Science Launch Grade 1
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions, and grown-up debrief notes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grade 1
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Science Launch Grade 1 is a 12-week online science course. Each week explores one question with short daily lessons, a hands-on investigation using household materials, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a debrief note for the grown-up.
Kids will
- Build observation habits: describe what you see, measure when you can
- Frame a question as a hypothesis (introductory)
- Run a controlled experiment safely at home
- Record results in a science notebook
- Connect each week's experiment to a real-world phenomenon
- Present a finding to a parent in 60 seconds
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Feel the Sound
Sound can make things shake
NGSS 1-PS4-1
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Week 2
Make It Buzz
Vibrating things make sound
NGSS 1-PS4-1
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Week 3
Light Helps Us See
No light, no seeing
NGSS 1-PS4-2
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Week 4
Clear, Cloudy, Blocked
What can light pass through?
NGSS 1-PS4-3
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Week 5
Bounce the Light
Mirrors change where light goes
NGSS 1-PS4-3
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Week 6
Send a Signal
Talk far away with light and sound
NGSS 1-PS4-4
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Week 7
Plant Parts at Work
Roots, stems and leaves
NGSS 1-LS1-1
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Week 8
Animal Parts at Work
Beaks, feet, shells and quills
NGSS 1-LS1-1
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Week 9
Copy Nature
Solve problems like plants and animals do
NGSS 1-LS1-1
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Week 10
Parents and Young
Alike, different, and cared for
NGSS 1-LS3-1
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Week 11
Sky Patterns
Sun, Moon and stars repeat
NGSS 1-ESS1-1
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Week 12
Long Days, Short Days
Daylight changes through the year
NGSS 1-ESS1-2
Standards practiced. NGSS: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-2, 1-LS1-1, 1-LS3-1, 1-LS1-2, 1-ESS1-1, 1-ESS1-2. Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
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Try Week 1 today.
Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.