British Columbia Grade 1 science curriculum
The Grade 1 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
BC Science K–9 (redesigned curriculum). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Big idea and content
Outcome Light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed: natural and artificial sources of light, and properties of light depending on the objects it interacts with.
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)
Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Grade 4 Light and Colour
Outcome Light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed: properties of sound depend on its source.
Lessons: Sound: Can You See a Sound? (Can you see a sound?, Can a string carry your voice?, How do you make a high note or a low note?)
Practice: Sound: Can You See a Sound? workbook · Grade 4 Sound: Vibrations, Pitch and Echoes
More outcomes
Outcome Big idea: light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed.
Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?) · Sound: Can You See a Sound? (Can you see a sound?, Can a string carry your voice?, How do you make a high note or a low note?)
Outcome Big idea: living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (Why do plants grow toward the window?)
Outcome Big ideas: observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape; light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed.
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)
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