Ontario Grade 1 science curriculum

B2.2 Identify the basic needs of living things, including the need for air, water, food, heat, shelter, and space. (what a seed 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

B2.4 Identify the location and the function of various parts of the human body, including sensory organs. (a Grade 1 expectation taught at greater depth).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? 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 · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

E2.3 Describe the changes in the amount of light and heat from the Sun that occur throughout the day and in the four seasons. (shadow length and direction through the 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 · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

E2.4 Describe and compare the four seasons in terms of the weather, including precipitation and temperature, in their local area. (class weather chart).

Lessons: Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? (What's the weather like today?, Which way is the wind blowing?, How much rain fell?)

Practice: Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? workbook

E2.5 Describe changes in the appearance or behaviour of living things that are adaptations to seasonal changes. (seasonal adaptations; a Grade 1 expectation taught 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

Outcome Life Systems, Needs and Characteristics of Living Things: what plants need to live and grow, and observing living things closely.

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?)

Outcome Earth and Space Systems, Daily and Seasonal Changes: the Sun as a source of light and heat, and changes students can observe over a day.

Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?)