Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative

Flower Forth

Science–Form 1 (1a, 1b, 1c)

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Current for 2026–27

Elementary Science at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, The Good and The Beautiful, Sonlight Curriculum, Elemental Science, and living books. The hands-on, discovery-based curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Students will use scientific practices in collaborative groups to implement simple experimental investigations as well as communicate valid conclusions through both speaking and writing/drawing.

Concepts covered follow a three-year thematic cycle:

  • Cycle Year 1 (2026–2027): The solar system, animals, and plants
  • Cycle Year 2 (2027–2028): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
  • Cycle Year 3 (2028–2029): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears)

Materials:

Parents provide the following supplies for all students:

  • One divider section in a 3-ring binder or pocket folder
  • Sharpened pencils and erasers in a pencil pouch
  • Colored pencils or crayons
  • Safety scissors

For students in the Science 1a (Kindergarten & 1st-grade) class, parents should purchase the following two activity books:

For students in the Science 1b (2nd-grade) class or the Science 1c (3rd-grade) class, parents should purchase the following two journals:

For Students in the “Science Form 1” (mixed-ages) class, parents may choose to purchase either the activity books for the Science 1a class or the journals for the Science 1b and 1c classes. The K–2 activity books are recommended for younger students who are not yet reading independently, and the Grade 3–6 journals are recommended for older Form 1 students in the class.