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MD.1.0.Skills and Processes: Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.

Skills and Processes: Students will demonstrate the thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science.
1.A.1. Constructing Knowledge: Raise questions about the world around them and be willing to seek answers to some of them by making careful observations and trying things out.
1.A.1.a. Describe what can be learned about things by just observing those things carefully and adding information by sometimes doing something to the things and noting what happens.
 
1.A.1.c. Use tools such as thermometers, magnifiers, rulers, or balances to extend their senses and gather data.
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
1.A.1.g. Use whole numbers and simple, everyday fractions in ordering, counting, identifying, measuring, and describing things and experiences.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Math in Science - 1st grade level
 
1.C.1. Communicating Scientific Information: Ask, 'How do you know?' in appropriate situations and attempt reasonable answers when others ask them the same question.
1.C.1.b. Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion.
Flip Charts How heavy?
Flip Charts How Things Move
Flip Charts Ups & Downs
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Describe and measure matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
1.D.1. Technology: Design and make things with simple tools and a variety of materials.
1.D.1.b. Recognize that tools are used to do things better or more easily and to do some things that could not otherwise be done at all.
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 

MD.2.0.Earth/Space Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.

Earth/Space Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.
2.A.1. Materials and Processes That Shape A Planet: Investigate objects and materials in the environment.
2.A.1.a. Observe and describe a variety of natural and human-made objects found in familiar environments (school, neighborhood, etc.).
Flip Charts Natural & Man-made
 
2.A.1.b. Examine and describe Earth materials: rocks; soil; water.
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms Earth's resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's resources
 
2.A.1.c. Using examples, describe that objects and materials, such as trees, rocks, and hills on Earth's surface can change.
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms Earth's resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's resources
 
2.D.1. Astronomy: Observe celestial objects that are visible in the day and night sky.
2.D.1.a. Identify and describe the sun, moon and stars.
Flip Charts Moon & Stars
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts The Sky
Vocabulary Terms The Sky
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Sky
 
2.D.1.b. Describe ways in which the daytime and nighttime skies are different.
Flip Charts Day & Night
Flip Charts Moon & Stars
Flip Charts Things in the Sky
 
2.E.2. Interactions of Hydrosphere and Atmosphere: Investigate and gather information about changes in weather.
2.E.2.a. Observe and describe different weather conditions using senses.
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Weather
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 
2.E.2.b. Record observations using pictures, pictographs, or written/oral language.
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 
2.E.2.c. Describe qualitative changes in weather, such as temperatures, precipitation, wind, etc
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Weather
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 

MD.3.0.Life Science: The students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.

Life Science: The students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time.
3.A.1. Diversity of Life: Observe a variety of familiar animals and plants (perhaps on the school grounds, in the neighborhood, and at home) to discover patterns of similarity and difference among them.
3.A.1.a. Identify and describe features (observable parts) of animals and plants that make some of them alike in the way they look and the things they do.
Flip Charts Parts of a Seed
Flip Charts Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Plant Parts We Eat
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms All about plants
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
3.A.1.b. Compare descriptions of the features that make some animals and some plants very different from one another.
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
3.A.1.c. Identify a feature that distinguishes animals that fly (as an example) from animals that cannot and examine a variety of animals that can fly to discover other similar features they might share.
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
 
3.A.1.d. Compare ideas about how the features of animals and plants affect what these animals are able to do.
Flip Charts Parts of a Seed
Flip Charts Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Plant Parts We Eat
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms All about plants
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
3.A.2. Diversity of Life: Gather information and direct evidence that humans have different external features, such as size, shape, etc., but that they are more like one another than like other animals.
3.A.2.c. Describe similarities in what both humans and other animals are able to do because they possess certain external features.
Flip Charts Human Body
Flip Charts Inside My Body
Flip Charts My Body Parts
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Vocabulary Terms Human body
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Human body
 
3.C.1. Genetics: Observe, describe and compare the life cycles of different kinds of animals and plants.
3.C.1.a. Identify and draw pictures that show what an animal (egg to frog) and a plant (seed to tree) looks like at each stage of its life cycle.
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
 
3.C.1.b. Describe and compare the changes that occur in the life cycle of two different animals, such as a frog and a puppy and two different plants, such as a rosebush and a maple tree.
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
 
3.D.1. Evolution: Recognize that living things are found almost everywhere in the world and that there are somewhat different kinds of living things in different places.
3.D.1.a. Observe, describe, and give examples and describe the many kinds of living things found in different places in Maryland.
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Flip Charts Plants Around Us
 
3.D.1.b. Using pictures, films and illustrated texts identify, describe and compare living things found in other states such as Texas and Alaska to those found in Maryland.
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
3.D.1.c. Explain that the external features of plants and animals affect how well they thrive in different kinds of places.
Flip Charts Human Body
Flip Charts My Body Parts
Flip Charts Parts of a Seed
Flip Charts Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Plant Parts We Eat
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms All about plants
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
3.E.1. Flow of Matter and Energy: Develop an awareness of the relationship of features of living things and their ability to satisfy basic needs that support their growth and survival.
3.E.1.a. Make observations of the features and behaviors of many different kinds of animals within an environment to identify and begin building a list of some of the basic needs these organisms share, such as water, air, etc.
Flip Charts What Animals Need
 
3.E.1.c. Make observations of the features of many different kinds of plants within an environment to identify and begin building a list of some of the basic needs these organisms share, such as water, light, etc.
Flip Charts What Plants Need
 
3.F.1. Ecology: Investigate a variety of familiar places where plants and animals live to describe the place and the living things found there.
3.F.1.a. Describe observations using drawings, oral or written text of the place and some of the living things found there.
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Where Animals Live
 
3.F.1.b. Based on the observations collected at each place compare the plants and animals found there: Location; Activity; Movement; Features.
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Where Animals Live
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
 
3.F.1.c. Describe ways that animals and plants found in each place interact with each other and with their environment.
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MD.4.0.Chemistry: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the composition, structure, and interactions of matter in order to support the predictability of structure and energy transformations.

Chemistry: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the composition, structure, and interactions of matter in order to support the predictability of structure and energy transformations.
4.A.1. Structure of Matter: Compare the observable properties of a variety of objects and the materials they are made of using evidence from investigations.
4.A.1.b. Based on data, describe the observable properties, such as size, shape, color, and texture of a variety of objects.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Describe and measure matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
4.A.1.c. Identify and compare the properties of materials objects are made of and the properties of the objects.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Describe and measure matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 

MD.5.0.Physics: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur

Physics: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur
5.A.1. Mechanics: Compare the different ways objects move.
5.A.1.a. Given many different objects, make them move and describe and compare how they move: Straight; Round and round; Back and forth; Zig-Zag.
Flip Charts How Things Move
Flip Charts Pushing & Pulling
Flip Charts Ups & Downs
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Force and motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force and motion
 
5.A.2. Mechanics: Explain that there must be a cause for changes in the motion of an object
5.A.2.a. Observe and describe the ways in which a variety of objects' motion can be changed: Sped up from a standstill; Slow down to a stop; Go faster; Go slower; No change; Change direction
Vocabulary Terms Force and motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force and motion
 
5.A.2.b. Based on observations, identify what caused the changes in an object's motion: Push; Pull.
Flip Charts How Things Move
Flip Charts Pushing & Pulling
Flip Charts Ups & Downs
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Force and motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force and motion
 
5.B.1. Thermodynamics: Describe that sunlight warms the land, air, and water using observations and age appropriate tools.
5.B.1.a. Recognize and describe temperature changes of the land, air, and water before and after the sun warms them using senses and thermometers.
Vocabulary Terms All about heat and energy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about heat and energy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
5.C.3. Electricity and Magnetism: Observe and gather information from the explorations to describe how magnets affect some objects.
5.C.3.a. Observe and describe what happens when magnets are placed on or near objects made of different materials.
Flip Charts Sound All Around
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Light and sound
Vocabulary Terms Magnets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Light and sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Magnets
 
5.C.3.b. Raise and seek answers to questions about what happened to the objects investigated and/or to the magnet.
Flip Charts Sound All Around
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Light and sound
Vocabulary Terms Magnets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Light and sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Magnets
 

MD.6.0.Environmental Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and non-living) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective.

Environmental Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and non-living) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective.
6.B.1. Environmental Issues: Identify aspects of the environment that are made by humans and those that are not made by humans.
6.B.1.a. Identify features of the natural environment, such as parks, zoos, buildings, etc. that are made by humans.
Flip Charts Farm & Zoo Animals
Flip Charts Natural & Man-made
 
6.B.1.b. Identify features of the natural environment that are not made by humans.
Flip Charts Landforms
Flip Charts Natural & Man-made