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 Forces & Motion 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.

In this activity, students explore the idea that magnets can repel and attract. Students will diagram and write about what happens when they put two ring magnets together on a pencil. Students will also develop their own investigation on how to test the properties of magnets.

In this activity students will investigate magnets and what they attract through observation and discussion. Students will record their findings in a science journal.

This web page provides descriptions of several simple activities that can be used with young students when teaching about magnets and magnetic force.

In this lesson, students will test the ability of magnets to attract through plastic, wood, cardboard, and cloth by using a magnet to navigate a paper clip through a series of mazes.

In this activity, students build small cars from matchboxes and then use magnets to move them using repelling forces.

This resource is a compilation of text, videos, and other elements to create a scaffolded 5E learning experience for students. In this lesson, students investigate how magnets can be used to push or pull objects.

In this lesson, students investigate the force of magnetism. Students work in small groups to test and sort various items found in the classroom to see if they will "stick" to a magnet. Groups choose one student to be the recorder and keep track of the data for the group.

In this activity, students will construct a painting tool and then use magnetic force to use it to create an abstract piece of art.

In this lesson, students investigate the pushing and pulling force of magnets by moving a hockey player cut out in different ways using a magnet. The hockey player cut out is included as well as a KWL chart. Formative assessments are included in the lesson along with suggested instructional supports. Several informative videos to be viewed by the teacher to assist in understanding the science content and how to teach the lesson the lesson are available.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade Science.

The Magnets unit helps students discover what magnets are and how they work.

In this lesson, students are introduced to magnets and magnetic properties through exploration and play.