Science Investigations for Fahrenheit Friday! 

Who doesn't LOVE science? My first graders get so excited when I tell them... "Guess what? Today you get to be scientists!" They would cheer and applaud! They would know that they would get to wear their lab coats and get to do a fun hands on experiment or investigation. I do my experiments on Friday and I call it My Fahrenheit Friday. If you haven't had a lot of experience with experiments (try saying that 10 times fast) then I'd like to share with you some experiments and investigations that I've done with my first graders. I like to teach in themes, so these experiments fall under a big umbrella unit. Before each experiment or investigation, I always start off with a mentor text to get the students "hooked" into the science skill or activity. Here are some of the science books that I like to read to my students: 

Science Read Alouds

I guess you can see that I LOVE Gail Gibbons! I just think her science books are amazing and they are so easy for the students to understand. And... she makes learning so much fun! These books are a perfect segue to our experiments and investigations. 

Some of these you'll see templates for the students to cut out and glue into their science notebook, and some you'll see a lesson plan template. Each of these experiments you can find in my Thematic Units on my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Are you ready to be a scientist? 


Beginning of Year:

Flower Experiment: 

5 Senses Investigation using Popcorn: 

 Fingerprint Investigation: 

Weather: 
Tornado in a Jar: 

Cloud in a Cup: 

Properties of Apples
Apple Investigation:

Maps and Columbus
Sink and Float Experiment: 

Magnets: 

Corn Investigation: 

Feather Investigation: 

Evergreen Investigation: 

Arctic and Winter
Ice Experiment: 

Blubber Experiment: 

Objects in the Sky

Shadow Investigation: 

Rainbow Experiment:

Constellation Investigation: 

                                              

Phases of the Moon Investigation: 

Texas
Oil Experiment: 

Rain forests
Terrarium Investigation:

Plants
Tree Investigation: Deciduous and Evergreen

Sunflower Investigation:
Seed Houses

Rocks and Soil
Volcano Experiment: 

Oceans and Sea Life
Whale Investigation:

Shark Investigation: 

Shell Investigation: 

I hope you have gotten excited about science! 
If you are interested in seeing more of my experiments and investigations, click on my thematic units below on TPT:


Texas Our Texas: Thematic Unit

Rainforest Research: Thematic Unit

Ocean Commotion: Thematic Unit

Rockin' Inside the Earth: Rocks and Soil Thematic Unit

How Cold Can You Go? Arctic Thematic Unit

How Does Your Garden Grow? Plant Thematic Unit

It's Raining Cats and Dogs: Weather Thematic Unit

All About Me: A Back to School Thematic Unit

1492: Maps and Columbus Thematic Unit

What's Buggin' You? An Insect Thematic Unit

Apples Are A "Peeling": Thematic Unit

Love,
Kara