🌱 Science · Grade 1

The World Around Me 1

Plants, animals, materials, light, sound, the sky and the seasons, and then family, maps, changes over time and the people who help a community.

Units

1. Unit 1 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Observing with your senses

   Be a science detective. Use your eyes, ears, nose, hands and tongue to find out what a thing is like.

2. Unit 2 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Living and non-living

   Is a stone alive? Is a tree? Find out what living things do that non-living things never do.

3. Unit 3 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   How plants grow

   Plant a seed, watch it grow for three weeks, and find out what a plant needs and what its parts do.

4. Unit 4 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Animals and their young

   Match baby animals to their parents, and find out how animal parents look after their babies.

5. Unit 5 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   What things are made of

   Find out why a raincoat is plastic, a spoon is metal, and a window is glass, and test which cloth keeps water out.

6. Unit 6 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Light and sound

   Find out why you can't see in the dark, which materials let light through, and what is shaking when something makes a sound.

7. Unit 7 · reading, lab, activity, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   The sun, moon and sky

   Watch your shadow grow and shrink through the day, and follow the moon as it changes shape through the month.

8. Unit 8 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Weather and seasons

   Keep a weather chart, learn the weather words, and see how the year repeats in seasons.

9. Unit 9 · reading, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

   Me and my family

   Find out who is in your family, what each person does, and draw your own family tree.

10. Unit 10 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

    Then and now

    Ask an older person about their childhood and find out what has changed and what has stayed the same.

11. Unit 11 · reading, lab, activity, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

    Maps of my world

    Draw a map of your room and of the way to a nearby place, using symbols and words like near, far, left and right.

12. Unit 12 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity

    Community helpers and rules

    Meet the people who help your community and find out why rules help everyone live and work together.