Alberta Grade 1 Science - Full Year Bundle - NEW CURRICULUM

Updated in 2026 - Grade 1 – Alberta Science Curriculum – This resource covers all outcomes in the NEW 2023 Alberta Science Curriculum.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION - PDF INCLUDED! This gives you the ability to print worksheets as well as distribute a digital copy of the resource to your students on Google Classroom.

Check out each of the strands below to learn more about the resources included in this bundle.

Matter: Objects

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What are objects?
• Different lengths of objects – width, height, and depth
• Activity – comparing the height of different objects
• Scavenger hunt – finding shorter and taller objects than your pencil
• Activity – comparing the width of objects and ordering objects based on their width
• Comparing depths of objects – televisions, vehicles, boxes
• Area of objects
• Scavenger hunt – finding objects with less area and more area than your hand
• Activity – measuring the area of objects using footprints
• Superimposing objects to compare their area
• Activity - Which object has more mass?
• Comparing mass – heavy versus light objects
• Ordering the weight of objects
• Scavenger hunt – finding objects lighter and heavier than your shoe
• Measuring weight/mass experiment – comparing the weight of two objects
• Changing objects – physical changes that only change the look of the object/material
• Bending objects – can the object be bent?
• Activity – bending/folding paper to make a paper airplane
• Twisting objects – can the object be twisted?
• Activity – Making a Twisted Sculpture
• Cutting objects – can the object be cut?
• Activity – how does cutting an object change the object?
• Activity – what tool is best for cutting?
• Stretching objects – what happens to the object?
• Can the object be stretched?
• Experiment – Stretch it out!
• Breaking objects – is the object easily broken?
• Experiment – changing objects: can the object be changed (cut, bent, stretched, twisted, broken)
• Activity – working with clay to make something useful
• Changing objects to make a new texture
• Experiment – creating different textures using sandpaper
• Experiment – different textures of food after changing food objects
• Computer science – making objects by following the coding instructions
• Assignment – making a pencil holder
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Energy (Movement)

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is movement?
• Describing the position of objects: above, below, next to, beside, near, between
• Describing the movement of objects: up, down, forward, backward, sideways, toward and away
• Writing directions and following directions: up, down, right, left
• Movement pathways – straight, curved, spiral, circular, zig-zag, up and down, back and forth
• Story – Sammy the Squirrel: drawing his movements
• Coding activity – writing coding commands for a movement obstacle course
• Coding activity – robot lawn mower
• Animals and objects that roll
• Activity – will the object roll?
• Experiment – testing whether objects will roll down a slide
• Invention of the wheel
• Activity – making a wheel
• Objects that bounce
• Experiment – testing how bouncy objects are
• Bouncy material: rubber
• Animals and objects that slide
• Experiment – testing if objects will slide on different surfaces
• Smooth versus rough surfaces
• Experiment – friction car ramp
• Activity – will the object roll or slide?
• What is speed?
• Comparing the speed of animals
• Ordering the speeds of vehicles
• Describing changes in speed
• Activity – Speed Detectives
• Game – Red Light, Green Light
• Experiment – Racing Cars
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Earth Systems (Seasons)

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• The Sun – source of light and heat
• Life without the Sun
• How the Sun causes seasons
• Experiment – orbiting Earth around the Sun
• 3 seasons in India and Thailand – cold, rainy, dry
• 2 seasons in Africa (dry and rainy seasons)
• Experiment – creating models of rainy and dry seasons
• Seasons – different amounts of heat and light
• Activities we do in each season – summer, fall, winter, spring
• How animals have adapted to seasonal changes
• Plants adapting to changing seasons – falling leaves
• Thicker fur, dormancy of plants, migration and hibernation
• Clothing we wear in each season
• How humans adapt to seasonal change – air conditioners, clothing, furnace
• Non-seasonal activities – indoor arenas, swimming indoors, hockey in the summer
• Activity – making dog booties
• Summer storms – hailstorms, thunderstorms, and tornados
• Summer season - wildfires
• Winter storms – blizzard and ice storm
• Coding activities – following instructions to play dress up
• Coding activities – making a paper snowflake
• Coding activity – drawing a flower
• Seasonal cycles in your life – sports and activities you do at different times of the year
• Taking care of the environment – keeping water clean
• Food from our environment
• How the Indigenous take care of the environment
• Cree First Nation Seasonal Round
• Dene First Nation Seasonal Round
• Metis Seasonal Round
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Living Systems - Needs of Living Things

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Environment - Living and Non-Living Things
• Describing Humans and Pets/Animals
• Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals
• Research – Favourite Animals
• Animal Body Parts
• Indigenous Methods for Classifying Living Things
• Names of Common Plants
• Scavenger Hunt – Finding Common Plants
• Sorting Common Plants
• Our Basic Needs
• Caring For a Pet
• Meeting Our Needs – Using Tools
• Animal Locomotion
• Animals – Life Processes
• STEAM – Designing a Zoo Enclosure
• Basic Needs of Plants
• Experiment – Basic Needs of Plants
• Parts of a Plant
• Lab – Water Travels Through a Plant
• Plants and Animals in Forests, Prairies, Lakes/Rivers, and Mountains
• Food From Our Environment
• Animals Finding Food
• How Animals Eat
• Plants and Animals - Allergies
• Harmful Living Things – Plants and Animals
• Jobs Working With Living Things
• Healthy Environment – Clean Air From Trees and Plants
• Shelters for Animals
• Helping Other Living Things
• Misinformation - Living Things
• Coding – Animal Maze
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning outcomes in the science curriculum.