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Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to different materials.
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Colours by
Explore the magic of colors, making them change as you turn the transparent pages.
Students learn that changes in their environment occur in a regular pattern known as the seasons. ...students are guided to discover that there are larger patterns of change that affect the life habits of many living things.
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Leaves by
It's a young bear's first autumn, and the falling leaves surprise him. He tries to put them back on the trees, but it doesn't work. Eventually, he gets sleepy, and burrows into the fallen leaves for a long nap. When he wakes up, it's spring'and there are suddenly brand-new leaves all around, welcoming him. Graceful illustrations and a childlike main character offer the perfect way to talk to children about the wonder of the changing seasons.
Seasons and Weather/Las Estaciones y el Tiempo by
Simple text and illustrations teach readers common weather and seasonal words in both English and Spanish.
Construct objects and models of objects, using a variety of different materials.
Identify the purpose of different components in a personally constructed object or model, and identify corresponding components in a related object or model.
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123 I Can Build! by
This book in the Starting Art series provides an introduction to all the materials kids need to start building. They'll learn simple architectural techniques such as joining, roofing and folding, in addition to concepts such as foundation, structure and function. Projects include a breezy birdhouse, a mushroom mansion, a perfect palace and a fabulous funhouse. Budding builders will proudly say, "I can build!"
A Year at a Construction Site by
Describes how a school is built over twelve months and gives a bird's eye view of the whole process in eight scenes.
Students develop an awareness of their own senses and how they are used.
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My Senses Help Me by
Young readers are introduced to the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Each spread in this fun book features one sense. An activity asks children to guess which foods on the page would taste sweet, sour, salty, or spicy.
Wow! by
In this seventh title in the Mysterious You series, readers can get a grasp on the secrets of perception and discover what the five senses are, how we use and depend on them, what happens to our senses as we age, the five senses in other species and more.
Students learn about living things and what they need to live and grow ...developing skills for describing and classifying what they see. ... how living things survive, what they need and how their needs are met. Students also learn about their own responsibility in caring for living things.
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Try this art idea from the New York Zoos and Aquarium:
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Find other authorized resources by using the Alberta Education Authorized Resource Database.
For some great resources on all elementary science topics check these titles:
SAM, Science Assessment Manual by
For grades 1-6.
Science Units For Elementary Teachers (series) - (a.k.a. "brown books") by 
Let's do science by
For Grades 1-6. Guides designed to help elementary teachers plan, implement and evaluate hands-on science programs. Guides direct teachers to available resources and provide comprehensive, easy-to-use tables that show specific learner expectation in the Program of Studies.
