Grade 1 Science
A free Grade 1 course from the PGAMO Free K–12 School, built on Core Knowledge Science. Units: Sun, Moon, and Stars, Plant and Animal Survival, Exploring Light and Sound, Simple Machines, Human Body Systems.
Every lesson has the chapter’s pages to read right on screen, the Big Question, words to know, talk-it-over questions with answers for the teacher, and activity pages to print. Each unit ends with a short quiz, and every unit has a printable study pack for learning offline.
This course is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. PGAMO added the lesson pages, study packs and quizzes layout, and shares them under the same license. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Core Knowledge Science. Free for everyone — this course may never be sold.
Features
- 77 lessons in 5 units
- The books’ pages right in each lesson
- Unit quizzes
- Printable offline study packs
Target audiences
- Grade 1 students
- Homeschool families and co-ops
Requirements
- Nothing to buy — every book is included free
- A parent or teacher to read and talk with younger students
Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 83 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
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- Start here1
- Unit 1: Sun, Moon, and Stars22
- 2.1Getting started: Meet the Big Question30 Minutes
- 2.2Lesson 1.1: What Are Daytime and Nighttime?30 Minutes
- 2.3Lesson 1.2: Sunrise, Sunset30 Minutes
- 2.4Lesson 1.3: The Sun Changes Positions30 Minutes
- 2.5Lesson 1.4: Lesson 1 Roundup: The Sun in the Sky30 Minutes
- 2.6Lesson 2.1: What Are Sunrise and Sunset?30 Minutes
- 2.7Lesson 2.2: What Time Does the Sun Rise and Set?30 Minutes
- 2.8Lesson 2.3: How Can We Present Our Sunrise and Sunset Data?30 Minutes
- 2.9Lesson 2.4: What Sunrise and Sunset Patterns Do We See?30 Minutes
- 2.10Lesson 2.5: Lesson 2 Roundup: Daylight Changes Through the Year30 Minutes
- 2.11Lesson 3.1: What Is the Moon?30 Minutes
- 2.12Lesson 3.2: The Moon on the Move30 Minutes
- 2.13Lesson 3.3: What Is the Motion of the Moon?30 Minutes
- 2.14Lesson 3.4: What Are the Moon’s Phases?30 Minutes
- 2.15Lesson 3.5: Why the Moon’s Appearance Changes30 Minutes
- 2.16Lesson 3.6: Lesson 3 Roundup: Patterns of the Moon30 Minutes
- 2.17Lesson 4.1: What Are Stars?30 Minutes
- 2.18Lesson 4.2: The Stars in the Sky30 Minutes
- 2.19Lesson 4.3: How Do the Stars Move?30 Minutes
- 2.20Lesson 4.4: Lesson 4 Roundup: Patterns of the Stars30 Minutes
- 2.21Unit 1 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 2.22Unit 1 words quiz: Sun, Moon, and Stars20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Plant and Animal Survival22
- 3.1Getting started: Meet the Big Question30 Minutes
- 3.2Lesson 1.1: What Parts Do Animals Have?30 Minutes
- 3.3Lesson 1.2: How Do Animals Use Their Parts?30 Minutes
- 3.4Lesson 1.3: How Do Plant Parts Help the Plant?30 Minutes
- 3.5Lesson 1.4: What Things Do We Use That Are Similar to Animal and Plant Parts?30 Minutes
- 3.6Lesson 1.5: Lesson 1 Roundup: What Problems Can We Solve?30 Minutes
- 3.7Lesson 2.1: What Sensory Parts Do Animals Have?30 Minutes
- 3.8Lesson 2.2: How Do Animals Sense and Respond to Things?30 Minutes
- 3.9Lesson 2.3: Plants Have Senses, Too!30 Minutes
- 3.10Lesson 2.4: Animal and Plant Senses30 Minutes
- 3.11Lesson 2.5: Lesson 2 Roundup: Mimicking Animal and Plant Senses30 Minutes
- 3.12Lesson 3.1: What Are Parents and Offspring?30 Minutes
- 3.13Lesson 3.2: Plant Traits30 Minutes
- 3.14Lesson 3.3: Animal Traits30 Minutes
- 3.15Lesson 3.4: Animals, Plants, and Their Traits30 Minutes
- 3.16Lesson 3.5: Lesson 3 Roundup: Groups of Plants and Animals30 Minutes
- 3.17Lesson 4.1: What Behaviors Help Offspring Survive?30 Minutes
- 3.18Lesson 4.2: Behaviors of Parents and Offspring30 Minutes
- 3.19Lesson 4.3: Parents and Their Behaviors30 Minutes
- 3.20Lesson 4.4: Lesson 4 Roundup: Offspring Survival Behaviors30 Minutes
- 3.21Unit 2 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 3.22Unit 2 words quiz: Plant and Animal Survival20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 3: Exploring Light and Sound22
- 4.1Getting started: Meet the Big Question30 Minutes
- 4.2Lesson 1.1: Observing Sounds30 Minutes
- 4.3Lesson 1.2: Causing Sound30 Minutes
- 4.4Lesson 1.3: Causing Objects to Vibrate30 Minutes
- 4.5Lesson 1.4: Relationships Between Sound and Science30 Minutes
- 4.6Lesson 1.5: Lesson 1 Roundup: Vibrations During a Performance30 Minutes
- 4.7Lesson 2.1: Seeing in the Dark30 Minutes
- 4.8Lesson 2.2: Observing Light Sources30 Minutes
- 4.9Lesson 2.3: Comparing Visibility30 Minutes
- 4.10Lesson 2.4: Reasoning About Light30 Minutes
- 4.11Lesson 2.5: Lesson 2 Roundup: Investigating Light Sources30 Minutes
- 4.12Lesson 3.1: Seeing Shadows30 Minutes
- 4.13Lesson 3.2: Making Shadows30 Minutes
- 4.14Lesson 3.3: Comparing Materials That Let Light Pass Through30 Minutes
- 4.15Lesson 3.4: Changing the Direction of Light30 Minutes
- 4.16Lesson 3.5: Lesson 3 Roundup: Using Light in a Stage Performance30 Minutes
- 4.17Lesson 4.1: Communicating over Long Distances30 Minutes
- 4.18Lesson 4.2: Putting on a Play30 Minutes
- 4.19Lesson 4.3: Describing the Problem30 Minutes
- 4.20Lesson 4.4: Lesson 4 Roundup: Building and Testing a Device30 Minutes
- 4.21Unit 3 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 4.22Unit 3 words quiz: Exploring Light and Sound20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Simple Machines12
- 5.1Lesson 1: A Trip to Old Time Farm30 Minutes
- 5.2Lesson 2: What Is a Ramp?30 Minutes
- 5.3Lesson 3: What Is a Wheel and Axle?30 Minutes
- 5.4Lesson 4: What Is a Pulley?30 Minutes
- 5.5Lesson 5: Exploring Catapults30 Minutes
- 5.6Lesson 6: What Is a Lever?30 Minutes
- 5.7Lesson 7: What Are a Wedge and a Screw?30 Minutes
- 5.8Lesson 8: Exploring Gears30 Minutes
- 5.9Lesson 9: Science in Action: Meeting a Toolmaker30 Minutes
- 5.10Lesson 10: Using Simple Machines to Solve Problems30 Minutes
- 5.11Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 5.12Unit 4 words quiz: Simple Machines20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Human Body Systems9
- 6.1Lesson 1: Graceful Grace30 Minutes
- 6.2Lesson 2: Bones30 Minutes
- 6.3Lesson 3: Muscles30 Minutes
- 6.4Lesson 4: Breathing30 Minutes
- 6.5Lesson 5: Pumping Blood30 Minutes
- 6.6Lesson 6: Body Control30 Minutes
- 6.7Lesson 7: Science in Action: Physiologists and Anatomy30 Minutes
- 6.8Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 6.9Unit 5 words quiz: Human Body Systems20 Minutes12 Questions
Instructor
Bishop King
Founder and Director of Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies
