Little Kindergarten SCIENCE Thinkers {YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM}

Little SCIENCE Thinkers  is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced with and written using the main topics of state Kindergarten Science Standards and many NGSS. Click here for the TEKS alignment.  

This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 6 full unit plans.

The units included are:

-----UNIT 1: Our Senses-----

Lesson 1: WHAT IS SCIENCE?

Lesson 2: WHAT DO SCIENTISTS DO?

Lesson 3: OUR SENSE OF HEARING

Lesson 4: OUR SENSE OF SMELL

Lesson 5: OUR SENSE OF TOUCH

Lesson 6: OUR SENSE OF TASTE

Lesson 7: OUR SENSE OF SIGHT

Lesson 8: USING OUR SENSES (SCIENCE STATIONS)

Lesson 9: SENSES CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 10: REVIEWING OUR SENSES

Lesson 11: UNIT ASSESSMENT

-----UNIT 2: Seasons and Weather-----

Lesson 1: WHAT IS WEATHER?

Lesson 2: TYPES OF WEATHER

Lesson 3: THE SUN

Lesson 4: THE SUN AND SHADE – NGSS EXPERIMENT

Lesson 5: OBSERVING WEATHER

Lesson 6: HOW WEATHER AFFECTS US

Lesson 7: SEVERE WEATHER & SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY

Lesson 8: THE SEASONS

Lesson 9: THE SEASONS CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 10: SEASONS & WEATHER SCIENCE STATIONS (2 DAYS)

Lesson 11: REVIEWING SEASONS AND WEATHER

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

-----UNIT 3: Properties-----

Lesson 1: MAKING OBSERVATIONS

Lesson 2: SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES

Lesson 3: OBSERVING COLOR

Lesson 4: OBSERVING AND MEASURING SIZE

Lesson 5: OBSERVING AND MEASURING WEIGHT

Lesson 6: OBSERVING SHAPE

Lesson 7: OBSERVING TEXTURE

Lesson 8: OBSERVING AND MEASURING TEMPERATURE

Lesson 9: SCIENCE STATIONS

Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS (DAY 2)

Lesson 11: EXPERIMENT

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT AND CRAFTIVITY (2 days)

-----UNIT 4: Plants-----

Lesson 1: LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS

Lesson 2: PARTS OF A PLANT

Lesson 3: EXPERIMENT - HOW PLANTS ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT

Lesson 4: PLANT NEEDS

Lesson 5: HOW PLANTS MAKE FOOD

Lesson 6: HOW PLANTS REPRODUCE

Lesson 7: LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT

Lesson 8: PLANT TYPES

Lesson 9: PLANTS ADAPT

Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS

Lesson 11: EXPERIMENT AND REVIEW

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

-----UNIT 5: Animals-----

Lesson 1: ANIMALS ARE LIVING THINGS

EXPERIMENT – ANIMALS GROW AND CHANGE

Lesson 2: ANIMAL GROUPS

Lesson 3: REPTILES

Lesson 4: BIRDS

Lesson 5: FISH

Lesson 6: AMPHIBIANS

Lesson 7: MAMMALS

Lesson 8: INVERTEBRATES

Lesson 9: ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES (INCLUDING METAMORPHOSES)

Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS

Lesson 11: REVIEW AND EXPERIMENT CONCLUSION

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

-----UNIT 6: Force and Motion-----

Lesson 1: HOW THINGS MOVE

Lesson 2: PUSHES AND PULLS

Lesson 3: FORCE AND DIRECTION

Lesson 4: INVESTIGATION

Lesson 5: GRAVITY

Lesson 6: RAMP EXPERIMENT

Lesson 7: SIMPLE MACHINES

Lesson 8: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS

Lesson 9: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS

Lesson 10: USING MAGNETS TO MOVE

Lesson 11: REVIEW AND CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

OTHER LITTLE SCIENCE THINKERS UNITS *NOT* INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:

Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {MINI UNIT} Apples

Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {MINI UNIT} Space *NEW*

-----------------WHAT’S INCLUDED IN EACH UNIT?--------------------

-A complete Teacher Guide

-Printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step, SCRIPTED Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans per unit )

-Essential Question and Learning Target posters

-Science Investigations and Hands-On Experiments

-Science Stations

-Anchor Charts

-Whole group Games and Activities

-Craftivities

-Student Workbook that follows each lesson

-Quick Check for every lesson

-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring

-Parent Letter

-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets and workbook pages are included in the powerpoint to help you save paper)

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Each unit in this curriculum contains a PowerPoint that guides each lesson and contains the learning targets, read aloud books, some activities, and student workbook pages. You can upload the PowerPoint to your Google Drive, open it in Google Slides, and save as a Google Slide document. (Please note, slides will not contain movable pieces.)

I also have a tutorial for using resources with the Seesaw app. You can find that HERE.

-----------------BUYING FOR A TEAM?---------------------

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at karen@mrsjonessclass.com .

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers is an original teaching curriculum created and copyrighted by Karen Jones.