Science, A Closer Look Grade 1, Student Edition

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Science: A Closer Look Grade 1 Be a Scientist Lesson 1: Science Skills The Scientific Method Lesson 2: Science Methods Life Science UNIT A – Plants Unit Opener Spread Unit Literature (Ranger Rick: Insect-Eating Plants) Chapter 1 – Plants Are Living Things Lesson 1 - Learning About Living Things (6 pp) OBJECTIVE - Compare and classify living and nonliving things. - Explain what plants need to live and grow. • Explore: • What are living and nonliving things? • Why are plants living things? Inquiry Skill Builder – OBSERVE: Observe a rose Lesson 2 Parts of Plants (6 pp) OBJECTIVE - Know that many plants have roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. - Describe that these different parts do for the plant. • Explore: • What are the parts of plants? • What do the parts of plants do? • Reading Skill: Summarize Writing in Science - Meet General Sherman Math in Science – Seed graph Lesson 3 Different Plants (6 pp) OBJECTIVE - Classify and compare different plants. - Know some edible plant parts. • Explore: • How are plants different? • Which plant parts can you eat? • Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Reading in Science - Strawberry Fields I Read to Review- My Plant Book Chapter Review (2 pp) Grade 1 Page 2 of 11 Chapter 2 – Plants Grow and Change Lesson 1 - Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds OBJECTIVE: - Describe and compare different seeds. - Explain why flowers and fruits are important to plants. • Explore: • Why are flowers important? • What are the parts of a seed? Inquiry Skill Builder – CLASSIFY: Classify plants Lesson 2 - How Plants Grow and Change OBJECTIVE: - Describe the life cycle of a plant. - Know that plants can grow from seeds and other plant parts. • Explore: • How do plants grow from seeds? • How else do plants grow from seeds? Reading in Science – A Giant Grass (Bamboo) (new) Lesson 3 Plants Live in Many Places OBJECTIVE: - Describe how plants survive in different places • Explore: • Where do plants live? • How can plants survive in the cold? Writing in Science- Your Own Garden Math in Science – Fruit for Sale I Read to Review - All About Plants Chapter Review (2 pp) Inquiry Investigation – How does sunlight affect leaves? Careers – Park Ranger UNIT B – Animals and Their Homes Unit Opener Spread Unit Literature (Giraffes) Chapter 3 – Kinds of Animals Lesson 1 All Kinds of Animals (8 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Observe and describe different kinds of animals. - Explain how animals are the same and different. • Explore: • What are some types of animals? • What are reptiles and amphibians? Grade 1 Page 3 of 11 • What are some other types of animals? • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Inquiry Skill Builder – COMPARE: Venn diagram; compare an alligator and a duck Lesson 2 What animals need to live (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify what animals need to survive. - Explain and describe how different animals get what they need. • Explore: ` • What do animals need to live? • How do animals meet their needs? • Reading Skill: Classify Writing in Science – Write about how to take care of a pet Math in Science – Animal bar graph Lesson 3 How Animals Get Food (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explain how the shape of an animal’s teeth is related to what it eats. - Classify different kinds of animals according to what they eat. • Explore: • Which animals eat plants? • Which animals eat meat? • Reading Skill: Put Things in Order Inquiry Investigation – What do animals eat? Lesson 4 Animals Grow and Change (8 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explain how different kinds of animals have different kinds of life cycles. - Explain how some baby animals do not look like their parents. • Explore: • How do mammals grow and change? • How do birds grow and change? • How do frogs grow and change? • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Reading in Science – Meet Melanie Stiassny Eel migration I Read to Review - My Animal Book Chapter Review (2 pp) Chapter 4 – Places to Live Reading Skill: Cause and Effect Lesson 1 Land Habitats (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe land habitats. - Explain how different animals adapt to different environments. • Explore: Grade 1 Page 4 of 11 • What is a grassland habitat? • What is a forest habitat? • Reading Skill: Predict Inquiry Skill Builder – COMMUNICATE: look at picture of habitats Lesson 2 Water Habitats (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe water habitats. - Explain how animals meet their needs in a water habitat. • Explore: •What is a lake habitat? • What is an ocean habitat? • Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details Writing in Science- PU Animal Facts (Arctic Fox/Lemming) Math in Science – count the number of legs Lesson 3 Plants and Animals Live Together (8 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explain how the interdependence of plants and animals help them thrive in their habitats. - Describe why each part of a food chain is important. • Explore: • Why are habitats important to animals? • What is a food chain? • What happens to living things when a habitat changes? • Reading Skill: Cause and Effect Reading in Science- Meet Jin Meng I Read to Review - My Habitats Book Chapter Review (2 pp) Careers – Veterinarian Earth Science UNIT C – Our Earth Unit Opener Unit Literature (Sand) Chapter 5 – Looking at Earth Lesson 1 What Earth Looks Like (8 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify different types of land on Earth. - Describe differences between bodies of water. • Explore: • What is on the surface of Earth?? • What is Earth’s water like?? Grade 1 Page 5 of 11 • What is Earth’s land like? • Reading Skill: Summarize Inquiry Skill Builder – MAKE a MODEL of a lake Lesson 2 Rocks and Soil (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Observe rocks and sort them into groups based on physical properties. - Examine soil according to color, texture, and composition. • Explore: • What are rocks? • What is soil? • Reading Skill: Put Things in Order Reading in Science – Meet Rondi Davies (Rocks/Diamonds) Lesson 3 Changing the Land (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Use explanatory writing to describe how erosion can be stopped. • Explore: • How can rocks change? • How can the land change? • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Writing in Science - Erosion Story Math in Science – Adding rocks I Read to Review - My Earth Book Chapter Review (2 pp) Chapter 6 – Caring for Earth Lesson 1 Earth’s Resources (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify and describe natural resources. - Explain how we use natural resources. • Explore: • What is a natural resource? • Why is soil important? • Reading Skill: Predict Inquiry Skill Builder – INVESTIGATE: soil properties; water capacity Lesson 2 Using Earth’s Resources (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explain why air and water are important resources. - Define pollution and the need for clean air and water. • Explore: • Why are water and air important? • Why are clean water and air important? Grade 1 Page 6 of 11 • Reading Skill: Cause and Effect Reading in Science Meet Mark Siddall Lesson 3 Saving Earth’s Resources (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explore how we use and conserve water. - Explain how people can conserve, reduce and reuse our resources. • Explore: • How can we reuse resources? • How can we save resources? • Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Writing in Science- Conserving water Math in Science –Recycling graph Inquiry Investigation – Earthworms I Read to Review - My Resources Book Chapter Review Careers – Hydrologist UNIT D – Weather and Sky Unit Opener Unit Literature (Ranger Rick—Weather and Wild Animals) Chapter 7 – Weather and Seasons Lesson 1 Weather All Around Us (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify different weather conditions. - Investigate ways to measure different weather conditions. • Explore: • What is weather? • How can you measure weather? • Reading Skill: Put Things in Order Inquiry Skill Builder – PREDICT: weather Lesson 2 The Water Cycle (6 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Understand how clouds form and water falls back to Earth. • Explore: • What makes it rain or snow? • What are some different kinds of clouds? • Reading Skill: Classify Inquiry Investigation (Measure weather) Grade 1 Page 7 of 11 Lesson 3 Spring and Summer (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Understand that weather changes over the seasons. • Explore: • What happens in spring? • What happens in summer? • Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details Reading in Science Museum Mail Call: Spring in other places Lesson 4 Fall and Winter (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify season weather patterns in Fall and Winter. • Explore: • What happens in fall? • What happens in winter? • Reading Skill: Summarize Writing in Science: seasons change Math in Science – weather graph I Read to Review - My Weather Book Chapter Review Chapter 8 –The Sky Lesson 1 The Sky Above (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Classify objects seen in the sky during day and night. - Understand why the Sun is important for life on Earth. • Explore: • What is in the sky? • Why is the Sun important? • Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Inquiry Skill Builder – RECORD DATA: Miss Hayes’s classroom, who wears warm clothes? Lesson 2 Earth Moves (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Recognize Earth’s movement by observing shadows and seasons. - Understand that Earth rotates to make day and night. • Explore: • What causes day and night? • What causes a year? • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Writing in Science: write about a time of day Math in Science – telling time Grade 1 Page 8 of 11 Inquiry Investigation – sunlight hours Lesson 3 Earth’s Neighbors (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Observe what the Moon looks like from Earth. - Understand that nine planets, including Earth, move around the Sun. • Explore: • How does the Moon look? • What are the planets? • Reading Skill: Cause and Effect Reading in Science- Meet Ben Oppenheimer I Read to Review - My Sky Book Chapter Review Careers – Storm Chaser Physical Science UNIT E – Matter Unit Opener Unit Literature (Ranger Rick: Where in the World Is Water?) Chapter 9 –Matter Everywhere Lesson 1 Describing Matter (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify matter as something that occupies space and can be perceived by one more of the senses - Describe the properties of matter. • Explore: • What is matter? • What is mass? • Reading Skill: Put Things in Order Writing in Science – write about your shoes Math in Science – compare weights Lesson 2 Solids (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify the properties of solids. - Compare the properties of different solids. • Explore: • What is a solid? • What are some properties of solids? • Reading Skill: Classify Reading in Science – 3 Little Pigs and their building materials Lesson 3 Liquids and Gases (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: Grade 1 Page 9 of 11 - Describe the general properties of liquids and gases. - Compare properties of different kinds of liquids and gases. • Explore: • What are some properties of a liquid? • What are some properties of a gas? • Reading Skill: Predict Inquiry Skill Builder – MEASURE properties I Read to Review - My Matter Book Chapter Review Chapter 10 –Changes in Matter Lesson 1 Matter Can Change (4 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Observe and describe the physical changes of matter. • Explore: • How can matter change? • Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Inquiry Skill Builder – PUT THINGS IN ORDER Lesson 2 Making Mixtures (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Understand how mixtures can be made from different solids and liquids. • Explore: • What is a mixture? • What are some other mixtures? • Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details Writing in Science: backpack Math in Science – trail mix Lesson 3 Heat Can Change Matter (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explore how matter can be changed by heat. • Explore: • How can solids and liquids change? • How can liquids and gases change? • Reading Skill: Summarize Reading in Science – Hot Stuff (insulation) I Read to Review Mix It Up Chapter Review Inquiry Investigation – How can water change to a gas? Observe water in open/closed container Careers – Baker Grade 1 Page 10 of 11 UNIT F – Motion and Energy Unit Opener Unit Literature For a Quick Exit Chapter 11 – On the Move Lesson 1 Position and Motion (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe the position of an object in relation to other objects. - Observe an object’s motion by recording its change in position. • Explore: • How can you tell where something is? • How do things move? • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Inquiry Skill Builder – INFER: motion by size of animal Lesson 2 Pushes and Pulls (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Explain how forces cause change in the motion of objects. • Explore: • What makes things move? • How are forces different? • Reading Skill: Cause and Effect Inquiry Investigation – Liquids flow fast and slow Lesson 3 Simple Machines (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Discover how simple machines make moving objects easier. - Understand the functions of pulleys, ramps, and levers. • Explore: • What are simple machines? • What are levers and ramps? • Reading Skill: Classify Reading in Science: Identifying simple machines in inventions: elevators and escalators. Lesson 4 Magnets Push and Pull (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Understand that magnets attract some objects and not others. - Understand that magnets have two poles. • Explore: • What is a magnet? • What are a magnet’s poles? • Reading Skill: Predict Writing in Science: describe a picture of a toy train using magnets Math in Science: 2 magnets pick up paper clips. How many more does one pick up? Grade 1 Page 11 of 11 I Read to Review - My Motion Book Chapter Review Chapter 12 – Energy Everywhere Lesson 1 Heat (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe different sources of energy and heat. • Explore: • What is energy? • What is heat? • Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details Inquiry Skill Builder – DRAW CONCLUSIONS: heat from the Sun; heat from rubbing hands together; Lesson 2 Sound (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Identify different qualities of sounds - Understand what creates sound. • Explore: • How can you make sound? • How are sounds different? • Reading Skill: Summarize Reading in Science: Sounds and Safety Lesson 3 Light (6 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe sources of light. - Explain how we use light. • Explore: • What is light? • How do we use light? • Reading Skill: Put Things in Order Writing in Science: new, Turn On the Lights Math in Science: stained glass showing shapes Lesson 4 Electricity (4 pp) OBJECTIVE: - Describe how we use electric energy. • Explore: • How do you use electricity? • Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Writing in Science: electricity Math in Science: battery chart I Read to Review - My Energy Book Chapter Review Careers – Musician

The Grade 1 Student Edition covers units such as Plants, Animals and Their Homes, Our Earth, and Weather and Sky.