Grade 1 Science Ontario Curriculum & 1st Grade Science Units: This BUNDLE includes everything you need to teach your students about The Needs & Characteristics of Living Things, Energy in Our Lives, Daily & Seasonal Changes, and Materials, Objects, & Everyday Structures, including anchor charts, worksheets, activities, CRAFTivities (crafts ;), assessment, suggested mentor texts/read alouds, and MORE!
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INTERACTIVE Google Slides™ INCLUDED FOR EACH UNIT!!!
*download the PREVIEW to peek at each unit*
INCLUDED in LIVING and NONLIVING THINGS UNIT:
* introduction
1. Intro. & What is Living?
- “Living Things -> What is Living?” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “Living Things -> What is Living?” (what living things DO and NEED anchor chart)
- optional “mystery flaps” for anchor chart
- “Is it Living?” (anchor chart)
- “Is it Living?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Is It Living” (introductory worksheet)
- “Is it Living?” (lesson extension activity)
2. The Needs of Living Things
- “The Needs of Living Things: Human Needs” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “The Needs of Me!” (cut & paste & write extension worksheet)
- “Human WANTS and NEEDS” (worksheet)
- “Living Things: Do we all need the SAME things?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “The Needs of Living Things” (cut & paste lesson extension activity)
- “Let it Grow” (activity explanation & interactive anchor chart & sample)
- “The Needs of Plants” (cut & paste & write extension worksheet)
- “My Plant Observation Book” (title page & 2 inner page options)
- “I am Living” (craft)
3. What is Non-Living?
- “Living & Non-living” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Living & Non-Living” (cut & paste lesson extension worksheet)
- “Living vs. Non-living” (whole body group sorting activity)
- “Is it Living?” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- “Is it Living?” (worksheet, 2 options)
- “Let’s Go Camping!” (worksheet)
4. Characteristics of Living Things
- “Characteristics of Living Things” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Characteristics of Living Things” (anchor chart)
- “Characteristics With a PURPOSE” (lesson extension worksheet)
- “Characteristics of…ME!” boy & girl option (cut & paste worksheet)
- “Listening for Characteristics” (“Mystery Animal Drawing Activity” with 2 activity page options)
- “Characteristics of Living Things” (activity explanation, anchor chart, and extension worksheet)
- “Cool Characteristics” (worksheet)
- “Same but Different” (interactive lesson & group activity)
- “Same but Different” (extension worksheet)
5. Living Things & Their Environment
- “Happy Habitats” (anchor chart)
- “Happy Habitats” (extension worksheet)
- “Where do I belong?” (cut & paste worksheet)
- “Home, Sweet Habitat!” (booklet activity including cover page and 6 booklet pages)
6. Environmental Respect
- “Living Things And Their Environment” (brainstorm anchor chart with suggested responses)
- “Environmental Impact” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Environmental Impact” (interactive flap extension worksheet)
- “Respecting the Environment” (drama activity, 8 cards included)
- “Respecting the Environment” (poster activity instructions, brainstorm anchor chart, cut & paste “We Can Make a Difference: Positive & Negative Impact” extension worksheet, 2 poster template options)
- “Happy Helpers” Option #1 (craftivity)
- “Happy Helpers” Option #2 (booklet craftivity)
Wrap It Up: Unit Rubric & Answer Keys
- Living Things unit rubric
- anchor chart & worksheet answer pages
INCLUDED in ENERGY UNIT:
* Introduction
1. Energy in Our Lives: Introduction
- “We Need Energy!” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “What is Energy?” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “Forms of Energy” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Forms of Energy” modified version (interactive anchor chart)
- “Types of Energy” (extension worksheet)
- “Types of Energy” (interactive flap worksheet)
- “More Than One” (worksheet)
- “I Need Energy” (reflection worksheet, 2 options)
2. Energy Sources
- “Sources of Energy: Where does energy come from?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Sources of Energy: Where does energy come from?” (differentiated version interactive anchor chart)
- “Sources of Energy” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “Make Me GO!” ( worksheet)
- “Let’s Energize!” (worksheet)
- The Sun (lesson plan, introduction activity, interactive anchor chart, whole group True or False Sun Facts sorting activity)
- “Super Duper Sun!” (extension worksheet, 3 options)
- If There Was No Sun… (experiment lesson plan)
- “If There Was No Sun…” (booklet extension, 1 prediction page, 2 interior page options, conclusion page)
- The Sun is Important (craftivity, several options included)
3. Energy Output
- “Energy Output” (anchor chart)
- “Energy Output” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Energy Output” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- “Multiple Outputs” (worksheet)
- “Awesome Outputs” (worksheet)
4. Energy Chains
- “Energy Chains: What is an energy chain?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Energy Chains” (interactive anchor chart)
- Energy Chain Chain (paper chain craft)
- “Make a Chain!” (worksheet)
- “Energy Chains” (worksheet)
- Energy Chain Game (lesson plan, food chain cards)
- “Arrows of Energy” (extension worksheet)
- My Energy Chain (craftivity)
5. Energy Around Us
- “Energy In Our Lives” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- Hushed Hallways Energy Hunt (lesson plan, whole group activity, 3 recording page options)
- “Energy at School” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- Energy at Home (interactive craft)
- “Energy at Home” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “Energy at Home” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Energy at Home” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- Changes in Energy Use (whole class Winter / Summer energy use sorting activity)
- “Energy Through the Seasons” (extension worksheet)
- “Then & Now” (anchor chart)
- “Changes in Energy” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
6. Energy Conservation
- Renewable & Nonrenewable Energy Sources (lesson plan, anchor chart)
- “Natural Energy Sources” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Use Them Wisely…” (interactive anchor chart)
- Teacher CHEAT SHEET for renewable & nonrenewable energy terms & info.
- “Energy!” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- “Energy Code” (colour by renewable/nonrenewable energy worksheet)
- “Renewable & Nonrenewable” (worksheet, 2 options)
- “Energy Conservation” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “This, Not That!” (interactive anchor chart)
- “This, Not That!” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- Green / Goblin Craft (differentiation options included)
- “Green or Goblin?” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “I Can Conserve!” (worksheet)
- “My Power Promise” (worksheet, 2 options)
- Wise Old Energy Owl (poster craftivity, differentiation options included)
- Musical Energy: Exploring Sound Energy (final task activity lesson plan, anchor chart, 2 reflection page options)
Wrap It Up: Unit Rubric & Answer Keys
- Living Things unit rubric
- worksheet answer pages
INCLUDED in DAILY & SEASONAL CHANGES UNIT:
* Science Pack Introduction
* Unit introduction anchor chart & worksheet
1. Weather
- “Let’s Talk About Weather” (anchor chart)
- “What’s the Weather?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “My Favourite Weather” (worksheet)
- “Daily Weather” (weather-recording anchor chart)
- “What to Wear for the Weather” (small group activity with group brainstorming page)
- “No Such Thing As Bad Weather…” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “Weather or Not!” (critical thinking worksheet)
2. Sequences & Cycles
- Sequences & Cycles (interactive anchor chart)
- “All About Sequences” (cut & paste worksheet)
- “All About Cycle” (cut & paste worksheet)
- Sequence Train (craftivity, 2 options included)
- “Calendar Cycle” (anchor chart)
- “All About Our Calendar: Days of the Week (worksheet, 2 options)
- “All About Our Calendar: Months of the Year (cut & paste worksheet)
3. Day & Night
- “Let’s Talk About The Sun” (anchor chart)
- “The Sun” (brainstorming worksheet, 2 options)
- “The Differences Between Day & Night (interactive anchor chart)
- “Labeling Day & Night” (worksheet, 2 options)
- “Day & Night” (worksheet)
- “What I Do During the Day & Night” (worksheet, 2 options)
- “Day & Night” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Day & Night Activity Sort” (cut & paste worksheet)
- “Colour by Day or Night” (worksheet)
- Day & Night Wheel Craft
- “Follow Your Shadow” (investigation activity, 2 recording page options)
- Day & Night OP Art
4. Seasons
- “The Four Seasons” (small group brainstorm activity, 2 options per recording page included, display headings)
- “Favourite Seasons” (graphing anchor chart)
- “My Favourite Season” (writing worksheet, 2 options)
- The Greatest Season Writing Craftivity (2 options)
- “The Cycle of Seasons” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Cycle of Seasons” (cut & paste worksheet, 2 options)
- “Four Seasons Class Picture Sort” (whole group sorting activity)
- “Sort the Seasons” (cut & paste worksheet)
- “Colour by Season” (worksheet)
- “What Will I Wear?” (worksheet)
5. Effects of Daily & Seasonal Changes
- “Seasonal Changes Affect Living Things” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “Seasonal Adaptations” (interactive anchor chart)
- “My Four Seasons Booklet” (cover page + 3 interior pages per season)
- Alternative Booklet Pages (customize the booklet to your needs with these additional pages: “Seasonal Changes Affect ME!” cover page, “Seasonal Changes Affect PLANTS” cover page, alternative writing page from above booklet, “Seasonal Changes Affect ANIMALS!” cover page, 2 options for the animal interior page)
- Season Trees Mobile Craft
Wrap it Up: Unit Rubric & Answer Pages
- Daily & Seasonal Changes unit rubric
- worksheet answer pages
INCLUDED in MATERIALS, OBJECTS, & STRUCTURES UNIT:
* Product Introduction
1. Materials, Objects, & Structures: Introduction
- Unit introduction (mini lesson & craftivity explanation page)
- “Materials, Objects, & Structures” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- My Favourite Object (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- craftivity templates
2. Materials & Objects
- “Materials & Objects” introductory lesson (interactive anchor chart, brainstorm anchor chart with 2 activities, “Material Hunt” extension activity page)
- “What’s the Use?” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Material Match” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Match the Material” (extension worksheet)
- “Material Properties” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Properties Check” (extension worksheet)
- Mystery Materials (lesson & activity explanation page)
- Mystery Bag labels
- Mystery Materials (interactive anchor chart)
- Mystery Material object cards (x2)
- “My Mystery Materials” (observation book)
- Picture Perfect Purpose (lesson & activity explanation)
- “Picture Perfect Purpose” part 1 (interactive anchor chart)
- “Picture Perfect Purpose” part 2 (interactive anchor chart)
- “Picture Perfect Purpose” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- “This, That, & Another Thing” (worksheet)
- “This or That?” (worksheet, 2 options)
- Unidentified Objects (investigation lesson explanation)
- “Unidentified Objects” (interactive anchor chart, 2 options)
- “My Unidentified Objects” (investigation book, 2 interior page options)
- What If…? (whole class class game explanation, scenario cards x2)
- “What If…?” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- Man-Made vs. Natural (lesson explanation)
- “Man-Made vs. Natural” (interactive anchor chart, part 1 and 2)
- “Man-Made vs. Natural” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- Colour by material (worksheet)
- “Man-Made vs. Natural: everything originates in nature…” part 1 (anchor chart)
- “Man-Made vs. Natural: everything originates in nature…” part 2 (interactive anchor chart)
- “Natural Origin” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “Nature’s Bounty” (extension worksheet)
3. Structures
- “Structures” (anchor chart)
- “The Purpose of Structures” (extension activity)
- “Natural vs. Built” (interactive anchor chart)
- “Natural vs. Built Structures” (worksheet)
- Natural / Built (worksheet)
- Man-Made vs. Natural (craftivity explanation templates)
- The Three Little Pigs (lesson & activity explanation)
- “The Three Little Pigs” (interactive anchor chart)
- “The Three Little Structures” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- The Three Little Pigs (craftivity template)
- “Buckle Up!” (interactive worksheet)
- Fasteners (interactive anchor chart, 2 options)
- “Fasten Your Seatbelt!” (extension worksheet)
- “Buckle Up!” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “Fabulous Fasteners” (worksheet)
- M.T. Tower Task (small group activity explanation)
- “Marshmallow & Toothpick Tower Task” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
4. Environmental Impact
- Environmental Impact PART 1 (lesson & activity explanation)
- “Waste Management” Trash, Recycling, Compost (interactive anchor chart)
- “Which Waste is Which? (extension worksheet)
- “Put Waste in it’s Place!” (cut & paste extension worksheet)
- “What’s In Our Trash?” (recording anchor chart)
- “What’s In Our Recycling?” (recording anchor chart)
- Repurposing (lesson & whole group activity explanation)
- “Environmental Impact” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “From This to That!” (extension worksheet, 2 options)
- Environmental Impact PART 2 (lesson & activity explanation)
- small group brainstorm page
- “Take Action!” (brainstorm anchor chart)
- “Official Waste Management Plan” (worksheet, 2 options)
- Waste Management Plan (craftivity explanation & templates)
- Architect Challenge (culminating activity)
- “Architect Challenge: The Plan” (planning page)
- “Architect Challenge: The Result” (reflection page)
Wrap It Up: Unit Rubric & Answer Keys
- Materials, Objects, & Structures unit rubric
- worksheet & anchor chart answer pages
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