Kindergarten NGSS Life + Earth Science STEM Curriculum + Engineering Challenges

Lesson 1: What do Plants Need to Survive

Addresses Kinder NGSS standard (K-LS1-1)

• Detailed Lesson plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary & Picture Support for your Word Wall
• What a Plant Needs to Survive Investigation Activity Instructions
• What a Plant Needs to Survive Student Booklet (2 versions included)
• Germinate a Bean Activity & Student Worksheet
• Suggested Read Aloud
• What do plants need to survive? Student Assessment
• What do plants need to survive? Student sheet with handwriting practice pages.
• A Flower is a Plant: A Book About Flowers and Their Needs Student Reader
• A Flower is a Plant Teacher Powerpoint that highlights the words as your class practices reading together.

Lesson 2: Patterns of What Plants, Animals & Humans Need to Survive

Addresses Kinder NGSS standard (K-LS1-1)

• Lesson plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary & Picture Support
• Plants, Animals & Human Needs Picture Sort
• What Living Things Need Interactive PowerPoint
• What Living Things Need to Survive Assessment
• Humans Are Living Things: A Book About Humans and Their Needs Student Reader
• Animals Are Living Things: A Book About Humans and Their Needs Student Reader

A HABITAT HAS A LIVING THING'S NEEDS LESSON

• Lesson plan & Focus Question
• Four Hands-on Activities
• Vocabulary & Picture Support
• What is a Habitat? Teacher PPT
• What is a Habitat Student Writing Sheet with Sentence Stems & Handwriting Practice
• Habitat Picture Match
• My Home Meets My Needs Student Drawing & Handwriting Practice Booklet
• Shared Writing Bulletin Board Sentence Strip Print Out

BUILD A HABITAT FOR HARRY ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE

(ELA INTEGRATION INCLUDED!!)

• Lesson plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary & Picture Support
• A Letter from Harry Printable
• Harry Needs A Home Challenge Instruction sheet
• Harry Needs a Home Student Reader
• Harry Needs a Home Teacher PowerPoint
• Harry Cut-Out
• Harry’s Habitat Design Planning Sheet
• Design Reflection Student Sheet
• Engineering Design Process Poster Print-Outs

Reduce Human Impact on the Environment "The Water Problem"

• Lesson Plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary 7 picture Support
• Drinkable Water Demonstration Instructions & Teacher Printables
• What Do We Use Water For? Student Reading & Handwriting Practice Printable Booklet
• How Do We Use Water Student Writing/Drawing Sheets
• Identify the water problem & draw a solution Student Pages
• Water Conservation Home Plan Lesson (Home Connections & Parent Letter included)
• Wasting Water vs. Conserving Water T-Chart Activity with Anchor Chart Print-Out images & Headers
• Printable Teacher Sentence Strips for Shared Writing Activity
• Focus Question Student Response Sheet + picture & writing support

Human Trash Is a Problem: Protecting Our Earth

• Lesson Plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary & Picture support
• Anchor Chart Pictures & Instructions
• Inquiry based activity to help students formulate the problem

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Compost: Protecting Our Earth

• Lesson Plan & Focus Question
• Vocabulary & Picture Support
• Interactive Read Aloud & Hands - On Anchor Chart Activity
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Anchor Chart Labels and Pictures
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Compost Student Version Sorting Sheet & Images
• Subtract that Trash! - A Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Game Integrating Math & Science

We Are Earth Helpers: Protecting Our Earth

• Lesson Plan & Focus Question
• Recycle That Trash Game
• Care for our Earth PowerPoint
• Earth Helper Checklist Printable
• I am an Earth Helper Writing Page
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sing Along & Printable