Science Information Bulletin for the Elementary Level: Grade 1

Grade 1

Core Unit: Animals

unit 2: "Animals and What They Need"

story: "How Turtle Flew South for the Winter" activities: "Winter is Coming" "Caring for Animals: Inside and Outside"
activities: "Winter is Coming" "Caring for Animals: Inside and Outside": "Winter is Coming"; "Caring for Animals: Inside and Outside"

"What's Wild?" "Colour Crazy" "Wildlife is Everywhere" "Everyone Needs a Home" "What Bear Goes Where?" "First Impressions"
"Colour Crazy" "Wildlife is Everywhere" "Everyone Needs a Home" "What Bear Goes Where?" "First Impressions"
"Wildlife is Everywhere" "Everyone Needs a Home" "What Bear Goes Where?" "First Impressions"
"Everyone Needs a Home" "What Bear Goes Where?" "First Impressions"
"What Bear Goes Where?" "First Impressions"
"First Impressions"

activities 3, 12, 13, 15

chapter 3: "Many Kinds of Animals" chapter 5: "Living and Not Living"
chapter 5: "Living and Not Living"

Insects and Other Crawlers

Core Unit: Earth

unit 6: "Our Home, the Earth" unit 7: "Investigating Air and Water"
unit 7: "Investigating Air and Water"

story: "Gluscabi and the Wind Eagle" activity: "Catch the Wind"
activity: "Catch the Wind"

"Playing Lightly on the Earth"

activities 16, 17

activities 4, 5

chapter 7: "Our Earth"

Rocks, Sand, and Soil

Aerial maps, made from satellite images, are available for your locale at a small cost from:
Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation
Map and Aerial Photograph Distribution Center
2045 Broad Street
Regina, SK

S4P 3V7

A kit containing a representative sampling of the rocks of Saskatchewan may be obtained from Saskatchewan Energy and Mines. For availability and price contact:

Publications Branch
Saskatchewan Energy, Mines, and Resources
1914 Hamilton Street
Regina, SK
S4P 4V4

Core Unit: Motion

unit 5: "Things on the Move"

activities 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

chapter 6: "Moving Things"

Constructions

Core Unit: Plants

unit 1: "Plants and What They Need"

story: "Manabozho and the Maple Trees" activity: "Brother Soil, Sister Tree"
activity: "Brother Soil, Sister Tree"

chapter 2: "Many Kinds of Plants"

Core Unit: Senses

unit 3: "Your Senses"

"Learning to Look: Looking to See"

chapter 1: "Learning About Our World"

Light, Color, and Shadows

Optional Unit: Classifying Matter

Journeys in Science 1
unit 4: "Where Things Belong"

Silver Burdett and Ginn Science 1
chapter 4: "Using Colors, Shapes, and Sizes"

Windows on Science
Light, Color, and Shadows

Optional Unit: The Sky

Keepers of the Earth
story:
"How the Fisher Went to Skyland: The Origin of the Big Dipper"
activities:
"Creating Constellations"
"Stargazing"