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Science · Grade 1

Questions, Evidence and Tools

First graders plan a real investigation: which ball bounces highest? They learn which questions can be investigated, the steps of a fair investigation, the tools scientists use to measure and record, and how to answer a question with a claim backed by evidence from a data table.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 60 minutes
  • Questions and evidence check: 7 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Tell questions that can be investigated from ones that cannot, and put the steps of a fair investigation in order.
  • Choose tools to observe and measure (hand lens, cubes, thermometer, timer, balance) and read results recorded in a table.
  • Answer a question with a claim and evidence from data.

Lessons

  1. Questions we can investigate 5 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  2. Tools and tables 5 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  3. Evidence answers the question 6 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  4. Questions and evidence check 7 questions at the end

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