Grade 1 Lesson plan
Where Does the Puddle at Whistling Pines Go? A Grade 1 Lesson
A grade 1 science lesson in three short visits: students pour a puddle on sunny blacktop, trace it in chalk, and measure it shrinking in craft-stick units.
Water Science · Grade 1
These materials teach earth science, chemistry, biology, and physics through water systems, from the water cycle to treatment chemistry.
24 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 1 Reading passage
The Muddy Ditch Behind Corbridge School: A Grade 1 Read-Aloud
A read-aloud about what roots do: Room 1 learns why a dug-up hill sends mud downstream, spreads straw and grass seed on it, and compares two jars.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
The Runoff Road Stations at Hartsedge School: A Grade 1 Activity
Four tilted trays stand in for four school surfaces; groups pour the same rain down each one and watch the cup at the bottom show what the water carried off.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Skinny Pipe or Wide Pipe on Ironhill Lane: A Grade 1 Worksheet
Room 5 poured water through a skinny straw and a wide straw for the same count, then used the cup totals to explain why pipe width changes the flow.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Two Cups and a Tube at Jessamine Court: A Grade 1 Activity
Pairs pour colored water into a U-shaped tube, raise one end, and build a model showing why the town keeps its water tank up high above the school.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Melting Milburn School's Snow Cups: A Grade 1 Water Cycle Lesson
Students pack snow to a marked line in a clear cup, let it melt, and measure with cubes how far the line drops to find the water stored in the snow.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
The Dried Drop Test at Mottlebeck Creek: A Grade 1 Lesson
Two jars look identically clear, so the class dries one drop from each on dark paper and reads what is left behind as evidence about what the water holds.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Dry Pot or Damp Pot at Norbrook School: A Grade 1 Lesson
Students spoon water into a dry pot and a damp pot, counting spoons until the first drip, to find out why the garden club's daily watering runs to waste.
Grade 1 Writing prompt
A Second Rain Barrel at Quarrendon School: A Grade 1 Prompt
Room 4's five-day barrel record shows the water rising only on rainy days; students use it to argue for or against a second barrel by the cafeteria.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Three Rain Containers at Quillspur School: A Grade 1 Worksheet
A wide pan, a narrow jar, and a cup sat out in the same rain; students read the cube depths and work out why the widest one did not fill deepest.
Grade 1 Worksheet
One Downspout for Twelve Roof Squares at Wrentham School
Students count the squares on two school roofs, work out the cups each downspout delivers, and explain why gentle rain pours hard out of one pipe.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Closing One Valve on the Cloverdike School Line
A 45-minute grade 1 lesson where students run a two-branch bottle model with clothespin valves, then solve within-20 problems about who loses water during a repair.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Gravel Strip or Plant Strip at Marlberry Lane School
A grade 1 station activity where groups pour rain over a bare tray, a gravel strip, and a plant strip, then count spoonfuls of runoff to compare the two strips.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Drops on the Cold Jar at Pipersfield School
A grade 1 activity in which teams check three sealed jars at the hour and half hour, write each time, and find out why only the ice-water jar turns wet outside.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Telling a Leak from a Spill at Ryeholt School
A grade 1 science worksheet on four wet spots at a fictional school, where students sort leaks from spills and plan one check for the next day.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Clean Creek Patrol at Larkspur Creek: A Grade 1 Activity
A grade 1 activity where two teams collect litter near a model creek, count what they gathered, and add their totals together.
Grade 1 Reading passage
Every Drop Counts at Chickadee Lane School: A Read-Aloud
A grade 1 read-aloud passage where a student notices a dripping fountain and helps get it fixed, followed by comprehension and opinion questions.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Follow the Pipe to Tanager Elementary's Fountain: A Worksheet
A grade 1 worksheet where students trace water's path from tower to fountain, tally a classroom drink-source survey, and solve simple counting word problems.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Keep Copper Creek Clean: A Grade 1 Litter Sort Worksheet
A grade 1 worksheet where students sort natural items from litter found near a creek, count each group, and solve addition and subtraction problems.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Pipe Path Relay at Briarwood Elementary: A Grade 1 Activity
A grade 1 movement activity where students act out water's path from tower to pipe to fountain, then write two facts about that path.
Grade 1 Math problem set
Quail Ridge's Rainy Week: A Grade 1 Measuring Problem Set
A grade 1 math problem set where students add and compare a week of rain-gauge readings measured in same-size cubes, a non-standard unit.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Storm Drain or Soak In? A Grade 1 Sorting Relay Activity
A grade 1 movement activity where students sort eight rain scenarios into a storm drain, the ground, or a rain barrel, then tally and compare the results.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Testing Two Rain Catchers at Marigold Lane: A Grade 1 Lesson
A 40-minute grade 1 engineering lesson where students test a funnel-shaped and a flat rain catcher, then compare how much water each one collects.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Pinewood's Weather Watchers: A Grade 1 Water Cycle Tally Activity
A grade 1 activity where Weather Watcher pairs tally sunny, cloudy, and rainy days over two weeks and use the count to question a slow-draining puddle by the door.