1st Grade Science Unit 2

Big Idea:

Weather changes from day to day and from season to season. You can use different tools to measure weather.

Student Expectations:

Focus TEKS

1.3(B) make predictions based on observable patterns

1.4(A) collect, record and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, primary balances, cups, bowls, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate; timing devices, non-standard measuring items; weather instruments such as demonstration thermometers and windsocks; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as aquariums and terrariums.

Ongoing TEKS

1.2(A-E) - The student is expected to: (A) ask questions, about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world; (B) plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations; (C) collect data and make observations using simple tools; (D) record and organize data using pictures, numbers and words; and (E) communication observations and provide reasons for explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will plan and conduct simple investigations
• I will record and organize data
• I will make predictions based on observable patterns
• I will collect and compare information using tools, such as classroom demonstration thermometers and windsocks
• I will record weather information, including relative temperature
• I will demonstrate that air is all around us and observe that wind is moving air
• I will recognize the importance of safe practices
• I will ask questions about events observed in the natural world
• I will describe what scientists do
• I will recognize that scientists come from all backgrounds
• I will identify the role of technology in the work of scientists
• I will identify characteristics of the seasons of the year.

Essential Questions:

• What is weather?
• What can we observe about weather?
• What is the temperature today?
• What are seasons?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: ScienceFusion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

District Grading Policy

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Vocabulary to use throughout unit: increase, decrease, texture, temperature, record, measure

Phrases to use: heat is added, heat is taken away, heat stays the same