Change Over Time
Students will research the life cycle of a butterfly and a frog. The students will act as a scientist as they observe and record the life cycle of the butterfly and the frog by recording their findings into their journals. At the end of their investigations the students will be able to choose which animal’s life cycle that they would like to present their findings for by using a poster, diorama, or a brochure.
1st grade – Change over time – Butterfly Project #1 Project Calendar
Find Me a Home
Students will combine their knowledge of living things and life cycles to plan (drawings), develop and help to create an outdoor habitat to attract native butterfly species to our school.
Find Me a Home – Project Design Overview and Student Learning Guide
Find Me a Home – Project Calendar
Take Cover!
Students will combine their knowledge of severe weather and safety to create simple project where they are required to research a type of Michigan severe weather and create poster to share with the kindergarten class.
Take Cover! – Project Design Overview and Student Learning Guide
Living and Non-Living
Students will learn the difference between living and nonliving things. The students will discover what living things need for survival.
Living and Non-Living PBL Unit
Magnets
Students will discover items that are magnetic and those items that are not magnetic. The students will design a magnet for their refrigerator
Sink and Float
Sink or Float – Project Design Overview and Student Learning Guide
Sink or Float – Project Calendar
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