Applied Science
FIRST GRADE
8 week unit

1. Students should know how to use a magnifying lens.
2. Student's observational skills should increase.
3. Students should have acquired the ability to measure.
4. Students should have an increased awareness of their senses.
5. Students should recognize the word "physics".
6. Students should distinguish between reflection and refraction of light.
7. Students should explain how some objects move.
8. Students should understand simple machines.
9. Students should be able to identify different simple machines.
10. Students should understand the consequences of garbage.

WEEK 1.
PRE: Discovering the importance of observation.
LAB: Comparing different magnifiers.
POST: Observing through a hand lens.
WEEK 2.
PRE: Measuring objects.
LAB: Weighing and measuring students.
POST: Investigating the use of a balance.
WEEK 3.
PRE: Investigating human senses.
LAB: Discovering the sense of sight and touch.
POST: Exploring the senses of taste, smell and hearing.

PHYSICS

WEEK 4.
PRE: Discovering how light moves.
LAB: Distinguishing refraction and reflection.
POST: Comparing different type of equipment that uses lenses.
WEEK 5.
PRE: Exploring motion.
LAB: Investigating how objects move.
POST: Comparing the human body to a machine.

WEEK 6.
PRE: Exploring how machines work.
LAB: Comparing simple machines in the kitchen.
POST: Investigating how simple machines are used in our society.
WEEK 7.
PRE: Exploring pulleys, wedges and levers.
LAB: Comparing and contrasting different tools.
POST: Exploring inventions.

WEEK 8.
PRE: Discovering the major types of garbage.
LAB: Collecting and measuring trash.
POST: Exploring how humans affect their environment.