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Grade 1 Science Units

Unit Plan 7 (Grade 1 Science): Materials That Change Light

Grade 1 science unit investigates how transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective materials affect a beam of light through hands-on investigations.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 1 Science): Light Sources & Shadows

Grade 1 science unit explores light sources, illumination, and shadows as students investigate how light direction affects visibility using evidence.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 1 Science): Light & Seeing

Grade 1 science unit explores how light allows us to see objects, using flashlights, shadows, and evidence to show objects are visible only when illuminated.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 1 Science): Exploring Loud & Soft Sounds

Grade 1 science unit explores loud and soft sounds as students measure, compare, and explain how vibration strength affects sound using fair tests.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 1 Science): Sound Makes Things Move

Grade 1 science unit explores how sound causes vibrations and movement as students investigate rice, paper, and objects using evidence and fair tests.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 1 Science): Vibrations Make Sound

Grade 1 science unit explores how vibrations make sound and how sound causes vibration through hands-on investigations, tools, and evidence-based demonstrations.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 1 Science): Science Routines & Tools

Grade 1 science unit builds lab safety, observation, measurement, and tool use as students gather data and define simple problems for engineering solutions.

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The Admin Angle: Stop the Icebreakers - Give Teachers Time to Plan and Prep Instead

Retire icebreakers in PD. Use work sprints and mini-clinics to protect teacher time, boost readiness, and deliver real classroom results fast. Now!!!

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Grade 2 Science Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 2 Science): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Grade 2 STEM exhibition unit where students present projects connecting matter, plants, habitats, landforms, water, Earth changes, and engineering solutions.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 2 Science): STEM Capstone—Earth, Life & Matter

Grade 2 STEM capstone unit where students build a model combining matter, plants, landforms, water, Earth events, and changes using science and design.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 2 Science): Local Environment Study

Grade 2 unit where students investigate, map, and describe local landforms, water, plants, animals, and environmental changes through hands-on inquiry.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 2 Science): Engineering for Plants & Animals

Grade 2 engineering unit where students design shelters, seed carriers, or water tools to help plants and animals, test models, and compare results using data.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 2 Science): Plants, Land & Water Connections

Grade 2 science unit connects plant growth, seed and pollination systems, and habitats to land, water, and environmental change through observations and models.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 2 Science): Designing with Purpose

Grade 2 engineering unit where students design, build, and explain simple tools, choosing materials and shapes on purpose to solve everyday problems.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 2 Science): Resources & Materials

Grade 2 science unit explores material properties through hands-on tests, helping students choose the best materials to solve everyday problems using evidence.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 2 Science): Habitat Changes Over Time

Grade 2 science unit explores how fast and slow Earth events change habitats and affect plants and animals using observations, models, and real examples.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 2 Science): Weather & Water Connection

Grade 2 unit explores how rain and runoff shape land, where Earth’s water is found in solid and liquid forms, and how simple erosion solutions protect land.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 2 Science): Earth Systems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 2 Earth science unit exploring fast and slow Earth surface changes, landforms and bodies of water, where water is found in solid and liquid states, and simple erosion solutions through hands-on models and engineering applications.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 2 Science): Engineering Landform Solutions

Grade 2 engineering unit where students design, build, and test erosion barriers, compare designs, analyze data, and improve solutions to protect landforms.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 2 Science): Natural Processes & Human Solutions

Grade 2 unit explores wind and water erosion, then engineers test and compare solutions like plants, walls, and drains to protect land.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 2 Science): Slow vs. Rapid Changes Review

Grade 2 unit compares slow Earth changes like weathering and erosion with rapid floods and landslides, using models to revisit land-protecting solutions.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 2 Science): Wind & Water Erosion

Second graders explore erosion by testing how wind and water change land and comparing simple solutions like rocks, walls, and plants that slow erosion.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 2 Science): Water on Earth—Where Is It?

Second graders explore where water is found on Earth and identify whether it is solid or liquid in oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, and snow.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 2 Science): Maps of Land & Water

Second graders draw and label simple maps using symbols and a map key to model land and water features from a bird’s-eye view.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 2 Science): Landforms & Bodies of Water

Second graders build maps and 3-D models to show landforms and bodies of water, exploring shapes of mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, and oceans.