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hands on!
By Bill

For the little ones you have to make things really hands-on, because they explore their world more through their senses than by reading. Your plan seems to ask the to read and synthesize, and very few of my 1st graders are
ready for that yet. As far as science skills go, 1st graders are still learning to observe and describe, so you might want to make a lesson plan that taps into that, such as helping them record their observations of an object with their five senses. Mabe have them work in pairs to describe a different fruit you give each pair, then they draw it and use vocab you've given them as a word

bank to describe the taste, appearance, texture (sweet, bitter, long, round, bumpy, smooth). You could try to have them put this on Powerpoint, but I think it's best to focus on the development of the science skill, not intrduce a whole other skill that they have to learn in order to use their sciene skill. (Did that last bit make sense? Maybe I just work in a very backwards district, but I'd bet theres not a single child in my whole elem. school who knows how to use Powepoint.)