First Grade Science

Identifying Living and Nonliving Things

My Body

This simple lesson plan will help your students gain a basic understanding of different body parts.

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Identifying Living and Nonliving Things

Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Parts of a Plant

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Parts of a Plant

Root, stem, flower, leaf! In this hands-on science lesson, your students will create their own plants to help them identify and remember the parts of a plant.

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Life Cycle of a Plant

Life Cycle of a Plant

From seed to flower, students will learn all about the life cycle of a plant in this science lesson. Your class will discover what living things need to grow, and learn the various stages of a plant’s life span, with new vocabulary words.

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Sink or Float

Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

Sink or Float

Introduce your students to the scientific concept of sink or float. This hands-on experiment allows them to see which objects sink and which float. The concepts taught will be solidified with the completion of worksheets.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Plant Life Cycle Flash Cards

Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Boat

Plant Life Cycle Flash Cards

These flash cards serve as an intro to life science, but also help with counting skills and sequential ordering.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

Design Challenge: Making a Boat

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Earth Day Bingo Board

Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet

Earth Day Bingo Board

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Natural Resources

Name the Parts of a Plant

Natural Resources

Without natural resources, our world would be a very different place. Help your class understand the importance of water, plants, and soil with this exploratory science lesson.

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Play Dough Earth: Layers Of the Earth

Name the Parts of a Plant

Help your preschooler sharpen their knowledge about plants with this colorful worksheet. They'll use the word bank to name the basic parts of a plant.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Play Dough Earth: Layers Of the Earth

Use hands-on activities involving play dough to show your students the layers of the Earth!

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Parts of the Human Body

Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

Parts of the Human Body

This cute worksheet asks your first grader to write down each part of the human body--encouraging research on life science and boosting his spelling ability!

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

Design Challenge: Building a Bridge

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

1st grade

Science

Activity

Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles!

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Potential And Kinetic Energy

Design Challenge: Making a Catapult

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use three simple materials to create a launcher for an action figure or small toy.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Potential And Kinetic Energy

Walk, sleep, run, eat! We're constantly using energy, whether we're moving or not. In this lesson, students learn how their bodies are constantly converting potential energy into kinetic energy and kinetic energy back to potential energy.

1st grade

Science

Lesson Plan

Plant Parts

Workbook

Plant Parts

Explore the parts of a plant and the stages of life it goes through. Then try your hand at germinating seeds as you introduce your little bud to important plant processes like photosynthesis.

1st grade

Science

Workbook

Parts of a Plant

Parts of a Plant

Learn all about the basic parts of a plant with a fun word scramble! Your child will un-scramble the letters to name different parts of a pretty plant.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Write About the Weather

Chicken Life Cycle Worksheet

Write About the Weather

There's no better way to get your kid thinking about the weather than by having him write about it. Kids write a sentence about the weather in each picture.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Weather Word Search Puzzle

Chicken Life Cycle Worksheet

Explore life science with this informative chicken life cycle worksheet. Help your student color and learn the names of each stage of a chicken's life.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet