This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 Labs for grade 1.

Note that many of the items on this list (e.g., cardboard, feathers) may already be available in a school building, and also are easy to purchase at local crafts or hobby stores.

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)
• Whiteboard (several to share)
• Dry erase 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 for teacher modeling and one per student)
• Paintbrushes (one for teacher modeling and one per student or a cup of paintbrushes per workstation)
• Flashlights (one for teacher modeling and one per pair)
• Metal book rings (one per student)

Grade 1, Module 3

Materials

• Soil (approximately 5 quarts)
• 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 per student)
• Gummy worms (twenty to share)
• Styrofoam cubes (various sizes ranging from 1” cube to 3” cubes; twenty to share)

Grade 1, Module 4

Materials

• Googly eyes
• Assorted feathers
• Simulated eggs (small stones or other weights)
• Set of bird nest materials, e.g., sticks, twigs, grass, leaves, strips of yarn and ribbon, pipe cleaners, cotton balls, small pieces of wire