Newfoundland and Labrador

Unit 1 Daily and Seasonal Changes

• Initiating Exploration and Investigation

  • 1.0 pose questions that lead to exploration and investigation

    • Describe the weather (1-M.1)
    • Investigate sunlight and shade (1-M.2)
    • Types of precipitation (1-M.3)
    • Weather patterns (1-M.4)
    • Severe weather: blizzards (1-M.5)
    • Severe weather: tornadoes (1-M.6)
    • The daytime sky (1-N.1)
    • The night sky (1-N.2)
    • Design a sunshade (1-O.2)

  • 2.0 pose new questions that arise from what was learned

• Communicating using Scientific Terminology

  • 3.0 communicate using scientific terminology

    • Identify living and nonliving things (1-I.1)
    • Identify plants and animals (1-I.2)
    • Describe the weather (1-M.1)
    • Types of precipitation (1-M.3)
    • Weather patterns (1-M.4)

• Changes in Heat and Light from the Sun

  • 4.0 explore and investigate changes in heat and light from the sun

    • Investigate sunlight and shade (1-M.2)

  • 5.0 follow safety procedures and rules

• Measuring and Recording Environmental Changes

  • 6.0 devise ways to measure and record daily and seasonal environmental changes

    • Describe the weather (1-M.1)
    • Types of precipitation (1-M.3)
    • Weather patterns (1-M.4)
    • The daytime sky (1-N.1)
    • The night sky (1-N.2)

  • 7.0 make and record observations and measurements

  • 8.0 communicate while exploring and investigating

• Daily and Seasonal Cycles

  • 9.0 sequence or group materials and objects

    • The daytime sky (1-N.1)
    • The night sky (1-N.2)

  • 10.0 predict based on an observed pattern

    • Weather patterns (1-M.4)

• How Changes in Sunlight Affect Living Things

  • 11.0 explore how changes in sunlight affect living things

• Daily Cycles of Living Things

  • 12.0 investigate daily changes in the characteristics, behaviours, and location of living things

  • 13.0 propose an answer to an initial question or problem and draw a simple conclusion

• Seasonal Cycles of Living Things

  • 14.0 investigate seasonal changes in the characteristics, behaviours, and location of living things

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (1)

• Preparations for Seasonal Changes

  • 15.0 investigate human preparations for seasonal changes

Unit 2 Materials and Our Senses

• Exploring With Our Senses

  • 16.0 explore how each of the senses helps us recognize and safely use materials

    • The five senses (1-G.8)

  • 5.0 follow safety procedures and rules

• Recognizing Attributes of Materials

  • 17.0 explore attributes of materials we can learn to recognize through each of our senses

    • Classify objects by texture (1-A.1)
    • Classify objects by material (1-A.3)
    • Classify rocks and minerals (1-K.3)

  • 3.0 communicate using scientific terminology

    • Classify objects by shape, colour, material and texture (1-A.5)
    • Describe objects (1-A.6)

• Sequencing and Grouping Materials

  • 9.0 sequence or group materials and objects

    • Sort objects by texture (1-A.2)
    • Sort objects by material (1-A.4)

  • 18.0 communicate procedures and results

• Altering Smell and Taste

  • 19.0 investigate ways that materials can be changed to alter their smell and taste

  • 20.0 follow a simple procedure

• Altering Appearance and Texture

  • 21.0 investigate ways that materials can be changed to alter their appearance and texture

    • Changes caused by heating and cooling (1-D.1)

  • 1.0 pose questions that lead to exploration and investigation

  • 22.0 use appropriate tools

  • 13.0 propose an answer to an initial question or problem and draw a simple conclusion

• Altering Sound

  • 23.0 investigate ways that materials can be changed to alter the sound they make

  • 24.0 select and use materials to carry out their own explorations and investigations

  • 8.0 communicate while exploring and investigating

Unit 3 Properties of Objects and Materials

• What are Objects?

  • 25.0 identify objects, how they are used, and for what purpose they are used

• Exploring Objects and Materials

  • 26.0 observe objects and describe their similarities and differences

    • Describe objects (1-A.6)
    • Long and short (1-B.1)
    • Light and heavy (1-B.2)
    • Hot and cold (1-B.3)

  • 7.0 make and record observations and measurements

• Describing Properties of Objects and Materials

  • 27.0 compare and describe properties of objects and materials

    • Classify objects by texture (1-A.1)
    • Sort objects by texture (1-A.2)
    • Classify objects by material (1-A.3)
    • Sort objects by material (1-A.4)
    • Classify objects by shape, colour, material and texture (1-A.5)
    • Long and short (1-B.1)
    • Light and heavy (1-B.2)
    • Which lets light go through? (1-E.3)
    • Classify rocks and minerals (1-K.3)

• Investigating Properties of Objects and Materials

  • 24.0 select and use materials to carry out their own explorations and investigations

    • Which lets light go through? (1-E.3)
    • What objects can a magnet pull? (1-F.4)
    • Design a sunshade (1-O.2)

  • 10.0 predict based on an observed pattern

  • 20.0 follow a simple procedure

  • 13.0 propose an answer to an initial question or problem and draw a simple conclusion

• Using Objects and Materials

  • 28.0 describe and demonstrate ways to use materials appropriately and efficiently

• Joining Objects and Materials

  • 29.0 explore ways to join materials

  • 8.0 communicate while exploring and investigating

  • 18.0 communicate procedures and results

• Technological Problem Solving

  • 30.0 create a product by safely selecting, joining, and modifying materials

  • 31.0 identify problems to be solved

  • 22.0 use appropriate tools

  • 32.0 compare and evaluate personally constructed objects

Unit 4 Needs and Characteristics of Living Things

• What Are Living Things?

  • 1.0 pose questions that lead to exploration and investigation

    • Where do dromedary camels and polar bears live? (1-G.5)
    • Where do giraffes and beavers live? (1-G.6)
    • Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live? (1-G.7)
    • Where do water lilies and saguaros live? (1-H.6)
    • Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live? (1-H.7)
    • Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live? (1-H.8)
    • Identify living and nonliving things (1-I.1)

  • 33.0 use a variety of sources of science information

• Exploring Living Things

  • 34.0 respond to the ideas and actions of others in constructing their own understanding

  • 2.0 pose new questions that arise from what was learned

• Describing Living Things

  • 7.0 make and record observations and measurements

    • Compare young living things to their parents (1-G.3)
    • Match animals to their parents (1-G.4)
    • Match plants to their parents (1-H.4)

  • 3.0 communicate using scientific terminology

    • How do animals use their body parts? (1-G.2)
    • Identify plant parts (1-H.2)
    • Identify what plant parts do (1-H.3)

• Sequencing and Grouping Living Things

  • 9.0 sequence or group materials and objects

    • Identify types of plants (1-H.5)
    • Identify plants and animals (1-I.2)
    • Compare plants and animals (1-I.3)

• Identifying and Describing Shared and Unique Characteristics

  • 35.0 identify and describe common characteristics of humans and other animals, and identify variations that make each person and animal unique

    • Compare young living things to their parents (1-G.3)
    • Match animals to their parents (1-G.4)

• Constructing Models of Living Things

  • 32.0 compare and evaluate personally constructed objects

• Needs of Living Things

  • 36.0 observe and identify similarities and differences in the needs of living things

    • What do animals need to survive? (1-G.1)
    • What do plants need to survive? (1-H.1)
    • Compare plants and animals (1-I.3)

• How Living Things Meet Their Needs

  • 37.0 describe different ways plants and animals meet their needs

    • How do animals use their body parts? (1-G.2)
    • Identify what plant parts do (1-H.3)
    • How do living things change their environments to meet their needs? (1-J.1)
    • How do gray squirrels change the forest to meet their needs? (1-J.2)

  • 10.0 predict based on an observed pattern

    • Where do giraffes and beavers live? (1-G.6)
    • Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live? (1-G.7)
    • The five senses (1-G.8)
    • Where do water lilies and saguaros live? (1-H.6)
    • Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live? (1-H.7)
    • Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live? (1-H.8)

• How Living Things Move To Meet Their Needs

  • 38.0 describe the different ways that humans and other living things move to meet their needs

• Using And Caring For Living Things

  • 39.0 describe ways humans use their knowledge of living things in meeting their own needs and the needs of plants and animals

• Maintaining A Healthy Environment

  • 40.0 recognize that living things depend on their environment, and identify personal actions that contribute to a healthy environment

    • Reduce, reuse, recycle (1-L.1)