Science - Manitoba Grade 1 - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

Manitoba Science Curriculum - Grade 1. This product was created to cover all of the expectations in the Manitoba Science Grade 1 curriculum.

There are 445+ activity sheets that cover the elaborations and big ideas in the science curriculum. This massive unit contains readings, surveys, cut and paste activities and a variety of fun activities – drawings, word searches, matching, word scrambles, fill in the blanks, and more!

We have added STEM activities as well as hands on experiments for students to learn the content in the curriculum.

Check out the previews of these units to learn more about how it can benefit your students. We know you will love this no-prep, just print or upload to Google, time-saving resource!

Characteristics and Needs of Living Things

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Major parts of the human body
• Body parts of humans and other animals
• Describing common characteristics of animals
• Variations of human characteristics – eye, hair, and skin colour
• Living things – plants and animals
• 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
• What animals eat from the environment
• Shelters – how animals use their environment to make shelters
• 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
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

The Senses

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• The 5 senses
• Which body part goes with each sense
• Using their senses to sort objects
• Identify parts of the eye – eyelash, eyebrow, eyelid
• Activity – making binoculars
• Recognize that fingertips are sensitive to touch
• Game – What is the object I am feeling?
• Identify the external parts of the ear
• Game – What’s that sound?
• Use smell to identify substances – cinnamon, lemon, mint, banana, etc.
• Experiment – smelling objects and guessing what they are
• Activity/Game – find the smelly sock
• Parts of the nose and their function – nostril, cartilage, hairs
• Taste – body parts used to taste: the tongue and nose
• Experiment – Tasting candy with blind taste test
• How we can protect our body and keep our senses – sunglasses, washing hands, etc.
• How we can change objects – change their smell, look, taste, and texture
• Experiment – sanding rocks to smooth and polish them
• How our senses can mislead us
• How humans have different abilities related to our senses
• Technologies we can use to improve our senses
• Our senses are not all the same – we have different likes and dislikes
• Jobs and hobbies we can have based on our senses
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Characteristics of Objects & Materials

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What are materials?
• Describe materials using your senses
• What are objects?
• Common objects and the materials used to make them
• How many different materials used in an object
• Characteristics of common materials – waterproof, buoyant, etc.
• Experiment – will it sink or float?
• Research – things that float
• Life preservers – made from floating materials
• Waterproof materials
• Experiment – is the material absorbent or does it repel water?
• Experiment – catching bubbles
• Stretchy materials
• Experiment – Can you stick a wooden dowel through a balloon?
• How the same materials are used for different purposes
• The purpose of objects – their function and the materials used to make them
• Testing different objects for different purposes
• Experiment – cleaning up 3 different messes using three different tools
• Joining materials – nails, screws, glue, zippers, buttons, etc.
• Activity – using joining materials to make an object
• Activity – designing and building a pencil holder
• Coding – making objects using coding instructions
• Wasted materials
• How to reduce waste by using the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle)
• Going beyond the 3 R’s – Using the 7 R’s (rot, repair, regift, rethink)
• Assignment – making a poster about ways to make less waste
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Daily and Seasonal Changes

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• The Sun – source of light and heat
• Life without the Sun
• What is a cycle?
• Day and night cycles
• Experiment – model showing Earth’s rotation causing day and night
• Activities we do in the day versus night
• Sequencing events that happen throughout the day and night
• Shadows caused by blocked sunlight
• Experiment - creating a sundial
• Activity – measuring temperature and comparing temperature in the morning and afternoon
• Research – local weather report activity
• Nocturnal animals – keeping cool at night
• Seasonal cycles
• Seasons – different amounts of heat and light
• Experiment – Earth orbits around the Sun
• Activities we do in each season – summer, fall, winter, spring
• How animals have adapted to seasonal changes
• 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
• 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 learn the big ideas in the curriculum.