First grade Science is very interesting and fun for students! This semester class will include a mixture of S.T.E.M., Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science. We will even learn about people and careers in Science! This class will provide hands-on activities, such as drawing, painting, and other projects. 

There is an optional write-in student edition book of Science Fusion, that you may purchase for your child. I have acquired permission from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to use Science Fusion, Grade 1, for use in my online Outschool class. The ISBN # is 978-0-544-77837-5. The book is a great price on Amazon! We will cover all of the pages in the book, except the Inquiry Flipchart pages. https://www.amazon.com/ScienceFusion-Student-Interactive-Worktext-Grade/dp/0544778375

Learn more about the course here --> https://youtu.be/1K2bucNP90A

There are four parts to this semester class. Each part lasts four weeks each. 
Part 1: 1st Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - The Nature of Science & S.T.E.M. (Units 1, 2, & 3)
Part 2: 1st Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Life Science (Units 3 continued, 4, & 5)
Part 3: 1st Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Earth Science (Units 6, 7, & 8)
Part 4: 1st Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Physical Science (Units 9 & 10)



Part 3: 1st Grade Science Fusion: Semester Class - Earth Science (Units 6, 7, & 8)

Before Class 1: Find something at your home that is made from a natural resource. See pages 202 and 203 for ideas. Bring the item for show and tell for class 1.

Week 1: Unit 6
Class 1 - Earth's Resources (pages 197-203)
- Show and Tell: an item from your home made from a natural resource (see pages 202-203 for ideas)
- Vocabulary: natural resource, rock, soil

Class 2 - Rocks and Soil (pages 204-208)
- Show and Tell: any rock or rocks (We will observe the properties: texture, color, size)
- Learn about natural resources, both living and non-living.
- *Activity - Complete and color the resources on page 207 and fill in the organizer on page 208.

Class 3 - Peanuts (pages 209-210)
- Learn how Dr. George Washington Carver helped farmers.
- Teacher will screen-share these books and provide a handout about George Washington Carver and peanuts. Also, the teacher will screen-share this Learning Path from Leap Frog. https://t7.leapfrog.com/images/l/learning-path-20223.pdf
National Geographic: George Washington Carver, by: Kitson Jazynka
My Itty-Bitty Bio: George Washington Carver, by: Katie Marsico
Fantastic Kids: George Washington Carver, by: Michelle Jovin
- The class will watch a 1 minute video about Dr. George Washington Carver on EPIC Books. 

Before Week 2, Class 1: Find about ten different rocks. We will be sorting them into groups based on color, shape, and size. 

Week 2: Unit 6 continued (pages 211-248)
Class 1 - Properties of Rocks and Super Soil (pages 211-222)
- Vocabulary: property, texture
- Ready to Rock: Properties of Rocks
- Super Soil: How Soil Forms, Properties of Soil
- *Activity - Draw a rock on page 218, following the directions carefully. 
- Sort rocks into three groups by color, size, and shape. Complete the chart together on page 222.

Class 2 - Water (pages 225-236)
- Vocabulary: stream, lake, river, ocean
- Things that need water
- Screenshare: Earth's Landforms and Bodies of Water, by: Natalie Hyde, pages 15-17
- Water Safety: The teacher will show a life jacket and how to best use it.
- *Activity - Complete the water safety picture on page 234.

Class 3 - How can we save resources? (pages 237-248)
- Show and Tell: a reduce, reuse, or recycle item
- Vocabulary: reduce, reuse, recycle, pollution
- Learn about pollution solutions.
- *Activity - Draw pictures of land and water pollution on page 246.

Week 3: Complete Unit 6 and begin Unit 7 (pages 249-284)
Class 1 - S.T.E.M. Changing Cars & Unit 6 Review (pages 249-254)

Class 2 -  Weather (pages 255-272)
- Vocabulary: wind, weather, temperature, 
- Learn about weather tools.
- Compare the weather in each student's country.
- *Activity - Draw a picture to show cloudy and windy weather on page 264 and complete the sentences on page 266. 
- Screen-Share from EPIC: Meteorologist: STEM Careers, by: Karen L. Kenney
- At home project: Cut out the picture cards on page 269 and make the weather chart on page 268. Read about the former meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey and complete the word search. (pages 271-272)

Class 3 - Seasons (pages 273-284)
- Show and Tell: Students will share the weather chart that they made on page 268.
- Vocabulary: season, weather pattern
- Learn about the four seasons and draw a tree to represent summer, fall, and winter. (trees on pages 277, 279, 281)
- *Activity - Complete the word play together on page 283.
- Ask the students to watch this short video at home: "Trees that never lose their leaves" (It will help to answer the riddle on page 282. 


Week 4: Complete Unit 7 and begin Unit 8 (pages 285-322)
Class 1 - S.T.E.M. Weather Wisdom & Unit 7 Review (pages 285-290)

Class 2 - Objects in the Sky (pages 291-304)
- Vocabulary: sun, star, moon, magnify, telescope
- Learn about spheres in the sky: moon, sun
- *Activity - Draw daytime and nighttime skies on page 300. Unscramble the words on page 301. Complete the sky diagram on page 302. 
- Learn about Galileo Galilei. (pages 303-304)
- *Activity: Galileo's Drop
Teacher will screen-share from EPIC: pages 28-29 of What Holds Us to Earth?: A Look at Gravity, by: Jennifer Boothroyd
- Homework: Buy Oreo cookies for us to use in the next class. Bring oreos, a plastic knife, a flashlight, and Lego bricks to the next class. 
Class 3 - How does the sky seem to change? (pages 305-322)
- Vocabulary: shadow, phases
- Learn about the moon phases. The teacher will screenshare the books, Read and Do: Science Sun and Moon, by: Melinda Lilly and Moon, by: Vanessa Black. 
- *Activity - Use Oreo cookies to display the phases.
- Draw a cloud that might bring rain on page 311.
- At Home (or in class if time allows): Compare flashlights and draw a new design on page 318. Make a spider hand shadow. Stack Lego bricks and observe shadows as the bricks are moved around. Screen-share Experiments with a Flashlight, by: Angela Royston
- Complete Unit 8 Review, pages 319-322.