Science
First graders will take part in three inquiry based year-long unit:
* Using Backyard Environments to Explore Habitats
* Exploring the Properties of Animal Artifacts
* Exploring Weather Patterns
During these units, students will explore the changes in their local environment through the seasons, the ways in which a habitat provides for an organism's needs, and connections between living and non-living things.
The inquiry-based explorations in the units encourage students to construct their own knowledge and challenge their misconceptions. During the inquiry process, students will continue to develop the following:
* an understanding of the parallel process
* skills in using tools for observation and data collection, and design
* increasingly sophisticated observation and data gathering
Throughout the units, the students will be encouraged to do the following:
* formulate testable questions
* design independent investigations
* observe and measure using scientific tools
* collect and analyze data
* synthesize findings
(from Newton Public School First Grade Science Curriculum)
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