First Grade STEM Challenges and Activities
These challenges are designed specifically for first grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science and engineering standards!
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Description
These challenges are designed specifically for first grade students and align with crosscutting NGSS science and engineering standards!
Six challenges are provided, two for each of the major science content areas: Waves: Light and Sound, Structure, Function, and Information Processing, and Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles.
Pages 5-9: Musical Instrument
Pages 10-14: Communication Code
Pages 15-19: Super Animal
Pages 20-24: Tree-mendous Roots
Pages 25-29: Shadow Clock
Pages 30-34: Earth and Sun
Each challenge in this package contains the following items:
- Challenge Description, Aligned NGSS Standards, Suggested Materials, and Detailed Lesson Plans
- Photos of possible student products
- Teacher Chart to guide whole class discussion for use on a document camera or interactive whiteboard
- Student booklet to record prior knowledge, questions, materials, blueprints, and reflections
