New York

Waves: Light and Sound

• 1-PS4-1 Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.

• 1-PS4-2 Make observations (firsthand or from media) to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.

  • More light or less light (1-F.1)

• 1-PS4-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.

  • Investigate shadows (1-F.)
  • Which lets light go through? (1-F.2)

• 1-PS4-4 Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.

  • How do we use light and sound to communicate? (1-F.3)

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

• 1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

  • Identify what plant parts do (K-H.3)
  • Identify plant parts (1-I.2)

• 1-LS1-2 Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

• 1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents.

  • Match animals to their parents (1-H.2)
  • Match plants to their parents (1-I.4)

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles

• 1-ESS1-1 Use observations of the Sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

• 1-ESS1-2 Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.