1st Grade Science Activities

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment Activities

Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…

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Literature

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Language Arts and Writing

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Make dinosaur bones or fossils with these clever ideas.

Making Fossils

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Science

Geology

Fossils

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on pet care.

Taking Care of My Pet

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Teaching Not Norman: A Goldfish Story

Books

Literature

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Plant Parts (Grades 1 & 2)

This printable science activity focuses on the four main parts of plants. Students will identify and label the parts of…

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Earth Science

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Create a class garden with this lesson plan. Your students will observe the growth of the plants after the garden has…

Class Garden

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Plant Life Cycles

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Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters

In this science lesson plan, elementary students will learn about dinosaurs that were meat eaters versus plant eaters,…

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Animals (Zoology)

Geology

Biology

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Favorite Summer Activities Slideshow (K-8)

View this collection of our favorite summer-themed activities, lessons, and printables. Click through the slideshow to…

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Science

Earth Science

Summer Season

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How Do People Use Plants?

Students cut out pictures of household items and classify them as things that come from plants and things that don't…

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Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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A resource for teaching STEM skills in the elementary classroom

4 STEM Activities for the Elementary Classroom E-Book

This e-book, created by TeacherVision Advisory Board Member Mikaela, features a collection of STEM challenges that can…

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Science

Mathematics

Science Projects

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on volcano words.

A Volcano Wordsearch

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Science

Earth Science

Volcanoes

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on loud and soft sounds.

Loud and Soft Sounds

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Science

Physics

Sound (Acoustics)

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Students will create wave bottles and observe the motion and patterns of waves. This lesson is a great supplement to…

Wave Bottle

Subjects

Science

Earth Science

Oceans (Oceanography)

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A Visit to Outer Space Writing Activity

Try a printable creative writing activity that focuses on fantasizing about life on other planets.

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Space and Astronomy

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on learning about dinosaurs.

Make a Dinosaur

Subjects:

Library Resources

Social Studies and History

Science

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REFERENCE

The Henry Books: A Teacher's Guide

Introduce students to the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau through the Henry Bear picture books and related…

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Literary Biographies

Nonfiction Literature

Literature

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Strengthen your students' visual skills with this farm animal matching activity. It's a fun early-learning printable…

Farm Animals Matching

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Teaching Otis by Loren Long

Animals (Zoology)

Books

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The students will go on an adventurous scavenger hunt to find and classify the selected objects.

Scavenger Hunt

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Language Arts and Writing

Biological Classification

Biology

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Children will use their senses to determine what secret object is hiding in a closed box.

Guess and Draw

Subjects:

Science

Human Body and Anatomy

Scientific Method

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The Water Cycle Printable Activity (Grades 1 & 2)

Try a printable science activity that focuses on the water cycle.

Subjects:

Earth Science

Science

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a demanding mouse and the child who…

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Literature

Fantasy Fiction

Social Studies and History

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on pollution facts and the ocean.

Ocean Pollution

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Science

Environmental Science

Pollution

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on manipulating magnets.

Magnetic Detective

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Science

Physics

Magnetism

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