Grade 1 Science Units

Discover Grade 1 Science unit plans with standards-aligned lessons that build understanding of plants, animals, Earth patterns, and hands-on scientific exploration.

Grade 1 Science Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 1 Science): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Grade 1 science showcase unit where students present models and evidence explaining sound, light, life science, sky patterns, and engineering designs.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 1 Science): STEM Capstone — Light, Traits & Seasons

Grade 1 science capstone unit where students combine light, sound, traits, and sky patterns into models that show how patterns help predict nature.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 1 Science): Patterns in Light, Sound & Motion

Grade 1 science unit uses sound, light, and sky investigations to identify patterns, gather evidence, and make predictions about what happens and why.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 1 Science): Living Things in Different Places

Grade 1 science unit explores habitats and survival, comparing traits of parents and offspring and designing nature-inspired solutions using evidence.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 1 Science): Traits & Offspring Review

Grade 1 science unit where students use observations and evidence to compare traits, showing how young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, parents.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 1 Science): Communication with Light & Sound

Grade 1 science unit where students design, test, and improve light or sound communication devices, using data to compare designs and revise solutions.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 1 Science): Structures for Protection

Grade 1 science unit where students explore animal protection structures like camouflage, shells, and spikes, then design a nature-inspired solution to protect objects.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 1 Science): Observing Traits Across Seasons

Grade 1 science unit exploring how plants and animals change across seasons, connecting traits and behaviors to daylight patterns through observation and evidence.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 1 Science): Light & Plant/Animal Needs

Grade 1 science unit linking light and seeing to plant and animal needs, with a biomimicry design challenge inspired by external parts.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 1 Science): Sky Patterns — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 1 science unit where students use tools and evidence to predict sky patterns and daylight changes through observation, modeling, and data analysis.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 1 Science): Engineering Tools for Observing Sky

Grade 1 science unit where students design and test simple tools to track sun and shadow patterns, collect data, and use evidence to predict sky changes.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 1 Science): Earth’s Pattern Stories

Grade 1 science unit uses storytelling and diagrams to explain sun, moon, and star patterns, connecting daylight changes to seasons using data.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 1 Science): Weather, Seasons & Daylight

Grade 1 science unit connects temperature, seasons, and daylight as students use data to identify patterns and predict how daylight changes by time of year.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 1 Science): Seasons & Daylight

Grade 1 science unit explores how daylight changes across seasons as students compare data, graph patterns, and predict daylight by time of year.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 1 Science): Sun, Moon & Star Patterns

Grade 1 science unit explores daily and nightly sky patterns as students observe the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns and make predictions.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 1 Science): Night Sky Observations

Grade 1 science unit explores moon shapes and star patterns, helping students identify night sky patterns and make simple predictions from observations.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 1 Science): Shadows Over the Day

Grade 1 science unit explores shadow length and direction across the day, helping students identify patterns and predict the sun’s position using observations.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 1 Science): Daytime Sky Observations

Grade 1 science unit explores daytime sky patterns by observing the sun and shadows, using evidence to describe changes and make simple predictions.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 1 Science): Life Science — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 1 science synthesis unit combines structures, parent care patterns, and trait variation, ending with a nature-inspired design challenge using evidence.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 1 Science): Variation Within Species

Grade 1 science unit explores variation within the same kind of plants or animals, using observations and simple data to show shared traits and differences.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 1 Science): Traits of Young vs. Parents

Grade 1 science unit compares traits of young plants and animals with parents, using observations as evidence to show they are alike but not exactly the same.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 1 Science): Human Care & Needs

Grade 1 science unit connects human caregiving to animal care patterns, using texts and media to explain how feeding, safety, warmth, and teaching help offspring survive.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 1 Science): Patterns of Care in Nature

Grade 1 science unit compares animal parental care and offspring behaviors to identify survival patterns using texts, media, charts, and evidence-based claims.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 1 Science): Offspring Behaviors

Grade 1 life science unit uses texts and media to identify patterns in animal parent and offspring behaviors that help young survive.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 1 Science): Mimicking Nature Solutions

Grade 1 engineering unit where students design and test simple tools inspired by plant and animal structures, showing how shape helps tools work.