Free Christian Curriculum Kindergarten through twelfth grade · free to download

Grade 1 · 9 units · 108 lessons · 1,080 questions

Science

A survey year touching life, earth, physical, and space science plus the body, chemistry, physics, and stewardship.

About this course

First grade takes a wide sweep rather than a deep dig. Your student works through living and non-living things, plant parts and germination, farm and wild animals and insects; then land and water, rocks and soil, the water cycle, weather and seasons; then matter as solids, liquids, and gases, and how it changes; then the sun, moon, stars, the eight planets, the Milky Way, comets, and meteors; then bones, muscles, heart, lungs, brain, senses, digestion, and skin; then a plain-language chemistry unit on materials, dissolving, and how cooking changes food; then a physics unit on motion, speed, force, gravity, friction, levers, wheels, inclined planes, magnets, and basic electricity; and finally a stewardship unit on clean air and water, forests, pollution, and reducing, reusing, and recycling.

The course is 108 lessons in 9 units of 12. The ninth unit returns to the life science material from the first and covers it again lesson for lesson, so the last stretch of the year is review. Each lesson is written for about 25 minutes and is built to be read aloud: the text speaks directly to you with lines like "Say to your student" and "Ask your student," followed by a short read-aloud explanation, a King James verse tied to the topic, a hands-on activity, and a drawing to finish. Every lesson closes with a ten-question multiple-choice quiz that the site grades on its own.

Materials are listed as pencil, paper, and crayons, and the activities stay inside that budget. A bean seed sprouts against the side of a zip-lock bag taped to a window, a celery stalk sits in colored water so the stem shows its work, a ruler balanced on a pencil becomes a lever with a book for a load. Nothing needs to be purchased. The reading is done by you, so your student needs no reading fluency coming in, only the ability to sit and talk through a question. Real terms are introduced without apology (germination, photosynthesis, fulcrum, matter), each one defined the moment it appears.

What the course covers

What your student will be able to do

Scope and sequence

All 9 units of Science for Grade 1, in the order they are taught.

UnitCoversLessonsQuestions
Unit 1Life Science12120Lessons
Unit 2Earth Science12120Lessons
Unit 3Physical Science12120Lessons
Unit 4Space and Astronomy12120Lessons
Unit 5Human Body12120Lessons
Unit 6Chemistry Basics12120Lessons
Unit 7Physics Basics12120Lessons
Unit 8Environmental Stewardship12120Lessons
Unit 9Life Science12120Lessons

Every lesson, by title

All 108 lesson titles are listed here — nothing is withheld until you download. Open a unit to read its contents.

Unit 1: Life Science 12 lessons
  1. 1What Makes Something Alive?10 q
  2. 2Life Science - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Life Science - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Life Science - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Life Science - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Life Science - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Life Science - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Life Science - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Life Science - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Life Science - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Life Science - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Life Science - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 2: Earth Science 12 lessons
  1. 1Earth Science - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Earth Science - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Earth Science - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Earth Science - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Earth Science - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Earth Science - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Earth Science - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Earth Science - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Earth Science - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Earth Science - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Earth Science - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Earth Science - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 3: Physical Science 12 lessons
  1. 1Physical Science - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Physical Science - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Physical Science - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Physical Science - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Physical Science - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Physical Science - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Physical Science - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Physical Science - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Physical Science - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Physical Science - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Physical Science - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Physical Science - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 4: Space and Astronomy 12 lessons
  1. 1Space and Astronomy - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Space and Astronomy - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Space and Astronomy - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Space and Astronomy - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Space and Astronomy - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Space and Astronomy - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Space and Astronomy - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Space and Astronomy - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Space and Astronomy - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Space and Astronomy - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Space and Astronomy - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Space and Astronomy - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 5: Human Body 12 lessons
  1. 1Human Body - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Human Body - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Human Body - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Human Body - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Human Body - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Human Body - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Human Body - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Human Body - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Human Body - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Human Body - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Human Body - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Human Body - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 6: Chemistry Basics 12 lessons
  1. 1Chemistry Basics - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Chemistry Basics - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Chemistry Basics - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Chemistry Basics - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Chemistry Basics - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Chemistry Basics - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Chemistry Basics - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Chemistry Basics - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Chemistry Basics - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Chemistry Basics - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Chemistry Basics - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Chemistry Basics - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 7: Physics Basics 12 lessons
  1. 1Physics Basics - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Physics Basics - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Physics Basics - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Physics Basics - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Physics Basics - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Physics Basics - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Physics Basics - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Physics Basics - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Physics Basics - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Physics Basics - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Physics Basics - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Physics Basics - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 8: Environmental Stewardship 12 lessons
  1. 1Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Environmental Stewardship - Lesson 1210 q
Unit 9: Life Science 12 lessons
  1. 1Life Science - Lesson 110 q
  2. 2Life Science - Lesson 210 q
  3. 3Life Science - Lesson 310 q
  4. 4Life Science - Lesson 410 q
  5. 5Life Science - Lesson 510 q
  6. 6Life Science - Lesson 610 q
  7. 7Life Science - Lesson 710 q
  8. 8Life Science - Lesson 810 q
  9. 9Life Science - Lesson 910 q
  10. 10Life Science - Lesson 1010 q
  11. 11Life Science - Lesson 1110 q
  12. 12Life Science - Lesson 1210 q

One whole lesson, exactly as it comes

This is a real lesson taken from the middle of the course — the teaching text, the practice, the homework, and the first three quiz questions with their answers. It is not a marketing excerpt.

Unit 5: Human Body · Lesson 7

Human Body - Lesson 7

25 minutesPencilPaperCrayons

What this lesson is for

  • The student will explore and observe Human Body - Lesson 7
  • The student will describe what they learned about God's creation

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Psalm 19:1

Eyes and Seeing — Windows to God's World

Say to your child: "Look around the room. Notice the colors, shapes, shadows, and movements. Your eyes are taking in all of that information right now and sending it to your brain! Your eyes are tiny — about the size of a marble — but they are incredibly complex and perfectly designed."

Our Bible verse is Proverbs 20:12 — "The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them." God made your eyes. They are His gift to you!

Say to your child: "Light enters your eye through a small opening called the pupil — the dark circle in the center of your eye. A clear lens focuses the light onto the back of your eye, called the retina. Millions of tiny cells in the retina detect the light and color and send signals to your brain. Your brain then puts all the signals together into the pictures you see!"

Ask your child: "What is the dark circle in the center of your eye called?" (The pupil!) "Who made our eyes?" (God did!)

Say to your child: "Have you noticed your pupil can change size? In a dark room, your pupil gets large to let in as much light as possible. In bright sunlight, it gets very small to protect your eye. Your eye adjusts automatically — you do not have to think about it at all!"

Hands-on activity: Stand in a dim room for one minute, then quickly look in a mirror. Notice the size of your pupils. Then turn on the lights and watch them shrink! Try looking at something far away and then something very close — feel your eyes shift focus. God designed this automatic adjustment to happen thousands of times a day.

Key idea: Your eyes are a miraculous gift from God — precisely engineered to show you His beautiful world in color and detail.

Homework

Draw a picture of what you learned about Human body - lesson 7.

Note for the parent

This lesson on Human Body - Lesson 7 should take about 25 minutes. Stay nearby to help with reading and questions. Praise effort and progress.

The first three of this lesson's 10 questions

Proverbs 20:12 says 'The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.' Which sense are eyes used for?

  1. Hearing
  2. Smell
  3. Sight (seeing)
  4. Touch
Show the answer

Answer: Sight (seeing)

The colored ring in your eye that controls how much light enters is called the:

  1. Pupil
  2. Retina
  3. Iris
  4. Cornea
Show the answer

Answer: Iris

The black dot in the center of your eye that lets light in is called the:

  1. Iris
  2. Pupil
  3. Retina
  4. Lens
Show the answer

Answer: Pupil

Another 7 questions follow in the lesson itself, each one graded the moment it is answered.

What comes with the download

108 full lessons

Across 9 units, each with objectives, a teaching passage written to be read aloud, guided practice, and homework.

1,080 quiz questions

Graded the instant they are answered, each with the explanation of why that answer is right.

A gradebook that works

Every score kept, a running average maintained, and a breakdown unit by unit — all in the file itself, nothing sent anywhere.

Progress and attendance

Tick lessons off as they are finished, watch the completion bar fill, and mark days present, absent, or excused.

Report card and certificate

Both printable, with your student's name, the grades, and the dates already filled in.

Backup you control

Export every record to a file you keep, and read it back later. A lost browser cache cannot take the year with it.

An answer key

Hidden from the student by default, there for the parent marking the work.

Nothing that phones home

No ads, no affiliate links, no analytics, no fonts fetched from elsewhere. Unplug the network cable and every one of these files still works.

What you will need

Drawn from the materials named across all 108 lessons of this course. Most families already own most of it.

Download Science — Grade 1

Free, and free of everything else. 19 files, 11.7 MB in total. No account, no email address, no payment. What you download carries no advertising, no affiliate links and no tracking of any kind.

Use it on a screen

Open any of these straight from a folder or a USB stick. They run in the browser with the network cable unplugged, and nothing is ever sent anywhere.

HTMLInteractive ClassroomThe whole course as a working school: quizzes that grade themselves, a gradebook with a running average, a progress bar, attendance, a printable report card, and a certificate of completion.grade-1-science-classroom.html 1.7 MBHTMLFlashcard AppEvery quiz question turned into a self-testing card, with shuffle and review-the-missed-ones.grade-1-science-flashcards-app.html 475 KBHTMLRead-Aloud EditionLarge type, one lesson per screen, laid out for a parent reading aloud to a younger student.grade-1-science-readaloud.html 466 KBHTMLLesson PlannerThe course spread across teaching days, with a box to tick as each lesson is finished.grade-1-science-planner.html 60 KB

Print it

Page-numbered and laid out for paper. Print the whole year at once, or one unit the night before you teach it.

PDFPrintable LessonsEvery lesson, in teaching order, formatted for reading and printing.grade-1-science-print.pdf 1.5 MBPDFFillable WorkbookType answers on screen and save, or print blank pages to write on by hand.grade-1-science-workbook.pdf 811 KBPDFAnswer KeyEvery question answered, for the parent or teacher marking the work.grade-1-science-answer-key.pdf 194 KBPDFCopywork PagesHandwriting practice drawn from this course's own Scripture and sentences.grade-1-science-copywork.pdf 69 KBPDFPrintable FlashcardsCut-apart cards with fronts and backs aligned for double-sided printing.grade-1-science-flashcards-print.pdf 3.2 MBPDFPrintable PlannerThe day-by-day plan on paper, for a binder or the refrigerator door.grade-1-science-planner.pdf 127 KB

Edit it, or read it your own way

The same course in open, ordinary file formats. Rewrite a lesson, drop a unit you do not need, or load it on an e-reader.

DOCXMicrosoft WordFully editable. Change wording, add your own notes, delete what does not fit your family.grade-1-science.docx 205 KBRTFWord ProcessorOpens in Word, LibreOffice, Pages, or Google Docs.grade-1-science.rtf 1.2 MBEPUBE-Reader EditionFor a Kindle, Kobo, tablet, or phone reading app.grade-1-science.epub 179 KBMDMarkdownPlain-text source with the headings intact, for note-taking apps and static site tools.grade-1-science.md 565 KBTXTPlain TextThe whole course as unformatted text — the most portable copy there is.grade-1-science.txt 558 KBCSVFlashcards (CSV)Import into Anki, Quizlet, or a spreadsheet.grade-1-science-flashcards.csv 116 KBTSVFlashcards (TSV)Tab-separated, for importers that prefer it that way.grade-1-science-flashcards.tsv 112 KBHTMLCopywork (HTML)The copywork sheets as a browser page you can print from.grade-1-science-copywork.html 5 KBHTMLFlashcards (HTML)The cut-apart cards as a browser page you can print from.grade-1-science-flashcards-print.html 317 KB

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