In this post i am investigating curriculum standards for first graders in order to frame better the content of the online game.
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The student will investigate and understand that plants have life needs and functional parts and
can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key concepts include
a) needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow);
b) parts (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, blossoms, fruits); and
c) characteristics (edible/nonedible, flowering/nonflowering, evergreen/deciduous).
1.5 The student will investigate and understand that animals, including people, have life needs and
specific physical characteristics and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key
concepts include
a) life needs (air, food, water, and a suitable place to live);
b) physical characteristics (body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of
movement); and
c) other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes).
The student will investigate and understand the relationship of seasonal change and weather to the
activities and life processes of plants and animals. Key concepts include how temperature, light,
and precipitation bring about changes in
a) plants (growth, budding, falling leaves, and wilting);
b) animals (behaviors, hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat); and
c) people (dress, recreation, and work).
The student will investigate and understand that natural resources are limited. Key concepts
include
a) identification of natural resources (plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and
soil);
b) factors that affect air and water quality; and
c) recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption of natural resources.
Science
* Grouping and classification
* Living and nonliving things
* Animals
* Pets
* Farm animals
* Zoo and circus animals
* Woodland animals
* Common birds
* Plant and animal habitats
* Seeds, bulbs, plants, flowers
* Weather and seasons
* Day and night
* Solids, liquids, gases
* Air and water
* Magnets
* Fire and temperature
* Sun, moon, stars, planets
* Simple machines
* Beginning experimentation
* Scientific method and scientific inquiry
Also in Mathenmatics
* Geometric patterns and figures
