Science concepts create the themes for the units within First Grade Complete. The questions for discussion of the concepts will incorporate new vocabulary words that will become part of your child’s usable vocabulary, and stimulate higher-level thinking skills. The enrichment activities or experiments provided will reinforce the skills being taught in a fun or challenging way.

• Learn about major body parts.
  • skeleton
  • muscles
  • heart
  • lungs
  • brain
  • stomach
• Discover how sound travels.
• Understand that sound is made with vibrations.
• Identify and describe sounds.
• Learn how the eardrum works.
• Learn about simple machines.
  • lever
  • inclined planes
• Understand the basic concepts of force and motion.
• Begin to develop an understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion.
• Understand what a seed needs to grow.
• Recognize plant parts, and learn about their uses.
• Understand how to take care of plants.
• Recognize the characteristics and habitats of various types of animals and insects.
• Learn about the hibernation of animals.
• Understand that the world was created by God, and we should take care of it.
• Explore the world through observation and experimentation.
• Make predictions and draw conclusions based on patterns or evidence.
• Describe the weather.
• Learn about the changes in seasons and weather.
• Understand the characteristics of different types of storms.
• Learn about water vapor, rain, and floods.
• Observe physical properties of rocks, sand, soil, and water.
• Understand the three forms of water: solid, liquid, and gas.
• Recognize the parts of our solar system.
• Make a model of the solar system.
• Develop an understanding of basic safety procedures.
  • neighborhood
  • home
  • sun and water
  • fire
• Compare the density of fresh water and salt water.
• Learn about spiders.
• Draw a label a diagram of a spider.
• Learn about types of energy.
• State whether an energy source is natural or man-made.
• Learn about potential and kinetic energy.
• Model a wind turbine.