Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
1 People _________ 1 Girls and boys	-Diversity of physical characteristics: hair, eye and skin color -Body changes related to growth. -Ages and abilities. Individual interests. -How exercise affects our bodies. -Diversity of customs around the world.	-Child, children, dark, light, same, skinny, tall, hair color and types, eye colors. -Adult, baby, big, grow, hair, old, people, small, strong, young. -Chess, cycling, dancing, key, kite, painting, playing, cards, reading, soccer, swimming, video game. -Basketball, bow, cycling, gymnastics, tennis, ice skating, karate, rub, volleyball. -Greetings, Japanese.	-Observation and description of physical characteristics. -Comparison of the abilities and interests of people of different ages. -Classification of people by age and appearance.	8-15	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Verbs: To be, To change, To come, To do, To drink, To eat, To grow, To have, To like, To make, To play, To work.

Nouns: Body parts, Foods and Drinks, Meals, Clothes, Hobbies and Toys, Sports, People and professions.

Adjectives: Colors, Sizes, Temperature, Comparatives.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
2 Healthy food _________ 1 Girls and boys	-Properties of foods: color, flavor, and texture. The main meals. -Types of food. Food sources: plant or animal. Food preparation raw or cooked. -The main meals. Diversity of foods around the world.	-Breakfast, dinner, drink, eat , fruit, hard, healthy, hungry, lunch, salty, snack, soft , sweet, thirsty. -Bean, cereal, chickpea, cooked, fruit, legume, lentil, raw, vegetable, beef, chicken, fish, meat, pork, milk, -Bowl, chopsticks, fork, glass, knife, plate, spoon, -Italy, Japan, Mexico, U.S.A.,	-Observation of the physical properties of foods. -Classification of foods by source preparation. -Association of the main meals with the most appropriate types of food. -Ordering of the steps of a sequential process.	16-25	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
3 Staying healthy _________ 1 Girls and boys	-Exercise and rest. How sleep and rest affects health. -Good habits related to hygiene and health. -Health and care professionals -Wants needs and entertainers	- Exercise, fit, healthy, rest, sleep. -After, before, brush, faucet, hygienic, teeth, tooth, wash. Bandage, boy, bone, dentist, doctor, lotion, nurse, stethoscope, vaccine. Circus, doll, need, in-line, skates, want.	-Classification of activities as exercise or rest. -Recognition of the need for sleep and exercise. -Identification of healthy activities. -Classification of food as healthy or unhealthy.	26-35	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
4 Water _________ 2 The Sun and the Water	-Basic properties of water. Uses of water. -States of water: liquid, solid, gas. -Water in nature. -Properties and states of water.	-Clean, colorless, container, dirty, drink, shape, swim, tasteless, wash, water, wet. -Break, cold, dangerous, evaporate, freeze, hard, hot ice, liquid, solid, steam, useful. -Cloud, fountain, frozen, lake, ocean, rain, river, sky, snow. -Boat, bridge, canal, desert, gondola.	-Observation of the characteristics of water. -Prediction of easily ascertainable phenomena. -Solution of problems by observing a sequence	36-47	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Verbs: To become, To change, To clean, To drink, To give, To look, To pass, To protect, To wash.

Nouns: Water; Ice, Fountain, Lake, River, Sea, Steam, Water. The sky; Cloud, Day, Heat, Light, Moon, Night, Rain, Shade, Shadow, Snow, Star, Sun.

Adjectives: Colors; Cold, Hard, Hot, Opaque, Soft, Transparent.

Adverbs: Far, High, Left, Low, Near, Right.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
5 The sun and sky _________ 2 The Sun and the Water	-Shape and color of the sun. Effects of the sun: heat and light. Estimating the proximity of objects based on their apparent size. -Effects of the sun: heat and light. Shadows. -The sky at night. The moon and stars. Introduction to the phases of the moon. -The importance of the sun to life on earth	-Big, far, heat, light, near, shade, small, star, sun. -Flashlight, globe, large beach ball, -Color, farther, moon, nearer, round, shape, slice. -Animal, bottom, catch, deep, necessary, plant.	-Observation of the sky during the day and at night; description the celestial bodies. -Identification of certain weather phenomena. -Comparison and identification of shadows.	48-57	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
6 Light and color _________ 2 The Sun and the Water	-Human vision. Parts of the eye. -Natural and artificial light. -Opaque and transparent objects. -The formation of shadows. -Lights and colors. -Information provided by light and colors.	-Darkness, eyelash, eyelid, iris, light, long ago, match, pupil, shadow. -Blinds, opaque, shine, transparent. -Colors, mix, rainbow. -Emergency, free, guide, lighthouse, normal, occupied, off, on, port, provide, ripe, unripe.	-Observation and interpretation of pictures and photographs. -Identification of shadows on the basis of the position of the source of light. -Coloring pictures by following a model. -Interpretation of the colors of the traffic lights.	58-67	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
7 Livings things _________ 3 Nature	-Animal habitats. -Plant habitats. -How temperature and humidity determine the species found in habitats. -Nests, burrows, caves, and other animal homes. -Passive defense systems of animals: spines and shells.	-Centipede, forest, ground, habitat, hide, living, mountain, nonliving, river, rock, tree, worm; animals. -Cactus, cool, desert, dry, grow, hot, oak, palm, wet. -Bear, cave, fox, hole, home, nest, outside, porcupine, protect, shell, sleep, spine, turtle. -Bamboo, deer, eat, panda, squirrel	-Observation and analysis of natural environments. -Formation of hypothesis about which plants thrive in specific environments. -Comparison of animals homes.	68-79	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Verbs: To eat, To fly, To grow, To live, To make, To need, To protect, To run, To sleep, To swim, To walk.

Nouns: Animals; birds, dogs, fish. Animal body parts; feather, fur, hair, scale, shell, spine, tail. Seasons; spring, summer, autumn, winter. Plants and plant parts; bush, flower, grass, leaf, root, stem, tree. Places; air, ground, mountain, nest, ocean, water.

Prepositions: Above, in, inside, on, under, underneath.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
8 Animals _________ 3 Nature	-Anatomy and movement of dogs. -Anatomy and movement of birds. Anatomy and movement of fish. -Classification of animals by their physical characteristics.	-Bird, cat, cover, dog, fish, hair, horse, long, mammal, puppy, run, short, snake, walk. -Arm, beak, cow, eagle, feather, fly, frog, fur, kingfisher, parrot, swallow, toucan, turtle, wing. -Fin, gill, jellyfish, lizard, octopus, pig, scale, stork, swim. -Bee, dark, mouse, snail, wild boar. -	-Observation and analysis of animals. -Description of the visible features of animals. -Comparison of animals of the same group to define distinguishing features: size color. -Classification of animals according to their anatomy and movement.	80-89	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Science School Year 2005-2006 Grade 1st

Unit Blocks	Concepts	Vocabulary and language skills	Procedures	Pages	Materials
9 Plants _________ 3 Nature	-Parts of a plant: roots, stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit. -Tree, deciduous and evergreen trees. -Wild and garden plants -Uses of plants. -Types of plants: trees, bushes and grass.	-Flower, fruit, inside, leaf/leaves, narrow, outside, root, seed, stem, thick, thin, tomato, wheat, wide. -Chestnut, fir, hard, oak, spring, trunk, winter. -Countryside, dandelion, decorate, eat, garden, lettuce, medicinal, mint, potato, thyme. -Building, giant, soil, story, sunlight, tunnel.	-Observation and analysis of plants. -Recognition and comparison of the leaves of different trees. -Knowledge of plant needs: temperature, light, humidity.	90-100	Play dough, Flash cards, recorder, CD, Paper, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines, Markers and Colors.