Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 3: Properties}
$17.95
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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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:
- A complete Teacher Guide
- 8 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds
- Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)
- Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
- Anchor Charts
- Investigations and Experiments
- Science Stations
- Whole group Activities
- Vocabulary Cards
- Craftivity
- Student Workbook
- Quick Checks
- 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, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)
**PLEASE NOTE** In order to teach this unit, you will need the following materials: pan balances (at least one), standard scale or food scale, pattern blocks, submersible thermometer and/or digital thermometer
OUTLINE OF UNIT 3:
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)
