Little SCIENCE Thinkers UNIT 4: Plants {Kindergarten Science}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: Plants teaches your little learners all about plants. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Living and nonliving things

Parts of a plant

Plant needs

How plants make food

How plants reproduce

Life cycle of a plant

How plants adapt

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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

-A complete Teacher Guide

-8 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)

-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters

-Anchor Charts

-Investigations and Experiments

-Science Stations

-Whole group Activities

-Vocabulary Cards

-Craftivity

-Student Workbook

-Quick Checks

-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, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

**PLEASE NOTE** In order to teach this unit, you will need the following materials: seeds, soil, sand, small rocks, a small plant, vegetables for eating

OUTLINE OF UNIT 4:

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

*Please download the preview to see all that is included, including samples of everything!*

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OTHER LITTLE SCIENCE THINKERS UNITS:

UNIT 1: Our Senses

UNIT 2: Seasons & Weather

UNIT 3: Properties

UNIT 4: Plants

UNIT 5: Animals

UNIT 6: Force and Motion

MINI UNIT: Apple Science
MINI UNIT: Space

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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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