EINSTEIN PROJECT CURRICULUM OPTIONS
First Grade
Tiny Flyers
life sciences
Anchoring Phenomenon
The ruby throated hummingbird travels a long distance to nest.
Driving Questions
How and why do hummingbirds migrate?
How does the hummingbird care for its babies once they are born?
Unit Description
__ Lessons | 28-30 Days of Instruction
This unit will be replacing Birds, Beaks, and Babies for the 2024-25 school year. Currently, we do not have any more information about the rewrite but will update as soon as possible.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.
Materials for 1 class | $250
Mastering mimicry
life sciences
Anchoring Phenomenon
When families go camping, they often use tents as shelter, but they can fall apart during bad weather or when animals strike in search of food. We can use inspiration from nature to design a better campsite.
Driving Questions
How can plant parts inspire human inventions?
How can we use biomimicry from plants to help protect a campsite?
Unit Description
7 Lessons | 33-34 Days of Instruction
In this unit, students are introduced to biomimicry, or using inspiration from nature to solve human problems. They make observations with hands-on plant investigations to identify parts of plants and their functions. They connect each plant part back to biomimicry, thinking about how they could be used as inspiration to help protect a campsite. They make comparisons between plant parts as a plant grows, and throughout seasons, to determine how plants change, and how young plants are alike, but not exactly like, their parents.
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Materials for 1 class | $250
Sun and Moon
earth and space systems
Design Challenge
How can we represent the sun, moon and stars on our birthday?
Anchoring Phenomenon
I could track when my birthday is happening even if I didn’t have a calendar.
Unit Description
8 Lessons | 21 Days of Instruction
In this unit, students learn about cycles and make observations to find out more about how the sky appears to change. Students will learn the basis for understanding both our place in the universe and time.
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Materials for 1 class | $250
putting on a show with light and sound
physical science
Design Challenge
How can we communicate through musical instruments and shadow puppet shows?
Anchoring Phenomenon
We can see and hear the story of the Three Little Pigs in a movie.
Unit Description
13 Lessons | 23 Days of Instruction
In this unit, the design challenge tasks students to communicate with sound and light by creating a shadow puppet show with musical accompaniment. In order to do this, students must first learn how sounds are created, what causes differences in sound, and how humans are able to hear and interpret sound. Students also must learn how objects can be seen, and how light can be manipulated to create shadows of various shapes and sizes.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.