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§112.12.Science, Grade 1, Adopted 2017 – The provisions of §§112.11-112.16 of this subchapter shall be implemented by school districts beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.

Science, Grade 1, Adopted 2017 – The provisions of §§112.11-112.16 of this subchapter shall be implemented by school districts beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
(b). Knowledge and skills.
(1). Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures and uses environmentally appropriate and responsible practices. The student is expected to:
(A). identify, discuss, and demonstrate safe and healthy practices as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards during classroom and outdoor investigations, including wearing safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate, washing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
(B). identify and learn how to use natural resources and materials, including conservation and reuse or recycling of paper, plastic, and metals
Vocabulary Terms Earth's resources
Vocabulary Terms Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Taking Care of Earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
 
(10). Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:
(A). investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats
Vocabulary Terms All about animals
Vocabulary Terms Animal groups
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animal groups
 
(B). identify and compare the parts of plants
Flip Charts All About Plants
Flip Charts How Seeds Travel
Flip Charts Parts of a Seed
Flip Charts Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Plant Parts We Eat
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms All about plants
Vocabulary Terms Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide All about plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plants
 
(C). compare ways that young animals resemble their parents
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
 
(D). observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish
Flip Charts Frog Life Cycle
Flip Charts Life Cycles
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
 
(2). Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student develops abilities to ask questions and seek answers in classroom and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
(C). collect data and make observations using simple tools
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
 
(3). Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information and critical thinking are used in scientific problem solving. The student is expected to:
(B). make predictions based on observable patterns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
 
(C). describe what scientists do
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
 
(4). Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world. The student is expected to:
(A). collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, primary balances, cups, bowls, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate; timing devices; non-standard measuri
Flip Charts Laboratory Tools
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Weather
Flip Charts Weather Tools
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
 
(B). measure and compare organisms and objects using non-standard units
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
(5). Matter and energy. The student knows that objects have properties and patterns. The student is expected to:
(A). classify objects by observable properties such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color, and texture
Flip Charts How heavy?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Describe and measure matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry
 
(B). predict and identify changes in materials caused by heating and cooling
Flip Charts Water & Ice
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
 
(C). classify objects by the materials from which they are made
Flip Charts Natural & Man-made
 
(6). Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that force, motion, and energy are related and are a part of everyday life. The student is expected to:
(A). identify and discuss how different forms of energy such as light, thermal, and sound are important to everyday life
Vocabulary Terms Magnets
Vocabulary Terms Magnets
Vocabulary Terms Science in our world
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Magnets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Magnets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Science in our world
 
(C). demonstrate and record the ways that objects can move such as in a straight line, zig zag, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast and slow
Flip Charts How Things Move
Flip Charts Ups & Downs
Vocabulary Terms Force and motion
Vocabulary Terms Objects in motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force and motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Objects in motion
 
(7). Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes rocks, soil, and water that can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems. The student is expected to:
(A). observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color
Vocabulary Terms Earth's resources
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Soil and water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Soil and water
 
(B). identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
 
(C). identify how rocks, soil, and water are used to make products
Vocabulary Terms Earth's resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's resources
 
(8). Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes the air around us and objects in the sky. The student is expected to:
(A). record weather information, including relative temperature such as hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or windy, and rainy or icy
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Weather
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 
(B). observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as the Moon and stars, including the Sun
Flip Charts Day & Night
Flip Charts Look at the Clouds
Flip Charts Moon & Stars
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Things in the Sky
Flip Charts Weather
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
 
(C). identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts The Seasons
Flip Charts The Seasons
Flip Charts The Sky
Flip Charts The Sun & Earth
Vocabulary Terms The seasons
Vocabulary Terms The sun and earth
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The sun and earth
 
(D). demonstrate that air is all around us and observe that wind is moving air
Flip Charts Land, Water & Air
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms Land, water, and air
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Land, water, and air
 
(9). Organisms and environments. The student knows that the living environment is composed of relationships between organisms and the life cycles that occur. The student is expected to:
(A). sort and classify living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce offspring
Flip Charts Living Things
Flip Charts Non-Living Things
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Living and nonliving things
 
(B). analyze and record examples of interdependence found in various situations such as terrariums and aquariums or pet and caregiver
Flip Charts Interdependence
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants and animals live together?
 
(C). gather evidence of interdependence among living organisms such as energy transfer through food chains or animals using plants for shelter
Flip Charts Food Chains
Flip Charts Interdependence
Flip Charts Science Grade 1
Vocabulary Terms Did you Know... 1st Grade
Vocabulary Terms Food Chains
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 1st Grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Food Chains
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants and animals live together?