1st Grade General Science - NGSS by Stacey

Living vs. Non-Living Things

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

A great video that explains, using simple 1st grade relatable examples, how living things grow, eat, and reproduce, while non-living things do not.

Living or Non-living?

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

An interactive sorting activity where students will be asked to classify items as living or non-living.

Nature Walk

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

An activity where students go on a nature walk and classify objects as living or nonliving.

Dress for the Weather

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

An Interactive game where students choose appropriate clothing for animals for each season based on temperature and weather clues. Super Fun! Note: Not always accurate.

Seasons Game

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

A simple,1st grade interactive explaining how weather changes in different seasons and how living things adapt.

Seasons – Paint & Make

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

A fun game-like activity where kids paint and build animated scenes for spring, summer, autumn, and winter including animals, seasonal activities, and weather elements like rain or snow.

Winter – Paint & Make: Dress for Winter

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

A winter specific activity where students can “dress” winter scenes with scarves, hats, mittens, snow fun elements, helping to reinforce the idea that appropriate gear matters in winter.

Moon During the Day

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

Cute little video of why we can see the moon in the daytime

Seasonal Light

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

Assessment for how seasons make light change

Sky Patterns: Sun, Moon, and Stars

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:01:42 UTC

An Interactive animated storybook where students observe and predict how the Sun, Moon, and stars move over a day.

Phases of the moon: Part 1

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An interactive lesson where students use models to explore why the Moon has phases.

Observing Shadows on Earth

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:46:37 UTC

An Interactive model showing how shadows change length and direction as Earth rotates.

How can we be prepared for the weather?

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 19:59:28 UTC

A phenomenon-based K-2 unit where students collect and use simple weather data (like temperature, cloud cover, rain) to ask questions and think about preparing for different weather conditions

Sound Cups

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 20:17:57 UTC

A game where students shake cups to match sound pairs using their sense of hearing

Five Senses Song

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 20:18:57 UTC

A cute Generation Genious video about the 5 senses that help living things survive

How Does Light Help Me See Things and Communicate with Others?

4kids2mutts — 2025-08-13 20:20:25 UTC

Unit materials for how light helps to see things as well as communicate