1st Grade Science Standards

K-2-ETS1-1:
Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Machines on the Farm: Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream: Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

Pigs on the Farm: Students will explore the basic needs of animals and create a model of a modern pig barn that will help farmers meet the needs of the animals.

K-2-ETS1-2:
Developing and Using Models

Machines on the Farm: Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do.

Discover Christmas Trees: This lesson is composed of six learning activities to teach about the Christmas tree. Science, history, and geography topics are used to explore the history of the Christmas tree, life cycle of a conifer, types of trees and how they adapt, work on a Christmas tree farm, and the ecology of conifer trees.

Be A DetEGGtive!: Students will conduct a series of scientific investigations, identify and explain unique properties of eggs based on scientific investigations, and write a book to explain what they have learned.

Exploring Aquaponics: The students will identify the basic needs of plants and fish and engineer, assemble, maintain, and observe a small-scale aquaponics system that meets plant and fish needs.

Fruits of Our Labor: Students will discover how fresh fruits can be dried and preserved by participating in an activity where they make raisins by drying grapes.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Photosynthesis and You: In this lesson, students will learn about the process by which plants make their own food. Students will understand how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

Pigs on the Farm: Students will explore the basic needs of animals and create a model of a modern pig barn that will help farmers meet the needs of the animals.

Potatoes: More Than Fries: Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow, and make a potato recipe.

K-2-ETS1-3: Planning and carrying out investigations

1-ESS1-2:
Make observations at different times of the year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Four Seasons on a Farm: Students identify the characteristics of the four seasons of the year, investigate what causes seasons and observe the effects changing seasons have on farms.

1-LS1-1:
Use tools and materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

A Taste of Leafy Greens: Students explore a variety of greens to identify their structure and function in plant growth and prepare, cook, differentiate, and enjoy the health benefits leafy greens have to offer.

Eating Plants: Students will identify the structure and function of six plant parts and classify fruits and vegetables according to which parts of the plants are edible.

Fabulous Flowers: The purpose of this lesson is to review the functions of flowers and to help students understand that some flowers are edible.

Freshest Fruits: Students will learn about where fruits grow and their nutritional value by completing an activity to observe the size, shape, texture, and seeds of various fruits.

Photosynthesis and You: In this lesson, students will learn about the process by which plants make their own food. Students will understand how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

Plant Tops and Bottoms: Students will identify where fruits and vegetables belong on a MyPlate diagram and describe the major parts of plants – roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits according to if they are produced on the top or bottom of a plant.

Sorghum at School: Learn, Grow, Pop, Taste: Students investigate how and where sorghum is grown and discover its health benefits.

The Amazing Honey Bee: Students will investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

1-LS1-2:
Read grade-appropriate texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

From Chicken Little to Chicken Big: Students will identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and determine the stages of a chicken's life cycle.

Hatching Science with Classroom Chicks: Students will explore how an embryo develops inside of a chicken egg over time, discuss life cycles and other natural cycles, and observe similarities and differences between parents and offspring.

The Seed Match: Students will investigate where food comes from, the parts of plants that we eat, and the difference between fruits and vegetables. Activities include examining food plants and their seeds, reading and discussing the book Tops and Bottoms, and completing activity sheets.

1-LS3-1:
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are similar, but not exactly like, their parents.

Farm Animal Life Cycles: Students investigate six major livestock species, discover that animals need air, space, food, water, and shelter to survive, explore the life cycle of a farm animal, and identify the products each farm animal produces.

From Chicken Little to Chicken Big: Students will identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and determine the stages of a chicken's life cycle.

Inside the Egg, Hatching Chicks: Students will learn about biology by studying embryo development in chicken eggs.

Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?: Students will identify the differences between beef and dairy cattle and determine the commodities produced by each type of cattle.