Spectra Science — Grade 1
beginnerFour units for first graders. The Human Body: bones, muscles, digestion, the heart and blood, the brain, and how the body fights germs. Astronomy: the sun, the Earth, the moon, the stars and the planets, and the first trips into space. The History of the Earth: Children discover our planet's layers, rocks, volcanoes, fossils, and the world of dinosaurs. Animals and Habitats: explores different homes of plants and animals around the world, how they survive, and how people protect them. Every page is read aloud and asks ten questions.
- Subject
- Spectra Science
- Minimum age
- 6+
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 36 lessons
What the student will learn
- Describe the skeletal framework that supports the human body
- Explain how muscles work together to create physical movement
- Outline the process of chewing and digesting different foods
- List five key habits needed to maintain good physical health
- Explain why we have day and night, and why the moon seems to change shape
- Name the planets and tell how people first travelled into space
- Describe Earth's layers, rocks, fossils, and features of dinosaurs.
- Identify different habitats and describe how living things survive there.
There are no separate quizzes. Every lesson page asks its own questions and posts a score, and the next page opens when that score is 90% or better. Retakes are unlimited.