Standard Course of Study :: Science — Kindergarten

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Mud feels good!: Students will listen to Mud Walk by Joy Cowley. Students will experience and describe mud using a bubble map to record their responses. Students will create a class book using chocolate pudding to imitate mud.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.

Jumping with Jack Be Nimble: In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 3; In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble" to practice locomotor skills and sorting objects.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Science); By Lisa Wright.

Bouncing bubbles: Students will listen to Bubbles Bubbles by Mercer Mayer and a bubble poem before exploring the joys of bubble blowing. Students will observe bubbles, discuss their observations and create illustrations and stories to share.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Karen Rice.

Air is all around us: Air is everywhere. It cannot be seen, but it is all around us. This lesson helps students discover that air is everywhere.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Jan Wuertz.

Resources on the web

Wonderful waves: In this Science NetLinks lesson, students create a wave model using two different types of simple models. The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that simple models can be used to represent real world objects that are not easily brought into a classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sampling rocks: The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to learn about sampling through an investigation of rocks found in the schoolyard. In grades K-2, learning can begin that will eventually lead to students' having a good grasp of everyday statistics.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science); Provided by: Science Netlinks

Recycled Materials: The purpose of this lesson is to identify those materials that can be recycled and possible uses for them. It is strongly recommended that this lesson be used as a follow-up to the K-2 lesson on Materials and Manufacturing, in which students investigate... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: Science Netlinks

Ready, set, let's dough! It's a matter of system: In this lesson, students will look at a complex system when they create their own play dough by taking several parts and creating a whole. Through their constructions, students will gain an understanding that individual parts are used to make a whole. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Materials and Manufacturing: The purpose of this lesson is to look at different kinds of materials; to identify the properties of materials and their suitability for different purposes. In this investigation, the familiar tale of The Three Little Pigs is used as an introduction to... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science); Provided by: Science Netlinks

Look at those leaves!: This Science NetLinks lesson begins with students observing leaves in a hands-on activity. As they observe attributes, they will group the leaves and consider any patterns they see emerge. In the second part of this lesson, students will become more familiar... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); Provided by: Science Netlinks

Farm machines: In this lesson, students are introduced to how farm machines help people grow, package, transport, and store food. In the beginning of the lesson, the teacher challenges students to dig a hole using only their hands. Then, students are asked to think about... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); Provided by: Science Netlinks

Exploring parts and wholes: In this Science NetLinks lesson students explore systems (in the context of parts and wholes), and develop the understanding that when parts are put together they can do things that they couldn't do by themselves. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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