1st Grade Science Unit 4

Big Idea:

Forces change the way objects move. Magnets attract some objects and repel others. Energy can cause matter to move or change

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

1.6(A) identify and discuss how different forms of energy such as light, thermal, and sound are important to everyday life

Focus TEKS

1.6(B) predict and describe how a magnet can be used to push or pull an object

1.6(C) demonstrate and record the ways that objects can move such as in a straight line, zig zag, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast and slow.

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 recognize and demonstrate the importance of safe practices
• I will ask questions about events observed in the natural world
• I will plan and conduct simple investigations
• I will record and organize data using pictures and words
• I will communicate observations and provide reasons for explanations from investigations
• I will identify and discuss how different forms of energy such as light, heat, and sound are important to everyday life
• I will collect and compare information using tools, including magnets and timers
• I will predict and describe how a magnet can be used to push or pull an object
• I will demonstrate and record the ways that objects can move such as in a straight line, zig zag, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast and slow
• 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 describe the change in the location of an object such as closer to, nearer to, and farther from

Essential Questions:

• How do we use energy?
• How do magnets move objects?
• How do objects move?
• How can we move a ball?
• How can we change the way objects move?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: ScienceFusion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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