• Science as Inquiry (fair test, questions, tools, measurement, order, evidence, explanation, data, describe, sort, tulip test gardens) • Properties of Matter ( solids and liquids) • Properties of Earth Materials (rocks, sand and silt) • Characteristics of Organisms (observable structures/uses - plants)
How can we understand what first graders are thinking? Ongoing conversations help us to uncover what they know and can do ...
First Graders begin to collect evidence for their "Human Footprint Project." They also begin to learn about what it means to persuade someone ... using evidence of course!