Light or Sound Sort
1st grade light and sound sort: write Light, Sound, or Both under six pictures, then draw one thing at home that makes light and one that makes sound.
1st Grade Light and Sound Worksheets
NGSS 1-PS4: planning and conducting investigations into what happens when objects made of different materials are placed in a beam of light.
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Light and Sound worksheets to download
Seeing in the Dark
Seeing in the Dark: 13 questions on a dark room, a flashlight, six objects that do or do not make light, and Sam's toy bear in a closet. Answer key included.
Light Through Materials Sort
Sort 12 materials, from wax paper to a brick wall, into transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective. A 1st grade light worksheet with answer key.
Sound and Vibration Investigation
1st grade sound and vibration notes: rubber band, ruler, rice on a drum, and a kazoo, with a seven-word bank and answer key for NGSS 1-PS4-1.
Communicating Over a Distance Matching
Match five problems to a lighthouse, bell, flashlight, siren, and drum, sort them by light or sound, then design a playground signal. For 1st grade.
Light and Sound KWL Chart
Light and sound KWL chart for 1st grade: What I KNOW and What I WANT to know before the unit, What I LEARNED at the end. Covers NGSS 1-PS4-1 to 1-PS4-4.
Curriculum objectives covered
1-PS4-2
“Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.”
1-PS4-3
“Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.”
1-PS4-1
“Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.”
1-PS4-4
“Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.*”
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