Ms. Pappas' 1st Grade

SCIENCE 

Teaching Inquiry Science

Inquiry-based science teaching involves children asking questions and designing interactive experiments using the resources provided. Click on a link below to begin exploring and having FUN!

 

What is FOSS? FOSS is a research-based science curriculum for grades K–8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. FOSS is also an ongoing research project dedicated to improving the learning and teaching of science. The FOSS project began over 20 years ago. The development of the FOSS program was, and continues to be, guided by advances in the understanding of how youngsters think and learn. The FOSS program was created to engage students in these processes as they explore the natural world.

 

Matter, Air & Weather, Plants and Animals

What Am I Made Of?
Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gas
•Explore, observe and describe the properties of solids and liquids.
•Sort materials according to properties.
•Combine, separate, observe and describe what happens when solids are mixed with water and when solids are cooled or heated.

Where Do I Live? Earth and Beyond
Air & Weather
•Observe the force of air pressure pushing on objects and materials.
•Observe and describe changes that occur in weather over time.
•Become familiar with instruments used by meteorologists to monitor air and weather conditions.
•Compare monthly and seasonal weather conditions using bar graphs.
•Observe the location of the Sun and the Moon in the sky over a day and the change in the appearance of the Moon over a month.
•Uses tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane) to measure weather conditions and record changes from day to day and across the seasons

What is Life? What Do I Need?
Plants & Animals
•Compare and provide for the needs of growing plants and animals.
•Observe and describe the changes that occur as plants grow and develop.
•Become familiar with the structures and functions of flowering plants (root, stem, leaf).
•Discover various ways that new plants can develop from mature plants.
•Experience some of the diversity of forms in the plant and animal kingdoms and become aware of features that help plants and animals thrive in different habitats.
•Learn that some animals eat plants, and others use them for shelter and nesting.
•Compare structure and function of different animals’ teeth.

Where Do Animals Live in the World?
How Do Animals Live?
Habitats
Observe that different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments
Observe and examine the external features that help different plants and animals thrive in different kinds of places.