound Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 31 | Communicating with Light and Sound | Communicating with Light and Sound | Students can provide evidence to show how technology can help people solve problems. | 1.PS4.4 K2.ETS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Skills 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 32 | Communicating with Light and Sound | Students can analyze what materials some objects are of. | 1.PS4.4 K2.ETS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Skills 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 33 | Communicating with Light and Sound | Students can model how to use the design process to set a goal and find a solution. | 1.PS4.4 K2.ETS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
Skills 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | Communicating with Light and Sound | Students can identify a communication problem and research possible solutions using sound. | 1.PS4.4 K2.ETS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
TE 43a | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | Communicating with Light and Sound | Students can identify a communication problem and research possible solutions using light. | 1.PS4.4 K2.ETS1.1 K2.ETS1.2 |
TE 43d | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Communicating with Light and Sound Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 37 | First Grade Science Review | Review | Students can review key concepts and content from Grade 1 science. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 38 | Review | Students can review key concepts and content from Grade 1 science. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources |