1st Grade Science Unit 3

Big Idea:

All objects are matter. Matter can change in different ways.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

1.5(B) predict and identify changes in materials caused by heating and cooling.

Focus TEKS

1.5(A) classify objects by observable properties such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color, and texture

1.5(C) Classify objects by the materials from which they are made.

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.

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.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will plan and conduct simple investigations
• I will record and organize data using pictures and words
• I will classify objects by observable properties of the materials from which they are made such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color and texture
• I will describe what scientists do
• I will realize that scientists come from all backgrounds
• I will identify the role of technology in the work of scientists
• I will ask questions about objects and events observed in the world
• I will collect and compare information and make observations using thermometers
• I will identify changes in materials caused by heating
• I will collect, record and compare information using timing devices, such as clocks and timers
• I will predict and identify changes in materials caused by heating and cooling

Essential Questions:

• What can we observe about objects?
• How can we measure temperature?
• How does heating and cooling change matter?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: ScienceFusion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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