1st Grade-Week 1 Earth Science Syllabus

Mr. Gantt’s Earth Science Lab

Weekly Lab Lessons and Homework

1^st Grade

Common Core Standards that will be focus during the 1st grade quarter.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure. 

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to otherswith care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 

http://www.corestandards.org/

1^st Lab Session Week

Concept: Sun, Earth, and Moon

Investigation: What are the Sun, Earth, and the Moon?

Homework: worksheet- Sun, Earth, and Moon

CA Science Standards

3. Weather can be observed, measured, and described. As a basis for understanding this concept:

3c. Students know the sun warms the land, air, and water.

4. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

2^nd Lab Session Week

Concept: Exploring Air-Part 1

Investigation: What is Air?

CA Science Standards

1. Materials come in different forms (states), including solids, liquids, and gases. As a basis for understanding this concept:

1a. Students know solids, liquids, and gases have different properties.

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

3^rd Lab Session Week

Concept: Exploring Air-Part 2

Investigation: How do balloon rockets move?

CA Science Standards

1. Materials come in different forms (states), including solids, liquids, and gases. As a basis for understanding this concept:

1a. Students know solids, liquids, and gases have different properties.

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

4^th Lab Session Week

Concept: Weather

Investigation: What is weather? What are the different types of weather?

CA Science Standards

3b. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

5^th Lab Session Week

Concept: Weather Instruments

Investigation: How is temperature and wind speed measured?

Homework: worksheet- End of Module Weather Assessment

CA Science Standards

3a. Students know how to use simple tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane) to measure weather conditions and record changes from day to day and across the seasons.

3b. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.

6^th Lab Session Week

Concept: Seasons of the Year

Investigation: What are the four seasons? What are the characteristics of each season?

Homework: worksheet- Summer and Winter

CA Science Standards

3a. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

7^th Lab Session Week

Concept: Wind and Air Explorations

Investigation: How do you measure wind direction?

CA Science Standards

3a. Students know how to use simple tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane) to measure weather conditions and record changes from day to day and across the 
seasons.

Students will have opportunities to get EXTRA CREDIT!
Here's one way to get an extra credit point.

Go to the Griffith Observatory and take a picture with Albert Einstein. Then email the picture mr.gantt@gmail.com.