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The science curriculum is designed to help student's develop scientific thinking skills while learning concepts that help them to understand the world. Children study life, earth, and physical science.
Exploring Relationships: Plants and Animals and their Offspring
During our Spring semester, the first grade students explore, observe, describe and discover structures of plants and animals. Students continue exploring the life cycle of plants by growing plants in a variety of ways, learning not all new plants must start from seeds. Students learn what plants and animals need to survive and use information from first-hand observations to identify similarities and differences among individual plants or animals of the same kind. As they begin looking at animal behaviors and habitats, students investigate the relationship between animal parents and their offspring and the activities animals engage in to help ensure survival.
Light and Sound
First grade scientists investigate the cause and effect relationships to learn about the nature of light and sound. This investigation lays a foundational understanding of sophisticated concepts. After investigating light sources and how light interacts with different materials, students go on to learn that sound travels from a source and vibrations cause sound.
Seasonal Patterns of Change
Building on their Kindergarten experiences observing and describing daily weather, First Grade scientists use their senses and tools to study seasonal changes throughout the year. They learn how to make careful observations and collect data in order to identify patterns in the natural world. Through repeated outdoor explorations, and with careful analysis of the data they collect, students recognize we experience four distinct seasons and all life around us is impacted by seasonal changes we can observe. Students begin to make predictions based on evidence they have collected and develop their ability to share their thinking with others.
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