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Grade 1 Physical Science Activities and Resources

Linked to Grade 1 Arkansas Science Frameworks

(VIDEO resources are provided by United Streaming through the "Arkansas Ideas" web site.  The service is free for teachers in Arkansas but registration is required to create a user name and password.)

FRAMEWORK Lesson/Activity Web Resources Questions

MC = Multiple Choice
OR = Open Response

PS.5.1.1

Compare and contrast objects according to the single properties of

  • size
  • color
  • shape
  • texture
  • magnetism

 

Characteristics of Materials - BBC

Grouping & Changing Materials - BBC

Magnets - UT

Magnets & Springs - BBC

What is volume? - NASA (Click on "Activities")

Why Do Magnets Work? - NASA

Discovery School

Elementary Science - Internet 4 Classrooms

What is Attracted To Magnets

 

PS.5.1.2

Identify characteristics of solids and liquids

 

Matter - UT

States of Matter - UT

What are the three states of matter? NASA (Click on "Activities")

Three States of Matter - NASA  

PS.6.1.1

List orally the various ways that objects can move, including but not limited to

·         straight

·         zig-zag

·         back and forth

·         round and round

·         fast and slow

 

 

Push/Pull - UT Learning Science

Physical Science Resources - Flinn

 

 

PS.6.1.2

Investigate the relationship between mass and weight (e.g., identical filled and empty containers)

 

 

 

     

PS.7.1.1

Compare natural sources of light (e.g., sun, fireflies, deep sea creatures, fire, lightning) to artificial sources of light (e.g., light bulbs, matches, candles)

 

Heat/Light - UT

Safety Rules of Electricity - UT

 
"Primarily Physics" - AIMS - ISBN 1-881431-46-0  

PS.7.1.2

Investigate the properties of transparent and opaque objects (e.g., plastic wrap and aluminum foil)

 

     

PS.7.1.3

Compare natural sources of heat (e.g., sun, fire, lightning) to artificial sources of heat (e.g., stove, toaster

 

Heat & Light - UT

Heat Transfer - UT

   

PS.7.1.4

Chart temperature over time using the Celsius scale

 

 

Heat Energy - UT 

Keeping Warm - BBC

GO Temp Activities

 

 

PS.7.1.5

Demonstrate methods of producing static electricity (e.g., balloons, shuffling across carpet)

 

wind

 

Static Electricity - UT

What is Static Electricity? - NASA (Click on "Activities")

   

PS.7.1.6

Classify materials as magnetic or nonmagnetic

 

Magnets - UT 

Why do Magnets Work? - NASA (Click on "Activities")

What is Attracted To Magnets  

PS.7.1.7

Investigate the properties of magnets:

  • attraction
  • repulsion

 

Magnets - UT 

Why do Magnets Work? - NASA (Click on "Activities")

What is Attracted To Magnets

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