STANDARD 1: ANALYSIS, INQUIRY AND DESIGN

RESOURCES:

Books – How Big is a Foot by Rolph Myller (can be done with Teddy Bears brought in from home, instead of body measurements)

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Lab Work –

RESOURCE – STC Kit “Comparing and Measuring”

Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.

Scientific Inquiry:

The Scientific Method is the way scientists get from asking a question to finding an answer.

Students should:

· ask questions through observations

· make predictions

· follow procedures

· observe experiments

· draw conclusions using graphs, pictures, written and/or verbal responses

For a more detailed list of process skills refer to pages 10 and 15 of the New York State Elementary Science Core Curriculum at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/pub/elecoresci.pdf .

STANDARD 4: LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Plant and Animal Studies

RESOURCES:

Books - Weekly Reader, National Geographic for Kids (K-1), The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

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Lab Work – S:\EL\Okte\Grade 1\KidPix Templates

Program – Scotia Glenville “At Home in a Pond”, “Furry Neighbors”

Additional Resources are Needed

NYS Science Standard	Content	Teacher Resources	Vocabulary
Shen	Knows that animals and plants sometimes cause changes in their surroundings		life cycle life span living nonliving seed young plant mature plant flower stem leaf roots Introduce: traits germination
3.1a	Observe animals have different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction
3.1b	Observe plants have different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction
2.2a	Observe plants and animals closely resemble their parents and other individuals in their species
2.2b	Plants and animals can transfer specific traits to their offspring when they reproduce
Shen	Observe that there is variation among individuals within a population
1.1a	Animals require air, water and food (essential nutrients)in order to live and thrive
1.1b	Plants require air, water, essential nutrients and light in order to live and thrive
1.1c	Nonliving things do not live and thrive
1.1d	Nonliving things can be human created or normally occurring
6.1b	All animals depend on plants. Some animals eat other animals
4.1b	Each kind of plant goes through its own stages of growth and development that may include seed, young plant, and mature plant
1.2a	Living things grow, take in nutrients, breathe, reproduce, eliminate waste and die
4.1c	The length of time from beginning of development to death of the plant is called its life span
4.1d	Life cycles of some plants include changes from seed to mature plant

STANDARD 4: LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Health and Nutrition

RESOURCES:

Books -

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Websites –

Program – Scotia Glenville “Eating Adventure”

NYS Science Standard	Content	Teacher Resources	Vocabulary
5.3a	Humans need a variety of healthy foods, exercise and rest in order to grow and maintain good health	Discuss at appropriate times throughout the school day and/or year
5.3b	Good health habits include hand washing and personal cleanliness; avoiding harmful substances; eating a balanced diet; engaging in regular exercise

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Human decisions and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environments.

NYS Science Standard	Content	Teacher Resources	Vocabulary
7.1a	Humans depend on their natural and constructed environments	The following performance indicators should be integrated with the Social Studies curriculum where appropriate.
7.1b	Over time humans have changed their environment by cultivating crops and raising animals, creating shelter, using energy, manufacturing goods, developing means of transportation, changing populations, and carrying out other activities
7.1c	Humans, as individuals or communities, change environments in ways that can be either helpful or harmful for themselves and other organisms

STANDARD 4: PHYSICAL SETTING

Weather

RESOURCES:

Books – Weekly Reader, National Geographic for Kids (K-1)

Videos –

Websites –

Program – Scotia Glenville “Everybody Talks the Weather”

Additional Resources are Needed

NYS Science Standard	Content	Teacher Resources	Vocabulary
1.1a	Observe that weather can change from day to day and through the seasons		cloudy sunny partly cloudy stormy fair temperature season Introduce: degree precipitation
4.2a	Understands that the sun’s energy provides the light and heat that warms the air and water
2.1a	Weather is the condition of the outside air at a particular moment
2.1b	Weather can be described and measured by temperature, form and amount of precipitation and general sky conditions (sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy, stormy, fair)

STANDARD 4: PHYSICAL SETTING

Matter

RESOURCES:

Books – Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy

Videos – Magic School Bus “Waterworks”

Websites –

Other – Geometric Math Manipulatives

Science Kit - The following content may be taught using the STC Kit “Solids and Liquids”

NYS Science Standard	Content	STC Kit Lesson Number	Vocabulary
Shen	(Discover) Earth’s materials consist of rocks, soils, liquid water and the gases of the atmospheres- properties of solids, liquids and gases	1,2,3,5,8,10 11,12,15,16	solid, liquid, gas, sink, float, sink, float, hand lens, metric ruler, thermometer, balance, ahead, behind, between, over, under, brittle, elastic, matter, flexible, hard, magnet, property, senses, size, sort, weight Introduce: properties evaporation condensation precipitation
3.1e	The materials an object is made up of determine some specific properties of the object (sink/float). Properties can be observed or measured with tools such as hand lenses, metric rulers, thermometers, and balances	2,6,14
3.1f	Describes and classifies matter (objects) by their composition (i.e., wood, metal, plastic, cloth…) and their physical properties (i.e., color, size, shape, texture, magnetism, hardness, odor, sound… that can be observed through the senses	1,2,3,5,7,8 9,10,11,12,15
5.1a	The position of an object can be described by locating it relative to another object or the background (i.e., on top of, next to, over, under…)	4,13,14
5.1b	The position or direction of motion of an object can be changed by pushing or pulling	4, 13, 14

Additional Resources Needed to teach the following Performance Indicator

NYS Science Standard	Content	Teacher Resources	Vocabulary
2.1c	(Observe) water is recycled by natural process on Earth. Evaporation: changing of water (liquid) into water vapor (gas) Condensation: changing of water vapor (gas) into water (liquid) Precipitation: rain, sleet, snow, hail		solid, liquid, gas, Introduce: evaporation, condensation, precipitation