First Grade Space Unit on Sun Moon & Stars Aligned With Next Gen Science

Description

This 2 week first grade space unit is aligned with the NGSS or Next Gen Science Standards for 1st grade on the sun, moon, and stars. It is a mini-unit with science and literacy activities to help students understand the big idea, “We can observe patterns in the sky.”

NEXT GEN STANDARDS ADDRESSED IN THIS FIRST GRADE SPACE UNIT
Sun Moon and Stars: 1-ESS1-1, 1-ESS1-2

INCLUDED IN THIS FIRST GRADE SPACE UNIT

• 2 weeks of first grade science lessons on the sun, moon and stars
• Unit outline with big idea and essential questions
• How to use this resource and anchor charts
• Detailed daily lesson plans
• 16 word wall vocab cards and definitions (use for find your partner)
• 6 Anchor Chart templates in color and black and white for: sun, moon, stars, stars can-have-are, things I do in the day, things I do at night
• science lab: will my shadow change during the day?
• phases of the moon: interactive powerpoint for sequencing, color sequencing cards, and a matching blackline master
• Constellation stories PDF Slideshow on 5 famous constellations: leo, draco, pegasus, cancer, ursa major (full color and black and white version)
• Constellation STEM Challenge printable
• 3 writing prompts: what I do during the day, what I do at night, informative writing on stars
• Sun Moon and Stars venn diagram: interactive powerpoint slide and matching blackline master
• Space unit crossword and word find puzzles
• Answer Keys where needed

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Last year was our Science Curriculum review so we needed to find more activities to meet NGSS standards. These lessons and activities are perfect. Teacher directions are clear and easy to use. There are a variety of worksheets, posters, and hands-on activities for students to explore. No more hunting down activities to fill in for missing standards!” ~Rebecca

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was a lifesaver when teaching science! Thank you so much for the well organized and well thought out lessons and activities!” ~Andrea

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “We needed so much help with addressing NGSS on our grade level. The incredible mount of resources included in this really helped us with planning and teaching the science concepts. The students enjoyed the lessons and fun activities included!” ~Cherie

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Purchase the Next Gen Science Units for First Grade to get 4 science units aligned with the first grade Next Generation Science Units.

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→ 2nd Grade Science Units Bundle
→ 6 week weather unit
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