1st Grade
5-19-20
Mystery Science Lesson: “What if there were no windows?”
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In this Mystery, students consider materials from the perspective of how much light they let through. In the activity, Paper Stained Glass, they use these materials to create a work of art.
Parents: If you don’t have any tissue paper at home don’t worry about completing the Work of Art Activity for now. Instead, have your child focus on the “Everyday See-Through Materials” Activity listed below.
Everyday See-Through Materials Activity:
What places can we find where see-through materials let light through? Here are some examples:
- Eyeglasses, binoculars, and telescopes all have clear lenses.
- Light bulbs, headlights on cars, flashlights, traffic lights, and lanterns all have clear covers over something that’s making light.
- Bottles and jars are often see through.
- Water is clear. (If it wasn’t, how would fish see?)
- Jello is see through, just for fun.
What other examples can you find?
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MAY 11, 2020
1st Grade Assignment from the Science Lab:
Mystery Science Lesson: “Where do Sounds Come from?”
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https://mysteryscience.com/light/mystery-2/sounds-vibrations/144?code=NTE2MjI3MA&t=student
In this Read-Along Mystery, Lin explores the sounds made by different kinds of instruments, and discovers what happens when vibrations start—and when they stop. The Mystery includes a short exercise where students experiment with a piece of paper to make the connection between vibrations and sound.
Activity: Make a Head Harp!
Students make a simple musical instrument using only their heads and string.
In this activity, you can actually hear how a string’s frequency of vibration depends on its tension and length. When you pull the string tighter, you increase the tension in the string, so the pitch of the sound you hear increases.
Please click on the link below for instructions on making a “Head Harp.”
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/head-harp
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MAY 4, 2020
1st Grade Assignment from the Science Lab:
Mystery Science Lesson: “How do they make silly sounds in cartoons?”
In this Mystery, students investigate vibrations as a source of sound effects for movies. In the activity, Be a Sound Effects Artist, students use their hands and feet to create a "rainstorm," and then use rulers to create a “boing” sound for a cartoon bouncy ball.
Please click on the link below:
https://mysteryscience.com/light/mystery-1/sounds-vibrations/105?code=NTE2MjI3MA&t=student
PLEASE NOTE:
If you do not have a ruler or a "bouncy ball" at home to go along with this activity please use other materials you already have at home that create a vibration/sound. Use you creativity!
EXTENDED ACTIVITY:
Have fun with your children and put their listening skills to the test! Put different items in container/boxes or other storage type of items that you cannot see through. Students: shake and try to guess what is inside the item by hearing closely.
For example, If you still have plastic easter eggs you can put things such as pennies or rice inside and see if your children can determine the items that create those specific sounds.
APRIL 22, 2020
Earth Day Activity (Earth Day 2020)
APRIL 13, 2020
1st grade assignment from the Science Lab:
Draw what the MOON looks like every night to identify patterns.
You can use the “phases of the moon” sheet to have students shade in the shape of the moon they observed on that night. There are enough spaces for students to observe and draw for at least 8 different nights.
Have them draw the shape, write the time, and the date. Help them figure out the moon phase on specific nights by referencing the vocabulary cards included! Please click on the 4 documents attached below! You can continue to make these observations past 8 nights on a different piece of paper or a journal if you'd like. **Keep in mind that it takes approx. 29.5 days for the moon to go from "new moon" to "full moon."
How many moon phases did you observe? Which ones? When?
Parents: you can keep this activity simple just having your child make observations of the moon nightly and draw the shape they see on a piece of paper. Make sure you ask them questions such as why the moon changes shape?
