Science Homeschool Curriculum Skills List | Secular First Grade

Science concepts create the themes for some of the units within First Grade Complete. The activities and experiments teach the grade-level skills in a fun and engaging way.

• Learn about major body parts.
  • skeleton
  • muscles
  • heart
  • lungs
  • brain
  • stomach
• Discover how sound travels.
• Understand that sound is made with vibrations.
• Identify and describe sounds.
• Learn how the eardrum works.
• Learn about simple machines.
  • lever
  • inclined planes
• Understand the basic concepts of force and motion.
• Begin to develop an understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion.
• Understand what a seed needs to grow.
• Recognize plant parts, and learn about their uses.
• Understand how to take care of plants.
• Recognize the characteristics and habitats of various types of animals and insects.
• Learn about the hibernation of animals.
• Understand that the world is special, and we should take care of it.
• Explore the world through observation and experimentation.
• Make predictions and draw conclusions based on patterns or evidence.
• Describe the weather.
• Learn about the changes in seasons and weather.
• Understand the characteristics of different types of storms.
• Learn about water vapor, rain, and floods.
• Observe physical properties of rocks, sand, soil, and water.
• Understand the three forms of water: solid, liquid, and gas.
• Recognize the parts of our solar system.
• Make a model of the solar system.
• Develop an understanding of basic safety procedures.
  • neighborhood
  • home
  • sun and water
  • fire
• Compare the density of fresh water and salt water.
• Learn about spiders.
• Draw a label a diagram of a spider.
• Learn about types of energy.
• State whether an energy source is natural or man-made.
• Learn about potential and kinetic energy.
• Model a wind turbine.