This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 1st Grade Science content.
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.
This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade Science in Forces & Motion.
In this lesson, students will explore the force of gravity through several simple demonstrations.
In this lesson, students develop an understanding of motion and explore how objects move. Students experiment with objects in motion, describe motion (push, pull, slide,and roll) and and build something that moves. Formative assessments are included in the lesson along with suggested instructional supports. Two 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.
In this lesson, students investigate forces such as pushes and pulls. Students use simple objects such as toy cars, cylinder blocks, tops, cubes, and yo-yos to experiment and observe movement. Students then classify the different types of movement such as up and down, side to side, and rolling. Specific vocabulary related to movement is introduced at the end of the lesson.
In this lesson, students discuss, observe, and "play" with familiar sports equipment to learn about motion. Students freely explore the equipment in small groups and record what they have learned about motion, then share and discuss with the whole group. A whole group chart is created at the end of the lesson to record what students have learned about motion.
In this lesson, students will be given objects and asked to make predictions on how far each object will move after they blow in it. Then they will measure the distance and record their observations in their science journals. After their science investigation into motion students will read Move It! by Jaime A. Schroeder to reinforce the hands-on learning activity.
In this lesson, students explore the concept of balance by attemting to balance their bodies, rulers, and other common classroom objects. Vocabulary introduced in this lesson includes, gravity, balance, counterbalance, and stability.
In this interactive lesson, students rotate to different sports activity stations to determine if a push or a pull or both are being used for that sport. Students record their observations by writing a simple phrase to explain the push or pull force they used. At the end of the rotations, students compile their data onto a class tally graph. Extension activities include involving the Olympics and Para-Olympics and their family members. Probing questions that include determining if the age of the thrower affects force and distance and assessment extend and complete the lesson.
This is the educator's guide for a set of activities that teach students about humans' endeavors to return to the moon. The emphasis is for students to understand that engineers must "imagine and plan" before they begin to build and experiment. Each activity features objectives, a list of materials, educator information, procedures, and student worksheets. Students should work in teams to complete the activities. Note: Activities do not align to all objectives that are listed; specific activities align to specific objectives.
In this lesson students will define forces as pulls and pushes. They will also predict the effect of a force on an object.
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.
In this lesson, students work in pairs to identify and describe the motion of an object as a push or a pull. Class data is collected, recorded, and discussed with the class by the teacher. Printable student worksheets are included in this lesson. Formative assessments are included in the lesson along with suggested instructional supports. Three 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.
The Things Move unit addresses how forces affect objects at rest and in motion. It gives examples of types of forces, and it describes the movement of objects, including what can slow them, stop them, and change their direction. The unit also introduces friction and gravity, and their effects on moving objects. Everyday examples are used to help students understand the concepts.
In this lesson, students will use an inquiry based approach to discover how things move. They will discover that a push and a pull are forces that put things into motion. They will also investigate how friction is a force that slows a movig object.