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Fit standards-based science instruction into your curriculum!

Help your grade 1 students develop a genuine understanding of standards-based scientific concepts and vocabulary using the 150 engaging activities in Daily Science! A variety of rich resources, including vocabulary practice, hands-on science activities, and comprehension tests in multiple choice format, help you successfully introduce students to earth, life, and physical science concepts.

30 weeks of instruction cover the following standards-based science topics:

Big Idea 1: Living things have basic needs that help them stay alive.
Week 1: Can a rock grow?
Week 2: Do monkeys really eat bananas?
Week 3: Do plants have mouths?
Week 4: Do fish drink water?
Week 5: Unit Review

Big Idea 2: Plants and animals live in many different places.
Week 1: Where do animals sleep?
Week 2: Why do camels have humps?
Week 3: Can a whale live in a lake?
Week 4: Why do trees have different kinds of leaves?
Week 5: Unit Review

Big Idea 3: The sun, moon, and stars are objects in our sky.
Week 1: What causes night and day?
Week 2: What do we see in the sky at night?
Week 3: Why do we need the sun?
Week 4: Can anything live on the moon?
Week 5: Unit Review

Big Idea 4: Different seasons have different weather.
Week 1: Why is it hot in the summer?
Week 2: Why does it snow in the winter?
Week 3: Why are there a lot of flowers in the spring?
Week 4: Why do some trees lose their leaves in the fall?
Week 5: Unit Review

Big Idea 5: Objects can be solid, liquid, or gas.
Week 1: Why can't we walk through walls?
Week 2: Why does water splash?
Week 3: Why do balloons float in the air?
Week 4: Why does ice melt?
Week 5: Unit Review

Big Idea 6: An object's motion can be changed by using force. Pushing and pulling are types of forces.
Week 1: Why do shopping carts have wheels?
Week 2: Why does a ball go far when I kick it hard?
Week 3: Why do cars have steering wheels?
Week 4: Why do things fall when you drop them?
Week 5: Unit Review

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Available titles: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6+

Help your students develop a genuine understanding of scientific concepts and vocabulary using 150 easy-to-integrate daily activities!

Why do camels have humps? How far up does the sky reach? Where do echoes come from? These are just some of the motivating questions your students will answer while they investigate the standards-based scientific concepts in Daily Science.

Thirty weeks of 10- to 15-minute daily lessons introduce grade 1–6+ students to life, earth, and physical science concepts and vocabulary. Your students will love the engaging activities that appeal to their natural curiosity, and you'll enjoy the variety of rich resources including vocabulary practice, hands-on science activities, comprehension tests in multiple-choice format, and more!

You'll love Daily Science because it:

• comes with 150 daily science lessons that easily integrate into any classroom. Finally, a resource to help you fit science instruction into your busy day! Short, yet comprehensive, 10- to 15-minute activities make it easy to cover important standards-based earth, life, and physical science concepts.
• taps into students' natural curiosity in order to promote genuine scientific inquiry and exploration. Do plants have mouths? Can a rock grow? Do fish drink water? These are just some of the engaging questions that motivate students as they explore larger scientific concepts about how the world works.
• presents students with the critical science vocabulary they need to understand scientific concepts now and in the future. The vocabulary introduced in Daily Science provides students with the foundation they need to understand grade-level science concepts. As students' understanding of science vocabulary grows, they'll build the background they need to successfully understand the more complex science concepts they'll encounter in the later grades.
• develops students' ability to think like a scientist. Engaging hands-on and "minds-on" activities help students build a deeper understanding of scientific concepts that goes past surface-level memorization of facts.
• provides easy-to-understand background information that helps you lead each lesson. Each unit features background information to help you easily and successfully guide students through the exploration of each science topic.
• is based on current research and best practices.
• is correlated to state standards.

Unit at a Glance
Each week of instruction is organized around an engaging question intended to capture the authentic "wonderings" that children have about the world. The questions are arranged into five-week units that center around one standards-based science concept or "Big Idea."

• Unit overview pages provide you with easy-to-understand information on each Big Idea, outline the national earth, physical, or life science standard covered in the unit, and summarize the content presented in each week's activities.
  
• Weekly overview pages present the focus of each week's lesson. A succinct instructional plan that includes helpful background information, ideas for activating students' prior knowledge, and discussion prompts helps you effectively implement each day's activities.
  
• The day 1-5 weekly activities focus around one fun, real-world question such as, "Why do camels have humps?" that ties into the unit's Big Idea. Questions and activities spark students' natural curiosity as they develop content vocabulary, critical thinking skills, and a solid comprehension of key ideas.
  
• Unit review pages include a comprehension test in multiple-choice format, vocabulary practice, a visual literacy activity, and a hands-on science experiment. Activities help students deepen their understanding of the unit's content and also provide a valuable tool for assessment.

Content Vocabulary Instruction in Daily Science

One of the principal features of Daily Science is direct instruction in science content vocabulary. The words taught in each unit provide the foundation students need in order to learn, read, and write about key grade-level science concepts.

Because science vocabulary is so closely tied to science content, students' knowledge of science concepts will grow as they grasp the meaning of topic-specific vocabulary. For example, when students learn words such as ray, refract, reflect, and prism, they will have the language they need to understand the ideas presented in a unit on light.

As a result, students who are exposed to science vocabulary early in their education are better prepared to understand science content and vocabulary in the later grades as the curriculum grows more complex.

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