First Grade
For a full list of the science SOLs and key concepts, please visit http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/index.shtml
Force, Motion, and Energy
SOL Correlations
1.2 The student will investigate and understand that moving objects exhibit different kinds of motion.
Activity Resources
Paper Straw Rockets, Kathryn Alstat and Chris Lichty, Edited by Linda Eanes and Ruth Wallace, educational lesson
Balloon Rockets, Kathryn Alstat, Edited by Linda Eanes and Erika Bonnett, educational lesson
Life Processes
SOL Correlations
1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics.
1.5 The student will investigate and understand that animals, including humans, have basic needs and certain distinguishing characteristics.
Activity Resources
Bird Beaks, Carter Humphries, educational video
Habitats, Carter Humphries, educational lesson
Barred Owl Adaptations, Linda Eanes, educational lesson
Junior Master Gardener Series: Suck-a-Bug, Brittany Council-Morton, educational lesson
Animal Classifications, Carter Humphries, educational video
Themed Container Gardening, Jordan Jones, educational lesson
Headwaters of the James, Kate Lawrence, educational video
How We Can Protect Our Watershed, Robbie Morrison, educational video
Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems
1.6 The student will investigate and understand the basic relationships between the sun and the Earth.
Headwaters of the James, Kate Lawrence, educational video
Earth Resources
SOL Correlations
1.8 The student will investigate and understand that natural resources are limited.
Activity Resources
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Kendra Young, educational video
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, CVWMA, educational video
How We Can Protect Our Watershed, Robbie Morrison, educational video
Bird Beaks
Birds come in all sorts of shapes and sizes...and so do their beaks. Learn about different types of bird beaks and what birds eat in this educational video.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
This lesson will teach the importance of the 3 Rs- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Animal Classifications
In this education video, you'll learn about how animals are classified using binomial nomenclature and characteristics that are unique animals with vertebrae.
If you have any questions or concerns about this page, please contact Carter Humphries at chumphries@vt.edu