Engage your Grade 1 child in fun hands-on projects that develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science.

Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes:

Science Story: Introduces each science concept
Practice Activities: Support children's understanding
STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve
STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem
STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity

First grade STEM skills include:

Connect words and pictures
Fine motor skills
Letter formation
Visual discrimination
Word meaning
Sequencing
Inference
Comprehension

First grade activities incorporate scientific concepts such as:
Physical science

Solids, Liquids, Gas
Parts Work Together
Making Sound

Life science

Living Things Have Parts
What Do Animals Eat?
Animals and Their Babies

Earth science

The Moon
Bodies of Water
Recording Weather

The STEM challenges and activities encourage your child to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems. Parents act as facilitators, guiding their children through the problem-solving process.
Each unit includes stories and practice pages that help children understand science concepts and provide a foundation for completing each STEM challenge. A STEM journal activity helps guide children through the engineering design process: plan, create, test, and record.

Includes answer key.

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