Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers Curriculum (TRANSFERABLE LICENSE)

$119.95

Little Kindergarten SCIENCE Thinkers  is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. This curriculum is fully aligned to the NGSS {Next Generation Science Standards}, the 2024 Texas TEKS Standards, and many state Kindergarten Science Standards.

This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 6 full unit plans, along with a few additional stand-alone lesson plans.

This purchase is for ONE transferable license. A transferable license is assigned to one individual teacher and can be reassigned if there is a change in staffing. There is no limit to how many times the license can be reassigned, and these licenses do not expire. This type of license is only available for and most appropriate for school districts. 
We also offer bulk discounts when purchasing full curriculum bundles. Please send us an email at karen@mrsjonessclass. com to inquire if purchasing more than 10 licenses.

—————–WHAT’S INCLUDED IN EACH UNIT?——————–
-A complete Teacher Guide
-Printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds
-Step-by-step, SCRIPTED Lesson Plans (75 Lesson Plans included)
-Essential Question and Learning Target posters
-Science Investigations and Hands-On Experiments
-Science Stations
-Anchor Charts
-NGSS and 2024 Texas TEKS Alignments
-Whole group Games and Activities
-Craftivities
-Student Workbook that follows each lesson
-Quick Check for every lesson
-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 and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

UNIT 1: Our Senses
Lesson 1: WHAT IS SCIENCE?
Lesson 2: WHAT DO SCIENTISTS DO?
Lesson 3: OUR SENSE OF HEARING
Lesson 4: OUR SENSE OF SMELL
Lesson 5: OUR SENSE OF TOUCH
Lesson 6: OUR SENSE OF TASTE
Lesson 7: OUR SENSE OF SIGHT
Lesson 8: USING OUR SENSES (SCIENCE STATIONS)
Lesson 9: SENSES CRAFTIVITY
Lesson 10: REVIEWING OUR SENSES
Lesson 11: IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS
Lesson 12: Assessment

UNIT 2: Seasons and Weather
Lesson 1: WHAT IS WEATHER?
Lesson 2: TYPES OF WEATHER
Lesson 3: THE SUN
Lesson 4: THE SUN AND SHADE – NGSS EXPERIMENT
Lesson 5: OBSERVING WEATHER
Lesson 6: HOW WEATHER AFFECTS US
Lesson 7: SEVERE WEATHER & SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
Lesson 8: THE SEASONS
Lesson 9: THE SEASONS CRAFTIVITY
Lesson 10: SEASONS & WEATHER SCIENCE STATIONS (2 DAYS)
Lesson 11: REVIEWING SEASONS AND WEATHER
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

UNIT 3: Properties
Lesson 1: MAKING OBSERVATIONS
Lesson 2: SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
Lesson 3: OBSERVING COLOR
Lesson 4: OBSERVING AND MEASURING SIZE
Lesson 5: OBSERVING AND MEASURING WEIGHT
Lesson 6: OBSERVING SHAPE
Lesson 7: OBSERVING TEXTURE
Lesson 8: OBSERVING AND MEASURING TEMPERATURE
Lesson 9: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS (DAY 2)
Lesson 11: EXPERIMENT
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT AND CRAFTIVITY (2 days)

UNIT 4: Plants
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

UNIT 5: Animals
Lesson 1: ANIMALS ARE LIVING THINGS
EXPERIMENT – ANIMALS GROW AND CHANGE
Lesson 2: ANIMAL GROUPS
Lesson 3: REPTILES
Lesson 4: BIRDS
Lesson 5: FISH
Lesson 6: AMPHIBIANS
Lesson 7: MAMMALS
Lesson 8: INVERTEBRATES
Lesson 9: ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES (INCLUDING METAMORPHOSES)
Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS
Lesson 11: REVIEW AND EXPERIMENT CONCLUSION
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

UNIT 6: Force and Motion
Lesson 1: HOW THINGS MOVE
Lesson 2: PUSHES AND PULLS
Lesson 3: FORCE AND DIRECTION
Lesson 4: INVESTIGATION
Lesson 5: GRAVITY
Lesson 6: RAMP EXPERIMENT
Lesson 7: SIMPLE MACHINES
Lesson 8: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS
Lesson 9: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS
Lesson 10: USING MAGNETS TO MOVE
Lesson 11: REVIEW AND CRAFTIVITY
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

—-Additional Kindergarten Science Lessons INCLUDED—–
Light Energy Lesson (TEKS Standard 8, NGSS K-PS3-1)
Earth Materials Lesson (TEKS Standard 11, NGSS ESS3.A)
Caring for Earth’s Resources (NGSS and TEKS Standards)