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Science Curriculum
Science - Grade 1

Research and Inquiry
Measurement: Standard/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate standard units of measurements to test and measure matter. (NJCCCS 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Measurement Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
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Plants: Parts
The learner will be able to identify the parts of a plant confirming that a plant forms a system whose parts interact to maintain the functions that contribute to its growth, development and reproduction.. (NJCCCS 5.1, 5.2, 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture   Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Plants: Seed Growth
The learner will be able to explain and give examples of how a seed grows into a plant and describe how bees and other animals help explain make seeds. (NJCCCS 5.1, 5.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture   Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Plants: Interact
The learner will be able to explain and give examples of how plants and animals interact in the environment confirming the concept that plant and animal interdependence within the system is introduced in a basic way by looking at a simple food chain. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Plants: Food Chain
The learner will be able to explain and give an example of a simple food chain. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture   Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Plants: Interaction
The learner will be able to describe and give examples of ways people interact with and use plants and animals. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Animal: Butterfly
The learner will be able to explain how a butterfly changes as it develops. developing the concept of metamorphosis of a butterfly from larva to adult. (NJCCCS 5.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Animal: Insects and Jointed-legged
The learner will be able to describe and give examples of the characteristics of insects and some other jointed-legged animals. (NJCCCS 5.7).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Animals: Amphibans
The learner will be able to give examples of some of the characteristics of an amphibian and compare the body structure of a fish and a frog. (NJCCCS 5.3, 5.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Amphibians: Adaptation to Environment
The learner will be able to describe how characteristics help amphibians to live in their environment and describe how amphibians change as they grow and develop. (NJCCCS 5.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Agriculture Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Plants: Survival/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how plants survive in their environment and explain and give examples of how plants use stems, leaves, and flowers to meet their needs in the environment. (NJCCCS 5.1).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Plants: Survival Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
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Earth and Space Science
Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals
The learner will be able to use observable properties to compare minerals and rocks so as to identify rocks and compare based on properties of size, shape and color and classify rocks by their properties. (NJCCCS 5.2, 5.10).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Rocks and Minerals: Origin and Use
The learner will be able to explain where rocks and minerals are found and give examples of how people use rocks. (NJCCCS 5.2, 5.10).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Rocks: Weathering
The learner will be able to give examples of how weathering changes rocks and explain how rocks can be changed to sand. (NJCCCS 5.8).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Comprehension Introduce New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Earth and Sky: Sun, Moon ,Stars
The learner will be able to model the model between size and distance and compare it to the relative sizes of the Earth, sun and other stars confirming that all the planets and stars in our solar system are related to one another in some way. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Earth and Stars: Sun Light
The learner will be able to explain why light and heat from the sun are so important to us. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Earth and Sky: Sun Movement
The learner will be able to explain how shadows indicate the apparent movement of the sun. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Earth and Sky: Inference
The learner will be able to infer that the apparent movement of the sun is caused by the Earth's rotation. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Earth and Shy: Day and Night
The learner will be able to model what causes day and night. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Air Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
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Physical Science
Forces: Matter and Magnets
The learner will be able to investigate the forces that move objects and that a magnet is any object that can exert a force on another magnet. NJCCCS 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Forces: Motion Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
States of Matter: Observe
The learner will be able to observe the different states of matter and describe a solid as matter that has a definite size and shape. (NJCCCS 5.2, 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Matter: States of Matter Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Describe Properties
The learner will be able to describe several properties of matter that can be measured by measuring the length an width of objects using a standard unit. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Properties/Inference
The learner will be able to infer that mass is a property of matter that can be measured by testing ways to measure matter i.e. a ruler, blocks and eraser and using a balance to measure mass. (NJCCCS 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Properties /Inference
The learner will be able to infer that all matter has properties that can be observed and classified. (NJCCCS 5.3, 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Matter: Liquid Size and Shape
The learner will be able to describe a liquid as matter that has a definite size, but not a definite shape and observe matter change from solid to liquid to a gas. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Introduce New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Matter: Gas
The learner will be able to identify a gas as matter that has no definite size or shape. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Matter: Inference
The learner will be able to infer that matter can change from one state to another. (NJCCCS 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets; Inference
The learner will be able to infer that only certain types of matter are attracted to a magnet. (NJCCCS 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids   Introduce New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets: Inference
The learner will be able to infer that magnets can attract through different materials and explain how this can be tested. (NJCCCS 5.3).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Introduce New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets: Common Uses
The learner will be able to give examples of several common uses for magnets. (NJCCCS 5.7).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets: Poles
The learner will be able to explain how the poles of two magnets interact with each other.confirming that a magnet contains two poles that react in different ways. (NJCCCS 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets: Inference
The learner will be able to infer that a magnet can be used as a compass to determine direction. (NJCCCS 5.2, 5.8, and 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Magnets: Experimentation
The learner will be able to experiment to see what kinds of objects can be magnetize and to determine the strengths of magnets confirming that metals containing iron can interact with magnets and take on properties of a magnet. (NJCCCS 5.2, 5.5, 5.9).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Acids Application Introduce New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
Objects: Properties/Observe
The learner will be able to identify ways we use our senses to make observations and observe and classify objects by identifying various properties. (NJCCCS 5.5, 5.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source Activities
Objects: Properties Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and First Grade Teachers. Classroom
  
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