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Sun, Moon & Earth Teaching Unit (1st Grade)
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Sun Moon Earth Complete Science Unit - 1st Grade.pdf
This morning I posted about how last semester I started on my educational teaching degree (a lifelong dream) last semester before learning of my pregnancy. Since I saved all of my assignments from my classes, I thought I’d like to share them instead of letting them sit on my virtual computer bookshelf gathering byte dust!
(Earlier, I posted a 30 book science bibliography.)
Another project I did for science class is a complete unit on Earth Science - Sun, Moon, & Earth (a 1st grade standard here in South Carolina). The unit is 39 pages, very, very detailed, and includes daily layouts for 13 lessons, 2 complete ADEPT style lesson plans (lesson 1 and lesson 9), vocabulary list, traditional & authentic assessment tests / keys, rubrics, unit activities, learning center ideas, theme decorations, tips for teaching special-needs learners (blind, deaf, kinethetic, etc) and much more. The only thing that I do not have included in the file below is the color pages and artwork I had printed out to hand in with my unit.
The unit covers subjects of science, math, language arts, art media, PE, social studies, and technology.
Because the unit is personalized for the time period I wrote it in and for our state, you’ll need to change a few of the details (such as the standard / indicators, field trips, etc.).
My science teacher for this class was, in my opinion, the best teacher I’d ever had - period. If I would have had her during high school science I probably would have went on to be a chemistry major (FYI - I hated science in HS). With over 30 years of teaching under her belt, she believed very much in hands-on learning and scientific exploration, and I learned so much through her! Because she was my favorite teacher I wanted to do her “justice” and show how much I learned from her - which is why I have such a thorough unit. My end grade was a “perfect score” plus 10 extra bonus points for “going above and beyond in excellence”. Plus, I had a blast doing it!
The unit is designed with classroom management and public school teaching in mind - but it can definately be incorporated into a homeschool setting. It’s also designed to be completed in 13 lessons. This can mean 2 1/2 weeks if you do a lesson each day or, if science only falls 2-3 times per week the unit will last a month or two.
The file is in PDF form - feel free to print it out, modify it, or whatever you want to do with it. (Well, anything except turning it in to your own college science class as your own project). :)
Let me know if you have any questions or would like it in Word format (for editing). 
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