Grade 1 Science Resources
Literature, Audio Visual Resources, and Websites
How do we learn about our world?Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Observing Matter
My Five Senses, Aliki
Our Senses, Adrienne Betz
What is a Scientist? Barbara Lehn
The Simple Truth About Scientists, Donna Farland
The following books by Helen Frost are published by Pebble Books:
Your Senses, Touching, Tasting, Seeing, Smelling, Hearing / Websites:
Observe, Make, Measure
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.engin.materials.observe/
How can objects be described and sorted?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Matter, Changing Shape
A Pair of Socks, Stuart J. Murphy
The Shape of Things, Janine Scott
Why We Measure, Lisa Trumbauer
How Long Is It? Donna Loughran
Take Off Sorting and Sets, Sally Hewitt
My Very First Look at Sizes, Chistiane Gunzi
Me and the Measure of Things, Joan Sweeney
You Can Use a Magnifying Glass, Wiley Blevins, David Larwa, and Nanci R. Vargus
You Can Use a Balance, Linda Bullock
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Matter / Websites:
Primary Science Lessons http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/6930.pdf
Float and Sink http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7entry/8.shtml
Sink or Float? Lesson
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=4&DocID=164
Sorting and Using Materials http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sorting_using_mate.shtml
How does distance affect how big or small something looks?
Literature Connections:
Constellations: A Glow-in-the-Dark Guide to the Night Sky, Chris Saski
Stargazers, Gail Gibbons
One Small Square, The Night Sky, Donald M. Silver
The Starry Messenger, Peter Sis
Where are the Stars During the Day?, Melvin Berger
One Lighthouse One Moon, Anita Lobel Moon, Steve Tomecek
You Can Use a Magnifying Glass, Wiley Blevins, David Larwa, and Nanci R. Vargus
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD
Grade 1: The Telescope / Websites:
The Sky This Week
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-events/sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week/
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php
Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php
What do we know about stars?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Day and Night Sky, The Sky, The Sun
Sky and Earth, Pauline Bush
The Sun, Allison Lassieur
The Sun is Always Shinning Somewhere, Allan Fowler
The Night Sky, Alice Pernick
Stargazers, Gail Gibbons
Seeing Stars, James Muirden
Looking Through a Telescope, Linda Bullock
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Day and Night
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade 1: The Telescope
Science Songs Grade 1 CD Track 20: “Look Up High!” / Websites:
The Sun
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/sunjobs.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
Stars
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/sow.html
Northeast Florida Astronomical Society
http://nefas.org/
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/
What do we find on Earth’s surface?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Land, Water, and Air,
Planet Earth, Peter Murray
The Earth, Steve Parker
Sand and Soil, Beth Gurney
Soil, Adele D. Richardson
Dirt, Steve Tomecek
If You Find a Rock, Peggy Christian
The World Beneath Your Feet, Judith E. Rinard
Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor
Sand, Ellen J. Prager
Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop, Stuart J. Murphy
It Could Still Be a Rock, Allan Fowler
Where is Water? Robin Nelson
Water, Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Audio Visual Resources:
Science Songs Grade 1 CD Track 11: “Water, Air, and Land” / Websites:
Soil
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/soil.html
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/index.html
Types of Soil
http://fossweb.com/modulesK2/PebblesSandandSilt/index.html
SammySoilColoringBook http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/ssoil.html
What is Soil? http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/case2.html
Edible Soil Recipe http://www.conservationinformation.org/publications/BetterSoilRecipe.pdf
CAUTION: Students should never taste soil, sand, or rocks. This activity allows comparisons between real soil and its components and an edible version of soil.
How do living things use and change the air, land, and water on Earth?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books:
Saving the Earth, Natural Resources
The World Beneath Your Feet by Judith E. Rinard
Down to Earth, Melissa Stewart
Where Does the Garbage Go? Paul Showers
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade 1: Temperate Rain Forest
Grade 4: The Rain Forest and the Desert / Websites:
Earth Changes http://users.pipeline.com.au/~jpearce/rock_weather.swf
Where are living things found on Earth?
Literature Connections:
Animal Habitats, Jim Arnosky
Wiggling Worms at Work, Wendy Pfeffer
Where is Water? Robin Nelson
Water, Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Visual Dictionary of Animals, DK Publishing
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Protecting Earth / Websites:
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Animal Cams
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/default.cfm
Teachers’ Domain (list of resources about animal habitats)
http://www.teachersdomain.org/collection/k12/sci.life.oate.habitats/
What are some of the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun?
Literature Connections:
Energy From the Sun, Allan Fowler
Sunshine on My Shoulders, John Denver
Audio Visual Resources:
Science Songs Grade 1 CD Track 19: “Energy” / Websites:
Skin Cancer Prevention
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/SkinCancer/Pages/default.aspx
Skin Cancer Awareness Foundation Kids Cool School Program
http://www.skincaf.org/custpage.cfm/frm/11828/sec_id/11828
EPS SunWise Educator Resources
http://epa.gov/sunwise/educator_resources.html
What are some ways to be safe in and around water?
Literature Connections:
Audio Visual Resources: / Websites:
Safe Kids Water Safety Campaign Water Safety Education http://watersafety.usace.army.mil/safepassage/
Official Home of Bobber the Water Safety Dog (cartoon videos) http://www.bobber.info/
Water Safety Coloring Pages http://www.mychildsafety.net/water-safety-coloring-pages.html
How are living and non-living things different?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books:
Living and Non-Living, Is It a Living Thing?, What We Need
What is a Living Thing? Bobbie Kalman
Living and Nonliving, Angela Royston
What’s Alive? Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
I Am a Living Thing, Bobbie Kalman, Reagan Miller, and Robin Johnson
Audio Visual Resources:
Science Songs Grade 1 CD Track 1: “Is it Living? I’d Like to Know!” / Websites:
Living and Non-Living Things http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/ourselves.shtml
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/living/quiz/livingqu.htm
A Walk in the Woods http://urbanext.illinois.edu/woods/02.html
Sesame Street Video
“Camp Wanna Go Homa—It’s Alive”
http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player/-/pgpv/videoplayer/0/effd1a30-1558-11dd-a62f-919b98326687/camp_wanna_go_homa_it_s_alive
What do animals need to survive?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Leveled Books: What We Need, How Plants and Animals Live, Animals and Plants
Visual Dictionary of Animals, DK Publishing
What Plants and Animals Need, Nancy Leber
I Have a Pet! Shari Halpern
All About Pets : Hamsters, Helen Frost (also available for other types of pets) / Websites:
Kids Farm http://www.kidsfarm.com/wheredo.htm
Plants and Animals in the Local Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/plants_animals.shtml
What Do Animals Need to Live? http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/s_animals.html
Basic Needs of Animals http://www.childu.com/sample_act/12science_basic_needs.html
How do animals grow and change?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Life Cycles, Living Things Grow and Change, Egg to Owl
Frogs by Gail Gibbons
A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer
Where Do Frogs Come From? By Alex Vern
The Luna Moth’s Life by John Himmelman
The World of Baby Animals by Tom van Eerbeek
Animal Babies by Ann Squire / Websites:
Kids Farm http://www.kidsfarm.com/wheredo.htm
National Geographic Kids Amazing Animals http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/
Match Baby Animal to Parent
http://fossweb.com/modulesK2/AnimalsTwobyTwo/ index.html
Animal Babies
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.colt.animalbaby/
What do plants need to survive?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Leveled Books: What We Need, How Plants and Animals Live, Animals and Plants
Plant Life, Peter Riley
I Am a Living Thing, Bobbie Kalman, Reagan Miller, and Robin Johnson
What Is a Plant? Bobbie Kalman
What Is a Plant? Louise Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury
What Plants and Animals Need, Nancy Leber
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Plants / Websites:
Kids Farm http://www.kidsfarm.com/wheredo.htm
Plants and Animals in the Local Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/plants_animals.shtml
What are the parts of a plant?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Many Leaves
The Tiny Seed, Eric Carle
A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds, Jean Richards
A Tree is a Plant, Clyde Robert Bulla
From Seed to Plant, Allan Fowler
Plant Plumbing, by Susan Blackaby
Plant Packages, by Susan Blackaby
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Plants / Websites:
Plants
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/vegquiz/index.html
http://fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/index.html
Parts of Plants
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/index.html
How a Seed Grows into a Plant
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/index.html
How do plants grow and change?
Literature Connections:
Scott Foresman Science Leveled Books: Life Cycles, Living Things Grow and Change
The Tiny Seed, Eric Carle
From Blossom to Fruit by Gail Saunders Smith
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
From Seed to Pumpkin, Wendy Pfeffer
From Seed to Plant, Allan Fowler
How a Seed Grows, Helene J. Jordan
Plant Plumbing, by Susan Blackaby
Audio Visual Resources:
Scott Foresman Science Discovery Channel School Student DVD Grade K: Plants / Websites:
Kids Gardening Teachers’ Room http://www.kidsgardening.com/teachers.asp
Growing Plants http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml
Youth Gardening
http://www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/
Just for Kids
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/index.html
Plants and Animals in the Local Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml
Grade 1 Science 2010-11