Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer, from NGSS 1PS 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4.

Driving Question: How can I, as a 1st grade engineer, design a device to let people know I am safe, using light and sound?

A Google doc with 10 days of lessons. Student learning outcomes:

Students will create “sound makers” to detect different wavelengths and different sounds
Students will use a variety of materials to change the sounds produced by “earphones”
Students will use flashlights as a light source for pin hole evidence of illumination
Students will create a house with windows created from different materials to detect how light diffuses through materials
Students will create shadows
Students will create cup phones for talking over a distance
Students will create light signals that illuminate over a distance

1st Grade SEEd textbook for the 2022-2023 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. (Added: June 8, 2022)

1st Grade SEEd textbook for the 2020-2021 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. Written in Chinese. (Added: September 14, 2020)

1st Grade SEEd textbook for the 2020-2021 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. Written in French. (Added: September 14, 2020)

1st Grade SEEd textbook for the 2020-2021 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. Written in Portuguese. (Added: September 14, 2020)

A lesson plan that is about how old grass looks like new grass. (Going 3D with GRC)