Science and Technology, Grade 1

Unit 1: STEM Skills and Connections

Writing simple step-by-step code, thinking about how coding and new technology change everyday life, spotting science and technology in the jobs and tools around us, and learning about people from many communities who help science grow.

• Writing simple step-by-step code

• Noticing how coding and new technology affect everyday life

• Finding science and technology at home and in the community

• Learning about contributions from many communities

Unit 2: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things

What living things need to stay alive, how their bodies help them get it, the parts of the human body and senses, and how a healthy environment helps everything meet its needs.

• What happens when things are lost
• Actions for a healthy environment

• Living and non-living things are connected
• The basic needs of living things
• How body parts help living things meet needs
• Parts of the human body and the senses
• What a healthy environment gives us
• How living things help each other

Unit 3: Energy in Our Lives

What energy is, how the Sun gives Earth light and warmth, food as energy, the many sources of energy we use, and using energy responsibly.

• Using energy wisely at home and school
• A day without electricity

• Energy makes things move or change
• The Sun is Earth's main source of energy
• Food gives living things energy
• Everyday sources of energy
• Energy resources are limited
• How we use energy in different seasons

Unit 4: Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures

What everyday objects are made of, what a structure is, the properties of materials and why they're chosen, fasteners that hold things together, materials that come from nature, and reducing waste.

• Kinds of waste we make
• A plan to make less waste
• Where objects come from and go

• Objects are made of materials
• Structures hold a load
• Materials used to make objects
• Describing objects with our senses
• What objects are for
• Why materials are chosen
• Fasteners that hold things together
• Materials that come from nature

Unit 5: Daily and Seasonal Changes

How Earth's link to the Sun makes day, night, and seasons; cycles as repeating events; changes in light and heat; the four seasons and their weather; and how living things and people respond to seasonal change.

• Changes and outdoor activities
• Changes affect society, environment, and living things

• Earth and the Sun make day and seasons
• Cycles are repeating events
• Changes in light and heat from the Sun
• The four seasons and their weather
• How living things change with the seasons
• How people prepare for the seasons