K-2 Labs Materials List: Grade 1

Note: The below list only includes items that may not be readily available in the classroom or school building. For a complete list of materials please see the Labs lessons. See also the list for Kindergarten and grade 2. 

Grade 1, Module 1

Materials

• Work station materials (modeling clay, common kitchen materials and safe cooking utensils, felt or magnet boards)
• Building blocks (one set of wood or linking blocks)
• White boards (several to share)
• White board markers (one per student)
• Dress-up Materials (assortment of regular items including fun pieces of fabric, dress shirts, ties, bags, glasses, costume jewelry, etc., plus a few specific items like lab coat and stethoscope, tool belt and hardhat, fire hat, police badges)
• Hand or Finger Puppets (several to share)
• Magnifying glass (one per student in the Create Lab)
• Craft sticks (five or six per student)
• Pipe cleaners (five or six per student)
• Funnel (one to share)
• Measuring cup (one to share)
• Stopwatch or timer (one to share)
• Tweezers (one to share)

Grade 1, Module 2

Materials

• Watercolor paints (one set per student)
• Watercolor paper (blank; one piece per student and one piece for teacher modeling)
• Paintbrushes (one for teacher modeling and one per student or a cup of paintbrushes per workstation)
• Flashlights (one per pair and one for teacher modeling)
• Metal book rings (one per student)

Grade 1, Module 3

Materials

• Soil (5-quart bag; one to share)
• Mixing bowl (5 quarts; one to share)
• Plastic container (5 quarts; one to share)
• Cylinder vases or graduated cylinders (two to share)
• Sunflower seeds in the shell (five seeds per student in one or two cups to share)
• Gummy worms (20 to share)
• Styrofoam cubes (various sizes ranging from 1-inch cube to 3-inch cubes; 20 to share)

Grade 1, Module 4

Materials

• Googly eyes (optional; variety of sizes in the Create Lab)
• Feathers (optional; variety of sizes in the Create Lab)
• Simulated eggs (small stones or other weights; variety per workstation)

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