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Since different districts approach the topics in different orders, I have organized the units in an order which flows smoothly and logically, but I have also tried to make the units modular, so that you can reorder them easily to fit your District's curriculum. If you run into questions or would like suggestions for adapting these units to your curriculum, please let me know.
Nature of Science
SC.1.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
SC.1.N.1.3 Keep records as appropriate - such as pictorial and written records - of investigations conducted.
SC.1.N.1.4 Ask "how do you know?" in appropriate situations.
Properties
SC.1.N.1.2 Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their observations with others.
SC.1.P.8.1 Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light), texture, and whether objects sink or float.
SC.1.E.5.3 Investigate how magnifiers make things appear bigger and help people see things they could not see without them.
Living Things
SC.1.E.6.1 Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on Earth's surface.
SC.1.L.14.3 Differentiate between living and nonliving things.
SC.1.L.14.1 Make observations of living things and their environment using the five senses.
SC.1.L.17.1 Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.
SC.1.L.16.1 Make observations that plants and animals closely resemble their parents, but variations exist among individuals within a population.
SC.1.L.14.2 Identify the major parts of plants, including stem, roots, leaves, and flowers.
Force and Motion
SC.1.P.13.1 Demonstrate that the way to change the motion of an object is by applying a push or a pull.
SC.1.P.12.1 Demonstrate and describe the various ways that objects can move, such as in a straight line, zigzag, back-and-forth, round-and-round, fast, and slow.
SC.1.E.5.2 Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that Earth's gravity pulls any object on or near Earth toward it even though nothing is touching the object.
SC.1.E.6.3 Recognize that some things in the world around us happen fast and some happen slowly.
Space Science
SC.1.E.5.1 Observe and discuss that there are more stars in the sky than anyone can easily count and that they are not scattered evenly in the sky.
SC.1.E.5.4 Identify the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun.
Water
SC.1.E.6.2 Describe the need for water and how to be safe around water.