Grade 1 Science
11 units matched to the Ontario Curriculum.
Overall expectations
- A1 STEM Investigation and Communication Skills: Use a scientific research process, a scientific experimentation process, and an engineering design process to conduct investigations, following appropriate health and safety procedures
- A2 Coding and Emerging Technologies: Use coding in investigations and to model concepts, and assess the impact of coding and of emerging technologies on everyday life
- A3 Applications, Connections, and Contributions: Demonstrate an understanding of the practical applications of science and technology, and of contributions to science and technology from people with diverse lived experiences
- B1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the importance of a healthy environment for living and non-living things, and the responsibilities of humans in contributing to a healthy environment
- B2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs and characteristics of living things, including humans
- C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess uses of energy at home, at school, and in the community, and suggest ways to use energy responsibly
- C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of how energy affects their lives, and that the Sun is the principal source of energy for Earth
- D1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the impact on people and the environment of everyday objects, including structures, and the materials they are made of
- D2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding that objects, including structures, have observable characteristics and are made from materials with specific properties that determine how they are used
- E1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the impact of daily and seasonal changes on living things, including humans
- E2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of daily and seasonal changes and of how living things respond to those changes
Units
Unit 1
Think Like a Scientist
How scientists and engineers work: choosing tools, running fair tests, following safety rules, sharing findings, and giving clear step-by-step instructions (code).
Expectation: A1.1, A1.2, A1.4, A1.5, A2.1 · using a research process and experiments, working safely, sharing findings and writing simple code
Unit 2
Living Things
Sorting living and non-living things, telling plants from animals, and what living things need to grow.
Expectation: B2.2, B2.3 · living and non-living things, plants and animals, and what living things need
Unit 3
What Living Things Need
The six basic needs of living things (air, water, food, heat, shelter and space) and how plants, animals and people help each other.
Expectation: B2.2, B2.6 · the basic needs of living things and how living things help meet each other's needs
Unit 4
Our Bodies & Senses
The five senses, the body part linked to each, and the jobs of the heart, lungs, brain, bones and stomach.
Expectation: B2.3, B2.4 · physical characteristics of plants and animals including humans, and the parts and jobs of the human body and senses
Unit 5
Animal Survival
Body features (thick fur, webbed feet, shells, camouflage) and behaviours (hibernating, migrating, storing food) that help animals survive.
Expectation: B2.3, E2.5 · how animal features and behaviours help them meet their needs and respond to the seasons
Unit 6
A Healthy Environment
Living and non-living things in a natural place, why clean air, water and food matter, and simple ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Expectation: B1.1, B1.2, B2.1, B2.5, D1.1 · living and non-living things in nature, what a healthy environment needs, and how to reduce waste
Unit 7
Energy in Our Lives
Energy as the ability to move or change something, the Sun and food as sources of energy, everyday uses of electricity, and ways to use less.
Expectation: C1.1, C1.2, C2.1–C2.4, C2.6 · what energy is, the Sun and food as sources, everyday uses of energy, and using energy responsibly
Unit 8
Materials
Describing materials (hard, soft, see-through, waterproof) and choosing the best material for a job, like a raincoat or a window.
Expectation: D2.1, D2.3, D2.6 · the materials objects are made of and the properties that suit them for a job
Unit 9
Objects & Structures
Structures that hold up a load, what everyday objects are for, how fasteners join things, and where materials such as wood and wool come from.
Expectation: D1.2, D2.2, D2.4, D2.5, D2.7, D2.8 · the purpose of objects and structures, how they are built, fasteners, and where common materials come from
Unit 10
Sky & Seasons
Day and night, the sun, moon and stars (the moon reflects sunlight), and the order of the seasons.
Expectation: E2.1–E2.4 · Earth and the Sun, day and night, and the four seasons as a cycle
Unit 11
Day, Night & Seasons
Day and night and the four seasons as cycles, and how people dress, play and prepare while animals and plants change with the seasons.
Expectation: E1.1, E1.2, E2.2, E2.5, E2.6 · cycles, and how people and other living things respond to daily and seasonal changes
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