NorthEast Washington ESD 101

Exploring Organisms (L)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

First graders start learning about basic needs for survival as they look at themselves, their parents, and bean plants. They see patterns in how offspring are similar to their parents. Students begin to learn about structure and function by focusing on insects. Finally, they design a solution to a real problem faced by human parents as they raise their offspring.

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Exploring Family Traits (L)

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

Students compare things that are the same and different among people in their family. Students follow how these things are passed down from one generation to the next.

Sky Watchers (E)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

By looking up and studying what they see, students build on their understanding of day and night, seasons, shadow and the moon's patterns. In an area often filled with misconceptions, students use their bodies to actively model these systems. In the final activity, they create models to teach a lesson on what we know about the sun, the moon or how both effect the earth.

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Discovering Constellations

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

Students embark on a celestial journey to learn about constellations and how to identify them in the night sky. Through engaging activities, students build constellation models, allowing them to showcase their  understanding of these captivating star formations.

Light and Sound Waves (P)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

First graders begin to learn about waves in the world by exploring the properties of light and sound. At the end of the unit, students are ready to engineer a communication device. They identify the transmitter, the receiver and the code in this transfer of energy - using either light or sound. Then they present it and describe ways to improve it. Engineering in action!

Exploring Light, Sound, and Reflection (P)

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

Students use mirrors to explore hidden aspects of their surroundings in the everyday environment. They also investigate the principles of light propagation through experiments involving mirrors and kaleidoscopes. Additionally, students delve into the relationship between tension and pitch in the context of sound and music.

Seeing Animal Sounds (Eng)

Curricula: Engineering is Elementary 

In Sounds Like Fun: Seeing Animal Sounds, students investigate the properties of sound and their many applications in engineering. The unit begins with the storybook Kwame's Sound, in which a boy named Kwame living in Ghana explores the field of Acoustical Engineering in order to communicate his drumming rhythms visually to his cousin Kofi. Over the course of the unit, students learn about the properties of sound and its many applications in fields from animal research to the design of musical instruments.

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