First+Grade+Science


 * __Science Processes ( scientific thinking) First 6 weeks__**




 * __Soil__ 3 wks**

__Different kinds of soil:__ http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/land/soil/grownups.weml

[|sand, clay and loam]


 * __Decomposition__ 3wks**

[|Decomposers] [|decomposers vs. scavengers]


 * __Decomposition - Decomposers - Composting - Pillbug & Snail Investigations - Terraquas (terrarium & aquarium) mini habitats: Second 6 weeks and Third 6 weeks__**

__**[|composting info]**__ [|composting power point for kids]

[|Food web in a compost pile] Food we in a composting pile: [|compost food web]

[|composting video]

[|composting critters]comp


 * __Terrarium Habitats__ 6 wks**

__**Pill bug investigations**__

[|pillbug facts] [|pillbug and sowbug facts] [|woodlice identification] [|pill bugs and sow bugs]

[|difference between pillbug and sowbug]

[|anatomy of sow bug] [|sow bugs and pillbugs]

__**Choice study of Snails, Earthworms, or Pillbugs**__

__**Nature Cycles**__

[|Animal Kingdom] [|classifying mammals]
 * __Vertebrates: Fourth 6 weeks__**

[|vertebrates] [|Classifying vertebrates you tube]

[|5 vertebrates you tube] [|Vertebrates]

[|Animal Diversity] [|Birds]


 * __Life Cycle of Flowering Plants, Seeds, Anatomy of a Flower.__**