This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 1st Grade Science content.Within the folder you will access Parent Guide PDFs in FIVE Languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Vietnamese to help on-going communication with caregivers. 

This resource accompanies our Rethink 1st Grade Science Earth Systems, Structures & Processes unit. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 1st Grade Science Unit #2. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.

In this lesson, students collect 3 samples of soil from different outdoor locations, recording observations and questions about each location in their science notebooks. On the second day of the investigation, students will work in collaborative groups to investigate the soil using hand lenses, sifters/strainers, and sorting pans. Then students will share what they have learned with their peers.

In this multi-age lesson, students will work with an upper elementary partner to collect and observe soil samples from the school grounds. They will divide a paper plate into four sections and label them animals, pllants, rocks and other and dissect their soil, placing what they find on the labeled paper plate sections. At the end of the lesson, students discuss as a group what they found in the soil.

Students sift soil to remove organic materials and pebbles and then re-sift the soil to separate clay and sand.

Students will ask questions and make observations about soil to learn about properties of different types of soil and soil horizons. Students collect soil samples, use their senses to observe the samples, and mix them with water to observe how the soils settle. Three reproducible student recording sheets are included with this lesson.

In this lesson, students investigate different types of local soil and rock samples collected form the school grounds. Printable student task cards and recording/observation sheets are included with the lesson. Formtaive assessment ideas are also provided.

In this classroom activity, students will show how soil composition affects the amount of water the soil holds. They will test sand and topsoil independently and then create their own mixture.

In this two day lesson, students collect three samples of soil from different locations on the school grounds. Students will observe the soil samples and compare them with other samples the teacher makes available. The class creates a data recording system for their observations and a class chart of their findings.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. Students help Detective LePlant to solve the mystery of soil: find out what soil is, why it is important, what types of living organisms can be found in and around soil, and in what kinds of soil plants grow. A window opens to define vocabulary words in English with an option in Spanish. The case has a case brief, facts, a quiz, and activities such as classifying the components of soil. This lesson is available in Spanish, also.

This resource is a compilation of text, videos, and other elements to create a scaffolded 5E learning experience for students. In this lesson, students observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color.

This resource consists of a series of expositive and interactive modules that instruct students on the properties of soil and explain why soil is and important resource. Follow the "Digging Shallow" link for modules that are appropriate for an early elementary audience.