Kindergarten Science Curriculum Printable + Digital Slides (First Grade too!)
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Hands-on and engaging science lessons have never been easier! The Empowering Little Citizens Kindergarten Science Curriculum includes everything you need for a meaningful science block in Kindergarten (and first grade too)! Science digital teaching slides are also included for a less prep teaching option.
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Hands-on and engaging science lessons have never been easier! The Empowering Little Citizens Kindergarten Science Curriculum includes everything you need for a meaningful science block in Kindergarten (and first grade too)! Science digital teaching slides are also included for a less prep teaching option.
These units are not marked with a grade level so you are not limited to Kindergarten use. While designed with Kindergarten science in mind, these units would also work well as a 1st grade science curriculum.
What is included in each science unit:
- Science lessons with full lesson plans
- Original nonfiction books
- Science digital teaching sides for PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™
- Student science worksheets + printables
- Science vocabulary cards
- Activities and experiments
- Anchor charts and posters
- End of unit assessment
This is a GROWING BUNDLE! You are getting it at a HUGE discount because it is not yet completed. As new units are added, you will get to download them for free via your My Purchases page.
Science units to be included:
- Unit 1: I Am A Scientist + My Five Senses – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 2: Force and Motion – Pushes and Pulls + Simple Machines – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 3: The Earth – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 4: Seasons and The Weather – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 5: Living Things + Plants – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 6: Animals + Life Cycles – INCLUDED NOW
- Unit 7: Outer Space – INCLUDED NOW
BONUS science units to be included:
These units are not part of the main curriculum but will be week-long mini units you can add in as desired.
- Bonus unit 1: Apples – INCLUDED NOW
- Bonus unit 2: Pumpkins – INCLUDED NOW
- Bonus unit 3: Polar Animals – INCLUDED NOW
- Bonus unit 4: Ocean Animals -4/30
- Bonus 5: Solar Eclipse Lesson – INCLUDED NOW
LESSON OVERVIEWS:
Unit 1: I Am a Scientist + My Five Senses
- What is science?
- What is a scientist?
- Scientists ask questions
- Scientists experiment
- Scientists use tools
- My sense of sight
- My sense of touch
- My sense of hearing
- My sense of taste
- My sense of smell
Apples Unit for Kindergarten + 1st Grade
- Apple labeling
- The apple life cycle
- Apple tree seasons
- Orchard to table
- Apple investigation day
Pumpkin Unit for Kindergarten + 1st Grade
- Exploring and Researching Pumpkins
- Parts of the Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Life Cycle
- Pumpkin Farm + Uses
- Pumpkin Investigation Day
- Optional Bonus Lesson: Apples vs. Pumpkins
Unit 2: Force and Motion – Pushes and Pulls
- How do things move?
- Pushes and pulls
- Forces
- Gravity
- Friction
- Ramps – The Ramp Challenge
- Simple machines
- How we use simple machines
- Magnets pull
- Movement and magnets
Unit 3: The Earth
- Observing properties of matter
- Solids, liquids, and gases
- States of matter
- Changing states of matter
- The sun and what it provides (heat and light)
- Protection from the sun – includes building a shelter from the sun
- The water cycle
- Natural and manmade resources
- Using earth’s resources
- Taking care of the earth
Unit 4: Weather
- What is weather?
- Clouds
- Precipitation
- Wind
- Storms and severe weather
- Weather safety
- Meteorologists and weather tools
- The sun and the earth
- Seasons
- Weather and us
Polar Animals Unit
- All About Polar Bears
- Polar Bear Labeling
- Polar Bear Habitat
- Polar Bear Adaptations
- Polar Bear Life Cycle
- All About Penguins + Penguin Labeling
- Penguin Types + Habitats
- Penguin Adaptations
- Penguins Move (force and motion review)
- Penguin Life Cycle
- Compare and Contrast Polar Bears and Penguins
Unit 5: Living Things
- Living and Nonliving Things
- Characteristics of Living Things
- Needs of Living Things
- How Living Things Grow and Change (human life cycle)
- Living and Extinct (fossils)
- The Parts of a Plant
- The Needs of a Plant
- How Plants Make Food (photosynthesis)
- Seeds
- The Life Cycle of a Plant
- Seasons and Plants (adaptations)
Unit 6: Life Cycles
- Animal Needs
- Animal Habitats
- Animal Adaptations
- Oviparous vs. Viviparous Animals
- Reptiles and their Life Cycle (snake life cycle)
- Birds and their Life Cycle (robin life cycle)
- Amphibians and their Life Cycle (frog life cycle)
- Fish and their Life Cycle (salmon life cycle)
- Insects and their Life Cycle (butterfly life cycle)
- Mammals and their Life Cycle (cow life cycle)
Unit 7: Outer Space
- What is Space?
- The Sun and The Tarth
- Day and Night
- Patterns of the Sun
- The Moon
- Moon Craters
- Moon Phases
- The Stars
- The Solar System (Planets)
- Astronauts + Force and Motion Review