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General Course Information and Notes
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This course offers students an opportunity to deepen science, mathematics, engineering, and technology skills. The primary content focus will be to expand knowledge of current grade level standards in mathematics and science by applying that content in a real world, hands-on situation involving engineering and technology. For first grade, themes will focus on the investigation of number sense, measurement, geometry, earth science, life science, and physical science concepts.
Students will participate in various hands-on STEM activities in this supplemental course to assist in the mastery of current grade level mathematics and science standards.
Instructional Practices
Teaching from a range of complex text is optimized when teachers in all subject areas implement the following strategies on a routine basis:
- Ensuring wide reading from complex text that varies in length.
- Making close reading and rereading of texts central to lessons.
- Emphasizing text-specific complex questions, and cognitively complex tasks, reinforce focus on the text and cultivate independence.
- Emphasizing students supporting answers based upon evidence from the text.
- Providing extensive research and writing opportunities (claims and evidence).
Science and Engineering Practices (NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education, 2010)
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering).
- Developing and using models.
- Planning and carrying out investigations.
- Analyzing and interpreting data.
- Using mathematics, information and computer technology, and computational thinking.
- Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering).
- Engaging in argument from evidence.
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
English Language Development (ELD) Standards Special Notes Section:
Teachers are required to provide listening, speaking, reading and writing instruction that allows English Language Learners (ELL) to communicate information, ideas and concepts for academic success in science and math. For the given level of English language proficiency and with visual, graphic, or interactive support, students will interact with grade level words, expressions, sentences and discourse to process or produce language necessary for academic success. The ELD standard should specify a relevant content area concept or topic of study chosen by curriculum developers and teachers which maximizes an ELL's need for communication and social skills. To access an ELL supporting document which delineates performance definitions and descriptors, please click on the following link: https://cpalmsmediaprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/docs/standards/eld/sc.pdf.
For additional information on the development and implementation of the ELD standards, please contact the Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition at sala@fldoe.org.
General Information
- Class Size Core Required
Educator Certifications
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Help Astronaut Archimedes teach the alien students to show numbers using place value and equations in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to order and compare numbers from least to greatest using number lines and place value with the students in Mr. Rivera’s class in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 3 of 3 in the tutorial series. Click below to open parts 1 and 3.
- Part 1: Number Lines
- Part 2: Using Number Lines or Order Numbers
- Part 3: Comparing Statements
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Help Amari, Sonia, and their friends compose and decompose 2-digit numbers in equivalent ways to compete in a base ten block building contest with this interactive tutorial.
This is part 3 of 3. Click below to view the other tutorials in this series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore ways to break apart 2-digit numbers into tens and ones to help Amari and Sonia build base ten block towers in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 of 3. Click below to view the other tutorials in this series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Help Amari and Sonia build base-ten block towers using their knowledge of 2-digit place value in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 of 3. Click below to view the other tutorials in this series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Use your imagination to experience what it may have been like to be a member of Ponce de Leon's crew as they arrived on the shores of Florida for the first time. Make observations and discover the origin of Florida's name in this video.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to order to compare numbers using >, <, and = symbols with Mr. Rivera’s class as they build and test racing cars in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 3 of 3 in the tutorial series. Click below to open parts 1 and 2.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to plot numbers on number lines using data from race cars in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 of 3 in a series of tutorials on plotting and comparing numbers. Click below to open the other tutorials in the series.
- Part 2 (Coming soon)
- Part 3 (Coming soon)
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Astronaut Archimedes launches into space to teach the outside world all about place value and expanded form in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Help Tallula record observations of moving objects at her local playground in this interactive science tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to differentiate between living and nonliving things and their characteristics in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Keep written and pictorial records of investigations in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about the offspring of plants and animals, make observations of physical features of parents and new babies, and identify variation between plants and animals at the CPALMS Zoo in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Make observations of the plants, animals and environment in the waters of Australia's Kangaroo Island.
This interactive tutorial is part 3 of 3. Click below to explore other habitats on Kangaroo Island.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Make observations of the plants, animals and overall environment in the woodlands of Australia's Kangaroo Island.
This interactive tutorial is part 1 of 3. Click below to explore other habitats on Kangaroo Island.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Make observations of the plants, animals and environment along the coastline of Australia's Kangaroo Island.
This interactive tutorial is part 1 of 3. Click below to explore other habitats on Kangaroo Island.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how germs that make people sick can spread and why doctors might ask you to learn from home even if you don’t feel sick with this interactive tutorial
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about magnification, how it works, and different types of magnifiers with this interactive tutorial!
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about the defining attributes of trapezoids in this interactive tutorial series about shapes.
Click below to learn about other shapes.
Note: This tutorial uses the definition of trapezoid that includes exactly one pair of parallel sides.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Help find clues to identify rectangles and squares and their defining attributes in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Make and test predictions to see if different items sink or float in water in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 4 in a four-part series about sorting.
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 2: Weight
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 3: Temperature
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 4: Sinking and Floating
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn the attributes, or characteristics, of a circle in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn all about temperature and use temperature to sort different types of food in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 3 in a four-part series about sorting.
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 2: Weight
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 3: Temperature
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 4: Sinking and Floating
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about weight and use weight to sort different types of sports balls.
This is Part 2 in a four-part series about sorting.
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 2: Weight
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 3: Temperature
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 4: Sinking and Floating
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Sort bugs and other critters by their different attributes, including size, shape, color, and texture, in this interactive tutorial.
This is Part 1 in a four-part series about sorting.
- Sorting Part 1: Size, Shape, Color, and Texture (see the tutorial below)
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 3: Temperature
- Click HERE to open Sorting Part 4: Sinking and Floating
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Look at the effect gravity has on objects as you complete this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Looks at the different ways things can move in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore stars in outer space (including our own Sun) in this interactive tutorial. You'll learn what they're made of, how many there are, and how magnifiers can help us see them.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about the defining attributes of hexagons in this interactive tutorial series about shapes.
Click below to learn about other shapes.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Look at a plant and what each part does as you complete this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about the defining attributes of triangles in this interactive tutorial series about shapes.
Click below to learn about other shapes.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to change the motion of an object by applying pushing and pulling forces using a variety of toys.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to organize data in three categories as well as represent and interpret the data in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore the zoo and learn how to order and compare objects by length and height in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Educational Software / Tool
A printable hundreds chart featuring a 10x10 table numbered 1 to 100. (found on Illuminations website under "Trading for Quarters")
Type: Educational Software / Tool
Problem-Solving Tasks
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to compose and decompose polygons to make rectangles. This is a challenging problem for first graders and it would be inappropriate to use it as an assessment.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to measure something that interests them (namely themselves) by laying multiple copies of a shorter object that represents the length unit end to end. This task provides students an opportunity to discuss the need to be careful when measuring as it is very likely that some of them will get incorrect comparisons of their leg length with their partner's leg length.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is to help students learn how to take measurements.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to compare numbers less than 100 to benchmark numbers. Even though a number line is not explicitly given in the task, it is useful for students to list the numbers in the order they would appear on the number line; this allows them to focus on the relative ordering without worrying about the exact placement on the number line.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to compose and decompose squares. This is a challenging problem for first graders and it would be inappropriate to use it as an assessment. However, if presented as a brainteaser it can be useful for giving the students practice in recognizing squares and stimulate interest as students compete to try to find the most squares.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Tutorials
In this tutorial, you will learn to see 25 as 2 tens and 5 ones.
Type: Tutorial
In this tutorial video from Khan Academy, explore place value relationships with tens and ones within 20.
Type: Tutorial
In this tutorial video from Khan Academy, place value patterns are explored in "teen" numbers.
Type: Tutorial
Video/Audio/Animations
Choose the correct amount of candy to package in the box. The truck will deliver the correctly filled packages.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
This video segment samples the diversity of feeding habits among some of the world's creatures. Different animals eat different things through different mechanisms.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
Virtual Manipulatives
Students use this interactive tool to explore the connections between data sets and their representations in charts and graphs. Enter data in a table (1 to 6 columns, unlimited rows), and preview or print bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and pictographs. Students can select which set(s) of data to display in each graph, and compare the effects of different representations of the same data. Instructions and exploration questions are provided using the expandable "+" signs above the tool.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
This virtual manipulative allows you to create, color, enlarge, shrink, rotate, reflect, slice, and glue geometric shapes, such as: squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
This virtual manipulative allows students to draw geometric shapes and then decompose and recompose them into other shapes, using slides, turns, and flips to cut and move pieces around.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
In this activity, students can create and view a histogram using existing data sets or original data entered. Students can adjust the interval size using a slider bar, and they can also adjust the other scales on the graph. This activity allows students to explore histograms as a way to represent data as well as the concepts of mean, standard deviation, and scale. This activity includes supplemental materials, including background information about the topics covered, a description of how to use the application, and exploration questions for use with the java applet.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
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