Science Curriculum Timeline
First Grade
First Marking
Topic:
Sun Warms the Earth
Kent County Units:
Gist: Weather - Sun
Warms the Earth
Second
Marking
Topic:
-Weather
-Tools of the
Scientist
Third Marking
Fourth Marking
Topic:
Sorting by
Properties/States of
Matter
Kent County Units:
Gist: Properties of
Matter
Topic:
Animal Life
Scope Units:
-Properties of Objects
-States of Matter
Months:
Jan.- May
Scope Units:
Parents and Offspring
Months:
Sept.-Jan.
Kent County
Units:
Gist:
-Weather - Sun
Warms the
Earth
- Tools of the
Scientist
Scope Units:
Weather and
Seasons
Months:
Sept.-Jan.
GLCE’s:
GLCE’s:
GLCE’s:
GLCE’s:
E.ES.01.22 Describe
and compare weather
related to the four
seasons in terms of
temperature, cloud
cover, precipitation,
and wind.
L.ES.01.21
Compare
daily changes
in the
weather
related to
temperature
(cold, hot,
warm, cool);
cloud cover
(clear,
cloudy, partly
cloudy,
foggy);
precipitation
(rain, snow,
hail, freezing
rain); wind
(breezy,
windy, calm).
P.PM.01.21
Demonstrate that
water as a solid keeps
its own shape (ice).
L.OL.01.13 Identify the
needs of animals.
Scope Units:
Weather and Seasons
E.ES.01.23 Identify
severe weather
characteristics/events.
E.ES.01.24 Describe
precautions that
should be taken for
human safety during
severe weather
conditions (thunder
and lightening, strong
winds, and heavy
precipitations).
E.ES.01.11 Identify
the sun as the most
important source of
E.ES.01.32
Observe and
collect data of
weather
P.PM.01.22
Demonstrate that
water as a liquid takes
on the shape of
various containers.
P.PM.01.31 Identify
materials that are
attracted by magnets.
P.PM.01.32 Observe
that like poles of a
magnet repel and
unlike poles of a
magnet attract.
Kent County Units:
Gist:
-Heredity
- Needs and Life Cycles of
Animals
Months:
Jan.- May
L.OL.01.21 Describe the
life cycle of animals
including the following
stages: egg, young, adult;
egg, larva, pupa, adult.
L.HE.01.11 Identify
characteristics that are
passed from parent to
young (for example: body
coverings, beak shape,
number of legs, body
parts).
L.HE.01.12 Classify
young animals based on
characteristics that are
passed on from parents
(dogs/puppies,
cats/kittens, cows/calves,
chickens/chicks).P.PM.E.1
Demonstrate the ability to
heat, which warms
the land, air, and
water on the Earth.
conditions
over a period
of time.
E.ES.01.12
Demonstrate the
importance of sunlight
and warmth in plant
growth.
E.ES.01.31
Identify the
tools that
might be
used to
measure
temperature,
precipitation,
cloud cover
and wind.
Kent County
Vocabulary:
Kent County
Vocabulary:
Kent County
Vocabulary:
Kent County
Vocabulary:
New:
blizzard
foggy
safety
thunderstorm
breezy
freezing rain
seasons
tornado
calm
hail
severe weather
warm
clear
hot
snow
weather
cloud
lightning
spring
weather conditions
cloud cover
partly cloudy
strong winds
wind
cloudy
precaution
summer
wind sock
cold/cool
precipitation
Sun
wind vane
daily weather patterns
rain
(See
Weather
Vocabulary
from First
Quarter)
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
Pull
Push
Shape
Size
Prerequisite
Vocabulary:
animal
observation
shape
size
New:
attract
liquid
properties
small
color (common color
words)
magnet
repel
solid
ice
poles
sink/float
sort
large
New:
beak shape
fur
parent
skin
body covering
hair
scales
young
feather
Prerequisite
Vocabulary
investigation
measurement
observation
tool
New:
balance
data
non-standard
unit
Enrichment
Vocabulary
capacity
length
predict
taller
container
light
prediction
tallest
cup
lighter
question
unit
distance
long
sort objects according to
observable properties
such as color, shape, size,
sinking and floating.
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
absorbent
flexible/firm
light/lighter
rod magnet
bar magnet
force
like poles
rough/smooth
big/ bigger
Enrichment Vocabulary
alike
claw
eye color
similarities
backbone
cow/calf
inherited
wing
cat/kitten
differences
limb
young
chicken/chick
dog/puppy
number of legs
sunny
windy
fall
rain gauge
temperature
winter
fog
Enrichment
Vocabulary:
atmosphere
evaporation
ice
severe weather watch
autumn
extreme cold
inches
sky
blow
Fahrenheit
invisible
solar
Celsius
fog
meteorologist
source of heat
centimeter
graph
moisture
south
compare
heat
north
thermometer
condensation
heat wave
percentage
tornado siren
dew
humidity
predict
warning
east
hurricane
seasonal weather
patterns
west
Scope Vocabulary:
Severe weather
Thunderstorm
Lightning
Tornadoes
Blizzards
short
volume
equal
longer
shorter
weigh
estimate
longest
shortest
weight
heavier than
measure
tall
width
height
hard/harder
long/longer
short/shorter
breakable/unbreakable
hardness
magnetic poles
soft/ softer
cold/colder
heavy/heavier
non-magnetic
texture
container
horseshoe magnet
0pposite poles
useful
disc (ring) magnet
hot/hotter
Scope
Vocabulary:
Scope Vocabulary:
Sort
Properties
Poles
Solid
Liquid
Scope Vocabulary:
Needs of Animals
Life cycle
Egg
Young
Breezy
Wind
Windy
Strong winds
Safety
Seasons
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Temperature
Cool
Warm
Hot
Cold
Cloud cover
Precipitation
Rain
Snow
Sunny
Precautions
Trade Books:
Branley, Franklyn.
Flash, Crash, Rumble,
and Roll. New York:
HarperCollins, 1985.
DeWitt, Lynda. What
Will the Weather Be?
New York:
HarperCollins, 1991.
Dorros, Arthur. Feel
the Wind. New York:
Crowell, 1989.
Trade
Books:
Technology:
Lab Kits:
Magnet
Push
Pull
Attract
Repel
Adult
Larva
Pupa
Characteristics
Parents
Air
Water
Food
Beak shape
Body coverings
Feathers
Fur
Skin
Hair
Scales
Trade Books:
Trade Books:
Branley, Franklyn M.
What Makes a Magnet?
New York: HarperCollins,
1996.
Animal Life Cycles. 100%
Educational Videos. 2002.
Discovery Education. 1 July
2009
Challand, Helen J. A New
True Book: Experiments
with Magnets. New York:
Children’s Press, 1986.
Bennett, Paul. Changing
Shape. Austin, TX: Raintree
Steck-Vaughn, 1994.
Gibbons, Gail.
Weather Forecasting.
Salem, OR: Four
Winds Press, 1987.
Cole, Joanna. The Magic
School Bus Ups and
Downs: A Book About
Floating and Sinking.
New York: Scholastic,
1997.
---. Weather Words
and What They Mean.
New York: Holiday
House, 1990.
Hewitt, Sally. Amazing
Materials. New York:
Crabtree Publishing,
2008.
Kalman, Bobbie, and
Kathryn Smithyman.
Changing Seasons.
New York: Crabtree
Publishing, 2005.
MacAulay, Kelley, and
---. Hear This! New York:
Crabtree Publishing,
2008.
---. Look Here! New York:
Crabtree Publishing,
Carle, Eric. Does a Kangaroo
Have a Mother Too? New
York: HarperCollins, 2000.
Greenway, Shirley. Animal
Q&A: Whose Baby Am I?
Nashville, TN: Ideals
Children’s Books, 1992.
Guarino, Deborah. Is Your
Mama a Llama? New York:
Scholastic, 1989.
How Plants Grow. 100%
Educational Videos. 1998.
Discovery Education. 7 July
2009
Johnson, Sylvia. Inside an Egg.
Bobbie Kalman.
Changing Weather:
Storms. New York:
Crabtree Publishing,
2006.
Stolz, Mary. Storm in
the Night. New York:
Harper and Row,
1988.
Technology:
Lab Kits:
2008.
---. Smell It! New York:
Crabtree Publishing,
2008.
Minneapolis, MN: Lerner
Publications, 1982.
Kalman, Bobbie. Animals
Grow and Change. New York:
Crabtree Publishing, 2008.
---. Tastes Good! New
York: Crabtree Publishing, Kalman, Bobbie, and
2008.
Jacqueline Langille. What is a
Life Cycle? New York:
---. Touch That! New
Crabtree Publishing, 1998.
York: Crabtree Publishing,
2008.
Simon, Seymour. Wild Babies.
New York: HarperCollins,
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and
1997.
Toad Are Friends. New
York: HarperCollins,
Technology:
1979.
Properties of Matter, Part
1. 100% Educational
Videos. 2003. Discovery
Education. 30 June 2009
Reid, Margarette. The
Button Box. New York:
Penguin Putnam Books,
1995.
Spier, Peter. People. New
York: Double Day and
Company, 1988.
Mezzanotte, Jim. How
Water Changes (States of
Matter). Pleasantville,
NY: Weekly Reader, 2006.
Zoehfeld, Kathleen. What
is the World Made Of? All
About Solids, Liquids, and
Gases. New York:
HarperCollins Publishers
Inc., 1998.
Technology:
Lab Kits:
Lab Kits: