First Grade Science

Teachers below you will find science links that will help enhance your instruction.
Here is the link for the math http://mc1st.blogspot.com/
We have enjoyed learning with you this year. Thank you for all that you do.
Tina and Krista

Measurement

Measure the Teddy Bears - Click on the correct measurement.

Measure it - Practice using a ruler, in inches and centimeters.

Measuring by Centimeters - move the ruler and measure the line.

The Ruler Game - Learn To Read A Ruler (inches only - increments from inches to sixteenths)

Are We There Yet? - [this link opens on a new page] select appropriate unit of measure (Author - Kaye Maddox)

Inches - [this link opens on a new page] to nearest whole number (from FunBrain)

Centimeters - [this link opens on a new page] to nearest whole number (from FunBrain)

Dupligon - (Beware- set this game up before your students get on the computer. Click on the play button at the bottom to avoid monkey, and click the red x at bottom to turn off music)

Poddle Weigh-In - Hacker has removed all of the weights from the Poddles, you must use the scales to estimate their correct weight

Read a Thermometer - practice problems, Celsius degrees are used

Interactive Thermometer - slide the temperature up or down and see items that match the temperature

Interactive Thermometer - use this interactive thermometer to calculate difference in temperature

Clock Program - drag the hour hand to show the given time

Identifying Time to the Hour

Match Spoken Time to Numerical Time - click on Play, listen to the time spoken then select the number that matches

Life Sciences

Animal Match - Select which head goes with the animal body

Who Has What? - Pick the body parts of the animals - (words, not pictures)

Find the Living things in this interactive quiz from the BBC

Plants and Animals in the Local Environment - collect all of the living things in the environment pictured

Living or Non-Living? - use this BBC quiz to classify things as animal or non living

Paper Towel Plants - video on growing plants on paper towels

Plants-In-Motion - need Quicktime to view; Plants are in constant motion as they develop, search for light and nutrients, avoid predators, exploit neighbors, and reproduce. Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things

Grow Up - learn the life cycles, then match the body parts of the animal

Life Cycles - frog and butterfly

Boxing Weigh In - drag boxers to a scale and measure their weight, use a digital display to see kg or lbs

Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them

Paper Towel Plants - video on growing plants on paper towels

Plants-In-Motion - need Quicktime to view; Plants are in constant motion as they develop, search for light and nutrients, avoid predators, exploit neighbors, and reproduce. Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things

Grow Up - learn the life cycles, then match the body parts of the animal

Life Cycles - frog and butterfly

Boxing Weigh In - drag boxers to a scale and measure their weight, use a digital display to see kg or lbs

Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them

Animal Lost and Found:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_animal.html

First Grade Science

Monday, March 23, 2009

Welcome Teachers!

Measurement

Life Sciences

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