Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 3: Earth’s Surface}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

 

UNIT 3: EARTH’S SURFACE teaches your little learners all about the materials found on the surface of Earth, including rocks and minerals, soil, and other natural resources. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:Earth’s Crust
Rocks and Minerals
Soil
Natural Resources
Caring for Earth

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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 5: Weather}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

 

UNIT 5: WEATHER teaches your students about different types of weather that people experience around the world. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Components of Weather
How Weather Systems Form
Precipitation
Types of Clouds
Severe Weather
Weather Forecasting
Weather and Climate

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 3: Properties}

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 3: Properties teaches your little learners to think and observe like scientists. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

How we make observations
States of matter: solid, liquid, and gas
Observing and describing color of objects
Size and how we can measure
Observing weight formally and informally
Observing and describing shape
Observing texture
Observing temperature

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 2: Seasons and Weather}

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 2: Seasons & Weather introduces students to the sun, different types of weather, and our seasons. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

What weather is
Types of weather we experience
What the sun is
How the sun affects Earth
How we can observe and measure weather
How weather affects our lives
Severe weather
Severe weather safety
The seasons

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 1: Our Senses}

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 1: Our Senses is great for the beginning of the school year. It introduces students to science and teaches them how to think like a scientist using our five senses! It contains lessons on these specific topics:

What Science is
What a Scientist Does
Our Sense of Sight
Our Sense of Hearing
Our Sense of Touch
Our Sense of Taste
Our Sense of Smell
Using our Senses All Together

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 6: Force and Motion}

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 6: Force and Motion teaches your little learners all about animal groups. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

How things move
Pushes and Pulls
Force and Direction
Gravity
Simple Machines
Magnets

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1st grade space unit

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 2: Space}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

 

UNIT 2: SPACE teaches your little learners all about the sun, moon, earth, and solar system. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Earth’s Place in Space
Energy from the Sun
Patterns from the Sun: Day/Night and the Seasons
Our Solar System
The Moon: Craters and Phases
Gravity

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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 1: Light and Sound}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: LIGHT AND SOUND teaches your little learners all becoming a scientist, matter, light, and sound. It’s a perfect introduction to science in the beginning of the school year and includes many hands-on science experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Making observations
Science Tools and Safety
The Scientific Method
Matter
Properties of Matter
Sound and Vibrations
Light
Communicating with Light and Sound

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Little Social Studies Thinkers for K-1: Pilgrims and Wampanoag

This complete K-1 Thanksgiving History unit teaches historically accurate and factual lessons about the history of modern day Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag people.

This MINI-UNIT: Pilgrims and Wampanoag takes kids back to the 1600s to learn about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the history of what came to be known as the first Thanksgiving. This unit teaches an accurate, non-romanticized version of history in a way that is appropriate for both Kindergarten and 1st grade students.

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 5: Geography}

Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 5: Geography teaches students how jobs and money affect people in a community. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Tools for Geography
All About Maps
Manmade Structures
Landforms
Bodies of Water
Continents
Oceans
Where We Live

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}

Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: Community Economics teaches students how jobs and money affect people in a community. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Working in a Community
Earning Income
Wants and Needs
Goods and Services in a Community
Natural Resources and how they contribute to G/S
Producers and Consumers
Supply and Demand
Choices about Money

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