Manitoba Grade 1 science curriculum

1-1-07 Recognize that plants, animals and humans, as living things, have particular needs.

Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)

Practice: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? workbook · Who Eats What? Food Chains and Helpers workbook

1-2-05 Recognize that fingertips are especially sensitive to touch (a Grade 1 outcome revisited with measurement).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook

1-2-12 Describe ways in which the senses can both protect and mislead (blind spot, taste and smell).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook

1-4-05 Recognize that shadows are caused by blocking light.

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

1-4-06 Observe and describe how the Sun appears to change position over the course of a day.

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 · Stars and the Night Sky workbook

1-4-16 Identify physical and behavioural changes that occur seasonally among Manitoba plants and animals (animals in winter; a Grade 1 outcome at greater depth).

Lessons: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm

Practice: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science