Grade 1 - Living Systems - Alberta Science - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 1 - Living Systems (Needs of Living Things) Unit - Alberta Science Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 1 Living Systems unit in the Alberta Science Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This product was created to cover the NEW Alberta 2023 Science Grade 1 curriculum – Strand 4: Living Systems – Needs of Living Things Unit.

There are 146 activity sheets that cover the outcomes in the NEW science curriculum. This unit contains many fun activities, including drawings, readings, scavenger hunts, experiments, assignments, matching, comparing, and ordering.

We have added computer science activities as well to cover the outcomes in the NEW science curriculum. Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students.

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Living things versus non-living things
• Living things – plants and animals
• Animals move while plants stay still
• Body parts of humans and other animals
• Describing common characteristics of animals
• Nocturnal versus diurnal animals
• Variations of human characteristics – eye, hair, and skin colour
• Different types of plants – grasses, trees, creepers, climbers, shrubs
• Life processes – breathing, sleeping, growing, eating
• Basic needs of animals
• Basic needs of plants
• Experiment – growing a plant in different environments
• How to care for a pet
• Research – favourite animal
• How humans meet their basic needs – using tools
• How animals meet their basic needs – locomotion
• How living things use the environment to meet their needs
• Plants and animals in forests
• Plants and animals living on the prairies
• Plants and animals living in lakes and rivers
• Plants and animals living on mountains
• What animals eat from the environment
• How animals eat – swallowing whole, tearing, cracking, chewing their food
• Shelters – how animals use their environment to make shelters
• Harmful plants and animals (poison ivy, wild animals)
• Having allergies to plants and animals – shared reading story
• Keeping the environment clean
• Air and water pollution
• Creating a zoo environment for an animal – understanding their basic needs
• Hobbies and jobs working with animals
• Showing respect for living things – how to keep the environment healthy
• Understanding misinformation in movies – animals can’t speak English
• Coding activities – robot zoo worker
• Coding activities – coding an animal maze
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 1 - Living Systems (Needs of Living Things) Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Alberta Science Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Living Systems Unit, Grade 1, Alberta Science Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.