Kindergarten Readiness
In this 20-minute interview Linda Bevilacqua, President of the Core Knowledge Foundation, outlines indicators of kindergarten readiness and activities that you can do to help prepare your child for kindergarten. More…
Common Core State Standards
The Core Knowledge Foundation supports the common standards initiative. Voluntary standards are "a not-to-be-missed opportunity" for American education. —E. D. Hirsch, Jr. More…
Colorado Grade 1 Lesson Plans
Science
- Science Biography Scrapbook (2005)
- Exploring Our Solar System (2004)
- Our Solar System (2004)
- Exploring Electricity (2004)
- Exploring Habitats (2004)
- It’s All About Me! (2003)
- Our Systematic Body (2002)
- Introduction to Electricity (2002)
- Spinning into Space (2002)
- Under the Deep Blue Seas (2002)
- Germs and Preventing Illnesses: An Inner and Outer Experience (2001)
- Habitats of the World (2001)
- Understanding and Measuring Matter (2000)
- Water, Water Everywhere and Nary a Drop to Drink (2000)
- Journey Inside the Earth with Integrated Computer Activities (2000)
- Do You Have Rocks in Your Head? (1999)
- Animal Classifications and Food Chains (1999)
- Matter: Its States and Properties (1999)
Educational Excellence and Equity for All Children
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