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)