Grade Level: Grade 1

Animals: Properties and Life Cycles

Concepts
Cycles

Enduring Understandings
There are many kinds of insects.
Insects live in various habitats.
Insects need air, water, food, space, and a safe environment.
Insects' body parts help them meet their basic needs.
Insects have a characteristic life cycle including birth, maturation, and death.
ART -- Insects possess certain physical characteristics including patterns, shape, symmetry.
MATH -- Insects change over time through their life cycles.
LITERATURE -- Scientific and mathematical concepts can be connected through exploration of authentic text.

Skills
1.  Make observations and ask questions about objects in our environment.
2.  Use senses and simple measuring tools to collect data.
3.  Make predictions based on observed patterns.
4.  Read, write, listen and speak about observations of the natural world.
5.  Seek information in printed form.
6.  Present information in words and drawings.
7.  Use standard and non-standard measurement to describe physical properties.
8.  Count, order and sort objects by their properties.
9.  Represent information in graphs.

Exploring Weather, Shadows, and Seasons

Concepts
Constancy and Change (Force & Motion)

Enduring Understandings
Weather conditions change.
Weather can change with each season.
People adjust to seasons.
As the position of the sun changes, the length and direction of shadows change shape.
The length of daytime is determined by the path of the sun.
The position of the earth in relation to the sun changes through the seasons.

Skills
1.  Make observations and ask questions about objects in our environment.
2.  Use senses and simple measuring tools to collect data.
3.  Make predictions based on observed patterns.
4.  Read, write, listen and speak about observations of the natural world.
5.  Seek information in printed form.
6.  Present information in words and drawings.
7.  Use standard and non-standard measurement to describe physical properties.
8.  Count, order and sort objects by their properties.
9.  Represent information in graphs.