MCPS 1st Grade

 
 

Living Things 
In this fun-filled workshop, students will explore how different kinds of animals survive. Kids will observe worms and learn about how they take nutrients into their bodies. Everyone will look at teeth from various animals and try their hand at collecting food the way baleen and toothed whales do. Each child will even get to make their own cast of an animal tooth to take home.

 

Moving Motion
Learn all about the forces behind motion! Students will perform a series of experiments to learn more about friction, inertia, and other forces that affect the way things move. Kids will even get to race our crash test dummies to see the power of inertia. Throughout the class all the kids will add to their very own take home inertia kit to continue experimenting at home.

 

Magnetic Explorations
Explore the invisible world of magnetic fields! Students in this class will experiment with a variety of magnets to discover what objects are attracted by them. Everyone will get to see how the magnetic field changes depending on the type of magnet and even make their own magnetic field detector to take home.