General Science Unit Plans (by date, oldest first)

This first unit in the "Science Kids" series helps students learn how to be scientists. Every activity in this packet is aligned with one of the five stages of scientific inquiry. This packet supports the Next Generation Science Standards.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

The packet includes:

• Color posters of the five stages of scientific inquiry (Click here for free sample)

• Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

• A two-week long, step-by step scientific investigation about balls and wagons

• Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

• Discussion guide

• Ideas for sharing student learning

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The Science Kids curriculum is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This year long bundle includes 16 Science Units:

• “What do Scientists Do?”

• “Floating and Sinking”

• “Color Mixing”

• “Magnets”

• “Kitchen Chemistry”

• “Ramps”

• “Mirrors”

• “Gingerbread Science”

• “Freezing and Melting”

• “My Human Body”

• “Music and Vibration”

• “Shadows and Light”

• “Weather and Temperature”

• “Taking Care of the Earth”

• “Taking Care of Pets”

• “Taking Care of Plants”

This packet includes enough lessons for 32 weeks of hands-on learning. While 32 weeks is a bit shorter than a typical school year, this curriculum is designed to be flexible in order to give children the time they need to learn, so extra days are allowed for each unit. Additional, optional activities are also included for many of the units, and these can be used to help fill your days if needed.

This curriculum supports the Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten.

Please see my other Science products if you want to supplement this curriculum.

The “Science Kids” series of packets is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

The "First Quarter" bundle contains enough science activities to fill the first quarter of the school year (About 8 weeks) and supports Next Generation Science Standard K-PS2.

Unit 1- “What do Scientists do?” helps students learn how to be scientists. Every activity in this packet is aligned with one of the five stages of scientific inquiry. The packet includes:

Color posters of the five stages of scientific inquiry

Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

A two-week long, step-by step scientific investigation about balls and wagons

Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

Discussion guide

Ideas for sharing student learning

Unit 2- “Floating and Sinking” is designed to help students learn the concepts of buoyancy and water displacement. They will also begin to understand that the size and shape of an object affects its ability to float. Included in this packet are:

Five sinking and floating investigations, with directions and recording sheets

Guide for helping students plan their own individual investigations

Guides for forming hypotheses and reflecting on students' learning

Guide for sharing student learning

Tips and helpful suggestions

Unit 3- “Color Mixing” includes instructions for all of these hands-on, scientific investigations:

"Paint Mixing" Investigation

"Color and Water" Investigation

"Bubbling Color" Investigation

"Colored Lights" Investigation

"Wandering Water" Investigation

"Spinning Color Wheel" Investigation

"Coffee Filter Chromatography" Investigation

"Invent Your Own Color" final investigation

Printables, including:

Color Wheel

Recording sheets for investigations

Reflection and Planning Questions

Unit 4- “Magnets” includes instructions for all of these investigations:

“Magnetic or Not Magnetic?”

“The Magic Paper Clip”

“Magnet Cars”

“A String of Paper Clips”

“Magnet Train”

“Magnet Detectives”

The packet also includes:

Printable recording sheets for investigations

Guide for helping students develop independent investigations

Tips and helpful suggestions

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• This fifth-grade earth science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 8 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

• Lesson 1 - What Do We Know About the Stars?
• Lesson 2 - Learning About Specific Stars
• Lesson 3 - How Big is the Sun in Relation to the Planets?
• Lesson 4 - Writing a Claim
• Lesson 5 - The Sun's Shadows
• Lesson 6 - The Earth's Rotation and Revolution
• (Patterns of Day and Night and Seasons)
• Lesson 7 - Stars and Constellations
• Lesson 8 - Seasonal Appearances of Stars and the Night Sky

Included within this resource are:

• the standards
• tips and suggestions
• suggested YouTube Videos and books
• Age Appropriate Website Suggestions for Data Collection
• Astronomer Poster
• 4 Night Sky Posters
• The Big Dipper, Star Trails, Solar System, and Star Life Cycle Posters
• "I can" statement cards
• Short Reading Passage about Stars
• Star Task Cards and Answer Keys
• Light Experiment
• Making a Model of the Solar System Instructions
• Data Collection Sheets for Sunrise and Sunset
• Final Project Guidelines and Rubrics
• 9 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Lesson 1 - Force and Motion

Lesson 2 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Lesson 3 - Energy Transfer

Lesson 4 - Gravity

Lesson 5 - Friction and Air Resistance

Lesson 6 - Magnetic Force

Lesson 7 - Electrostatic Force

Lesson 8 - Start Your Engines

Lesson 9 - Design Challenge Using Magnets

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• Included within this resource are:

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- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Physicist Poster

* KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)

- Energy Transfer Poster

- student worksheets for collecting data and recording observations

- push or pull task cards

- Simple Experiments for energy transfer and gravity

- Friction Experiment

- Paper Drop Experiment

- Magnet Stations and Recording Booklet

* Soda Can and Water Bending Experiments

STEM Activity *Start Your Engines Activity

- Maglev Trains Reading

* Forces and Motion Posters

* Forces and Motion Mini Booklet

- 20 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

* Indicates other Science and STEAM Team resources that have been included in this unit.

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Lesson 1 - External Structures of Humans

Lesson 2 - Internal Structures of Humans

Lesson 3 - Internal and External Structures of Animals

Lesson 4 - Camouflage and Mimicry

Lesson 5 - Reproduction in Animals

Lesson 6 - External and Internal Parts of Plants

Lesson 7 - Reproduction

Lesson 8 - Animal Senses

Lesson 9 - Animal Intelligence

Lesson 10 - Making a Model of a Newly Discovered Animal

• Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Life Science Folder Cover

- Biologist Poster

- Living Things Needs Poster

- 8 Animal Structures WebQuests, Picture Cards, and Answer Keys

- Camouflage Poster

- Mimicry Short Research Assignment, Picture Cards, and recording sheets

- 12 Plant Photos and Reading Passages about Special Structures and Adaptations

- Animals and Plants Adaptations Booklet

- 24 "Did you know that..," cards

- Animal Intelligence Reading Passages and QR Code Cards

- Making a Model of a "Newly Discovered Animal" Task Cards and Rubric

- Biome Reading Passages (5 Biomes)

- 12 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Unit 1 Earth's Systems

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Earth Changes

Lesson 2 - Weathering

Lesson 3 - Erosion

Lesson 4 - Review of Weathering and Erosion

Lesson 5 - Exploring Topographical Maps

Unit 2 Earth's Place in the Universe

Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Rock Cycle

Lesson 2 - Rock Formations

Lesson 3 - fossils

Unit 3 Earth and Human Activity

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Energy from Natural Sources

Lesson 2 - Learning More About Energy from Natural Sources

Lesson 3 - Impact of Natural Disasters on Homes

Lesson 4 - STEM Challenge: Creating a Structure That Will Best Survive an Earthquake

Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Eath Science Folder Cover

- Geologists Poster

* KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)

* Weathering and Erosion Reading Passages

- Weathering Scavenger Hunt Recording Sheet

- Candy Erosion and Soil Erosion Activities

- Topographical Map Posters

- Three Types of Rocks Flip Book

- Rock Cycle Process Poster and Worksheet

* Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and Floods Reading Passages and Graphic Organizer

- 8 Posters with Photographs of Land Formations and Informational Cards about these Formations

* Fossils Reading and Recording Sheet

* Fossils Posters

- Show What You Know Assessment

* Engineering and Design Process Posters

* Engineering and Design Rubric

* Reading Passages and Graphic Organizer for the Following Types of Energy: Solar, Wind, Biofuels, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, and Nuclear

- Types of Energy Flip Books

- Earthquake Informational Posters

- STEM Challenge Directions

- Light Station Cards

- 24 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

* Indicates other STEM to STEAM TRIO resources that have been included in this unit.

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• It comes with:

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Lesson 1 - What is Sound?

Lesson 2 - Sound Vibrations

Lesson 3 - What is Light?

Lesson 4 - Reflection of Light

Lesson 5 - Shadows

Lesson 6 - Opaque, Translucent, and Transparent

Lesson 7 - Design a Device That Will Communicate From One Tent to Another Tent

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- sound and light energy mini posters

- sound and light energy mini booklets

- loud sounds/soft sounds posters

- student worksheets

- suggested YouTubes and books

- directions for making a kazoo and stringed instrument

- poster on how the ear works

- natural and man-made light sorting activity

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- transparent, translucent, and opaque investigation

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Lessons in this unit:

Lesson 1 - What are the Needs of All Living Things

Lesson 2 - Our External Parts

Lesson 3 - External Parts of Animals

Lesson 4 - External Parts of Plants

Lesson 5 - What is a Habitat?

Lesson 6 - How Do Living Things Use Their External Parts to Meet Their Needs

Lesson 7 - What is Heredity?

Lesson 8 - STEAM Challenge: Design Equipment or Clothing to Protect a Bicyclist

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- the standards

- YouTube and book suggestions for each unit; all of which have been previewed

- website suggestions

- 24 essential vocabulary cards

- Biologist poster

- poster of what living things need to survive

- internal/external parts sort

- animal classification posters

- Types of Animals and Their Special Body Parts Booklet

- KLEWS Chart

- roots and stem observations using germination bags

- stem experiment directions

- leaf investigation directions

- flower investigation directions

- observation recording sheets

- habitat posters

- Habitats Mini Book

- What habitat do I live in? riddles

- Engineering and Design Process Posters

- student worksheets

- thematic writing paper

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Lessons in this unit:

Lesson 1 - What is in the Sky?

Lesson 2 - Investigating the Sun

Lesson 3 - The Sun's Role in Day and Night

Lesson 4 - The Sun and Seasons

Lesson 5 - The Earth's Moon

Lesson 6 - The Stars

Lesson 7 - Final Project Showing Patterns

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- 24 essential vocabulary cards

- "Reach for the Stars" motivational poster

- astronomer poster

- posters of each of the seasons

- poster showing the moon in the daytime sky

- phases of the moon poster

- Big Dipper poster

- KLEWS Chart

- cover for students unit folder

- observation recording sheets

- sun facts reading and cloze

- phases of the moon mini booklet

- directions and template for making a model of the sun, earth, and, moon revolving

- seasons booklet with full paragraph readings

- stars facts reading and cloze

- directions for making animal constellations

- student worksheets

- thematic writing paper

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• It comes with:

- 5 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

Lesson 1 - Which Materials Are Most Important for Plant Growth?

Lesson 2 - Photosynthesis

Lesson 3 - Air Plants

Lesson 4 - Hydroponics

Lesson 5 - Writing Your Claim

Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- tips and suggestions

- suggested YouTube Videos

- Botanist Poster

- Plant Experiment

- Readings about Photosynthesis and Air Plants

- Research Project: The advantages and disadvantages of hydroponic gardening

- Posters

- 5 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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• This fifth-grade life science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 7 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

• Lesson 1 - Review of Matter and Do Plants and Animals Use Matter to Survive?
• Lesson 2 - The Human Digestive System
• Lesson 3 - What are Food Chains?
• Lesson 4 - Review of Ecosystems in Relationship to Food Chains and Food Webs
• Lesson 5 - What are Decomposers?
• Lesson 6 - Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Sort
• Lesson 7 - Making a Model of a Food Chain

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• the standards
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• suggested YouTube Videos and books
• Biologist Poster
• Posters of the human digestive system, a food chain, a food web, decomposers,
  etc.
• "I can" statement card
• Readings about The Human Digestive System and Decomposers
• Graphic Organizers
• Sorting Cards
• 15 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Unit 1

Lesson 1 - What is Energy?

Lesson 2 - Speed and Energy

Lesson 3 - Sound Energy

Lesson 4 - Light Energy

Lesson 5 - Heat Energy

Lesson 6 - Electrical Energy

Lesson 7 - What Happens When Objects Collide?

Lesson 8 - STEM Challenge - Have S'more Fun: Creating a Solar Oven

Unit 2

Lesson 1 - What is Amplitude?

Lesson 2- Eyes and Light

Lesson 3 - STEM Challenge Using Morse Code

Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Physicist Poster

* KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)

- Energy WebQuest

- Energy Experiments

- Energy Transfer Poster

- student worksheets for collecting data and recording observations

- Investigations for Motion, Energy Transfer, Sound, and Light Energy

- Posters for Heat, Light, Sound, and Electrical Energy

- Methods of Heat Transfer Flipbook

- Sorting Cards of Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

* Static Electricity Experiments

- Potential and Kinetic Energy Poster

- Atom and Electricity Poster

* Engineering and Design Process Posters

* Engineering and Design Rubric

- Make a Wave Task Cards

- How the Ear Works and How the Eye Works Posters

- Light Station Cards

- Make a Model of a Seeing Eye Task Cards

- STEM Challenge Create a Pattern that will Transfer a Message Using Sound and Light

- 19 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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• This 3rd-grade life science unit fits the bill!. We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
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- 9 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

Lesson 1 - Organisms Have Unique Life Cycles

Lesson 2 - Some Animals Live in Groups

Lesson 3 - What are Inherited Traits?

Lesson 4 - Different Types of Environments for Different Types of Animals

Lesson 5 - Animals Adaptations

Lesson 6 - Plant Adaptations

Lesson 7 - Will This Organism Survive Here?

Lesson 8 - Forest Fires Can Be Beneficial

Lesson 9 - What Do Fossils Tell Us?

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- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Biologist Poster

- What is an Organism? Poster

* KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)

- student worksheets for recording information

*Metamorphosis of a Frog Posters

- Self-Assessment for a group project

- 6 Reading Passages about Animals that Live in Groups

- Task Cards of different groups of animals for students to observe inherited traits from

- Task Cards for "Does this Organism Live Here?" Activity

- Habitat Photographs

* 5 Ecosystems Reading Passages

* 6 Animal Adaptations Reading Passages

* 5 Plant Adaptations Reading Passages

- Fossils Reading and Research Activity

- Fossils Posters

- 27 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

* Indicates other Science and STEAM Team resources that have been included in this unit.

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Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?

• This fifth-grade earth science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 8 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

• Lesson 1 - What is the Geosphere?
• Lesson 2 - What is the Biosphere?
• Lesson 3 - What is the Hydrosphere?
• Lesson 4 - What is the Atmosphere?
• Lesson 5 - Interactions Among the Four Spheres
• Lesson 6 - Making a Model that Shows the Interaction Between Two of the Spheres
• Lesson 7 - How Does Human Activity Affect the Environment?
• Lesson 8 - What are People Doing to Try to Protect Our Environment/

Included within this resource are:

• the standards
• tips and suggestions
• suggested YouTube Videos and books
• Environmental Scientist Poster
• Posters of the Hydrosphere and a Glacier
• "I can" statement cards
• Short Readings about Each of the Spheres
• Reading Passages about Agriculture and Industry
• Graphic Organizers
• Task Cards of Different Environmental Issues (to give students options for research)
• Final Project Guidelines and Rubrics
• 9 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?

• This 2nd-grade physical science unit fits the bill!. We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.

• It comes with:

- 10 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

Lesson 1 - What is Matter?

Lesson 2 - The Three States of Matter and Introduction to Properties of Matter

Lesson 3 - More Properties of Matter: Liquids and Gases

Lesson 4 - Solids, Liquids, and Gases Review

Lesson 5 - Examining Different Materials

Lesson 6 - What is Mass?

Lesson 7 - Testing for Absorbency

Lesson 8 - Changing States of Matter

Lesson 9 - A Small Set of Objects Can Be Disassembled and Made into a New Object

Lesson 10 - STEM Challenge: Which Material Works the Best for Making the Tallest

Tower?

• Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Materials Scientist Poster

- KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)

- What is Matter Poster Set

- Matter Booklet for Students

- student worksheets for collecting data and recording observations

- three science experiments

- Materials sorting cards and headers

- Physical and Chemical Changes poster and sorting cards

- engineering and design process posters

- 27 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?

• This fifth-grade physical science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 5 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

• Lesson 1 - What Goes Up Must Come Down
• Lesson 2 - Why Do Some Objects Fall Faster Than Others?
• Lesson 3 - Prove the Earth is s Sphere
• Lesson 4 - Leaving Earth's Gravity
• Lesson 5 - Reviewing Gravity

- Included within this resource are:

• the standards
• tips and suggestions
• suggested YouTube Videos
• Physicist Poster
• Posters about Gravitational Energy, Air Resistance, and Isaac Newton
• "I can" statement card
• Short Experiments
• Gravity Choice Project
• 4 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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This Hermit Crabs resource makes the perfect complement to A House for Hermit Crab by Jan Brett. Included is an informational read aloud, photographs of hermit crabs, a six-page mini book for students to complete, and a fun STEM challenge. There is also a guide to hermit crab care for those of you getting one as a class pet. As a bonus, there is an Engineering and Design Process poster set! Standards, tips, and suggestions are also included.

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Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?

• This 3rd-grade earth science unit fits the bill!. We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 5 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

Lessons in this unit:

Lesson 1 - What is Weather?

Lesson 2 - Are There Patterns of Weather?

Lesson 3 - Climates in Different Regions of the World

Lesson 4 - What is a Natural Disaster?

Lesson 5 - STEM Challenge: Create a House that Can Survive a Hurricane

Included within this resource are:

- the standards

- suggested YouTube Videos and Books

- Meteorologist Poster

- Data Collection sheets

* Self-Assessment for a group project

* Natural Disasters Poster

* 5 Reading Passages about Natural Disasters

- Weather Brochure Template

- STEM Challenge directions and materials list

- 21 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?

• This fifth-grade physical science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
• It comes with:

- 12 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.

• Lesson 1 - What is Matter?
• Lesson 2 - Properties of Matter
• Lesson 3 - Introducing the Periodic Table
• Lesson 4 - I Can't See It!
• Lesson 5 - Physical and Chemical Changes
• Lesson 6 - Conservation of Matter
• Lesson 7 - Is Mass Still Conserved?
• Lesson 8 - Solubility
• Lesson 9 - Electrical Conductivity
• Lesson 10 - Thermal Conductivity
• Lesson 11 - Mystery Matter! What Is It?
• Lesson 12- Can Mixing Two or More Substances Create a New Substance?

Included within this resource are:

• the standards
• tips and suggestions
• suggested YouTube Videos
• Materials Scientist Poster and Chemist Poster
• Posters
• "I can" statement cards
• Graphic Organizers and Worksheets
• Labs and Instructions
• Final Test and Answer Key
• 21 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions

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