Science was the last subject area I taught during our day in the classroom. After a morning of literacy, lunch, recess and math, it was finally time to teach some science lesson plans. Honestly, I was usually exhausted by the time science rolled around. Overwhelmed with Science Setting out a ton of materials and making

Save *BIG* when you purchase the KinderScience®Bundled Units! KinderScience® Unit One: Earth Science Thanks so much for viewing my KinderScience® Unit Two: Earth Science. KinderScience® Curriculum is an engaging science curriculum with young learners in mind! KinderScience® is standards-based and encourages young learners to think “outside the box” and prove their thinking through hands-on and engaging learning experiences. What Units Are Included in KinderScience®? KinderScience® is based upon five units; Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, Space and Simple Machines, and Five Senses. Each is broken down to 10 lessons and each lesson can take from 1-2 days to complete. Each unit covers at least two weeks of instruction. The lesson plan has the standards covered, materials list, lesson vocabulary, detailed activity lesson plans, and all necessary student follow-up practice sheets. KinderScience encourages a daily routine, but please know that as the teacher you can adjust the lessons and make them best work for your daily schedule and time allotment. Each lesson the students will partake in a quick lesson opener, skill lesson, and each day the students will take part in an experiment or experiment follow-up. Please note that all student follow-up practice sheets can be shrunk and placed into a student science journal. You can also choose to have students track their daily science activities in their journal with or without the included response sheets. * KinderScience units include differentiated assessments + assessment trackers * What is included in Unit Two of KinderScience? - 2 weeks of explicit teacher lesson plans - 2 written texts for the units (you can print and bind or display on interactive whiteboard) - 10 independent practice sheets - "real life" discussion picture cards - vocabulary cards What lessons are included? Lesson 1: Natural and Man-made Resources Lesson 2: Uses of Land Lesson 3: Water Cycle Lesson 4: Water Cycle Contd. Lesson 5: Caring for Earth Lesson 6: Summer Lesson 7: Fall Lesson 8: Winter Lesson 9: Spring Lesson 10: Storms What About Standards? The units are based upon commonly used state science standards as well as the Next Generation Science Standards! Below are the NGSS standards! Unit 2: K-ESS3-3. Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. * * Be sure to view the preview for a look at the lesson plan set up! I already own KinderStem...do I need this? Well, of course that is totally up to you! In my KinderCurriculum map I have mapped out a combination use of KinderScience, KinderStem, and KinderHealth *COMING SOON* for the school year! You can check out the KinderCurriculum map HERE! Teach first grade? FirstieScience BUNDLED Units! Visit my blog Little Minds at Work Follow me on Facebook

Introduce or review the life cycle of the adorable axolotl with this fun, foldout activity. This science PDF resource contains options for differentiation, as well as other printable worksheets to support learning about axolotls. Use for a lesson on amphibians, endangered animals, South American animals, animal life cycles, or as part of an axolotl research unit. The foldout templates -Template 1 (4 stages): Children color the axolotl and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence the stages with short descriptions. -Template 2: As above but with 6 stages (including embryo). This resource also includes other printables to support researching and learning about axolotls: -Set of 6 life cycle cards with descriptions. These could be printed and used for a small group activity. --Color and b/w options are included. -Life cycle poster (color). -‘All about axolotls’ worksheet with spaces to write about the distribution/habitat, diet, and features of axolotls. Color and b/w versions. -Axolotls ‘can, have, are’ worksheet. This can be written on or use the cut-and-paste words provided. -Flipbook with a cover and 3 sections to write in. The tabs at the bottom of each section have been left blank for you to instruct children on what to write about (e.g. diet, habitat, facts, features, size, etc). Color and b/w options. -Label the body parts of an axolotl worksheet with answers. -2 information pages to support student research, if required. Is the PDF editable? No, the resource is not editable. UK and US versions are included. The listing is a 21-page PDF delivered digitally.

Los imanes magnetico o no magnetico is a great way to have your students learn this objective in a fun and engaging way. You get 2 cut and paste sorting activities in black ink. You also get labels and pictures in color for a whole group sorting activity or file folder game.

These six free printable Human Body Worksheets contain activities to keep a child entertained while also teaching them everything they need to know about the human body. The human body is so important to learn about!

Looking for a great sorting activity? I have included 2 sets of cut and paste worksheets plus a copy of pictures and labels in color. You can use the colored ones in whole group, and the sort it out worksheets in small group or with learning partners, bilingual partners, or for RTI purposes. They...

The handiwork of God as displayed in the human body is amazing to behold. If you're covering anatomy or human health in your homeschool, this free, printable worksheet pack is a wonderful resource. It includes short-answer questions, fill-in-the-diagrams, and much more. 40 pages in all!

Learning about the human anotomy is fun and easy for kids with My First Anatomy game. Identify, match, and learn! We are fearfully and wonderfully made!

Learn about 7 secret activities for teaching the alphabet with STEM activities for kindergarten. These kindergarten STEM challenges are fun!

Apple science experiment to explore the effect of different liquids on apple slices. A fun, science experiment for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten

Easily boost your science learning fun with these 15 free cells worksheets (human and plants) for awesome activities for kids.

So I've been spending the last few weeks going through the curriculum for my district and starting to accumulate some resources. I LOVE the science topics I get to teach this year. One lesson focuses on classifying animals. We discuss vertebrates and invertebrates, and then we classify vertebrates into more specific categories: mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. I just remember really enjoying this lesson as a kid. Below is an anchor chart I've made that shows, and briefly summarizes, each of the main vertebrate categories. It is a 16x20 anchor chart. I designed this one myself, because I couldn't find anything on Pinterest (or elsewhere) that fit my needs exactly. The descriptions were taken from our science textbook (Houghton Mifflin). All the fonts I used (including the little animal dingbats) are from dafont.com. As always, the pattern/color scheme matches my classroom theme. I can't wait to get into the classroom, get all of my stuff up and take pictures! Enjoy!

I made these with my pre-school class in June to top off a great lesson on the water cycle. The kids loved them.

We are sharing tips on how parents can best help their kids with school projects. See how we helped ours with the Kids Cloud Science Project.

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Astronauts, moon and space unit study activities. I'm giving you free dot-to-dot printables based on four popular constellations...

We are exploring magnets here in kindergarten! We sorted objects between magnetic and not magnetic. I wanted the kids to be able to glue down their sort to display in the hallway. You could use tape or regular glue, but in the interest of time I opted for a glue gun. This SUPER cool temp glue gun (you have to buy special glue sticks but they are not expensive) eliminates the worry over burns! But like I said, tape works too. We have some magnet sorting in our science station

We are getting geared up for learning about 2D and 3D shapes in my classroom! Let's keep this low-prep, rigorous, and FUN! These activities are from my NO-PREP Shapes Printables and also my Common Core Math Centers Bundle. Here are a few examples from these packets! And a few centers from my Common Core Math Centers... Download them HERE!

These preschool human body printables will teach your kids about the human body. Learn the body organ's functions and locations with these!

PRIMARY SCIENCE UNIT 1 - THE HUMAN BODY We are so excited to dig into Unit 1 in our science sequence! We kick off science this year with My Body and My Five Senses . It is the perfect place to start science with our primary kiddos. This year we are going to explore and learn about the

FREE science emergent reader book about the human body systems. Great science activity for preschool and kindergarten.

Virtual dissections can be a huge help in teaching science, biology, physiology and anatomy. Here are some of the best resources for your lessons and labs.

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Whether your kid is a preschooler or goes to middle school, he or she will enjoy these human body activities while learning about how the human body works. The anatomy of the human body is

Make an easy heart pump model with your kids! Household items quickly put together a working model of how hearts pump blood. STEM fun!

FREE printable 5 senses puppets for kids to color in! Learn about smell, sight, touch, taste, & hearing. Great for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten.

Scripted SCIENCE lessons for kindergarten - Engaging, easy to prep, and includes everything you need! Nonfiction read-aloud books, PowerPoints for every lesson, student activities and workbooks... Kids LOVE this program! NGSS and TEKS aligned.

Five engineering challenges for kids – with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It’s a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building sets! These simple materials were a huge hit with my boys. The first time we got them out, Owen (almost 7) spent well over an […]

One day I was asking my kids to tell me the days of the week. One kid, that I knew knew the days of the week, just looked at me with a bla...

Hello Everyone! A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to a little science workshop. Thanks to our science instructional specialist, we learned some ways to "fit it all in." An emphasis was made to incorporate and organize vocabulary into our science/reading lessons. We also learned a fun way to store science items. Well, I got busy and reorganized my science notebook pages, beginning of the year set up lessons, and vocabulary. I also took the storage idea and made it fit with the notebooks. I can't wait to share with the kiddos! Here are a few pics from the 60+ page unit! Student science notebook cover. Science Saver- to store vocabulary cards and other treasures! Over 100 vocabulary words included If you are at all interested in this little set up unit for science notebooks, you simple need to click here!! :) I hope this helps you in your quest to organize your science curriculum and student notebooks. Let me know what you think, or if there is something I need to fix. I do read all the comments, and try hard (not always successful) to get back to you if you have questions. I hope you're having a great week! Thanks for stopping by for a peek! Joyfully! Nancy

Get this free magnet worksheet to use when you test the magnetism of everyday objects. Perfect for kids ages 4-6!

DIY Paper Dinosaur Hat- Craft for preschool, kindergarten, or elementary kids.

This five senses activity incorporates sorting mats for tons of fun! Add it to any STEM or science center!