$5 - $10 Homeschool Earth Sciences Unit Plans
Kindergarten Science - Molecules to Organisms: What do Plants and Animals Need?
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?
This kindergarten 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 Living or Nonliving?
Lesson #2 Basic Needs of Living Things
Lesson #3 Different Animals Live in Different Places, Have Different Types of Shelter,
and Eat Different Types of Food
Lesson #4 What do Plants Need to Live?
Lesson #5 Plant Needs Experiments
Lesson #6 Growing Plants
Lesson #7 STEAM Challenge: Create a New Kind of Animal
- The Standards and Materials needed page (all inexpensive, practical suggestions)
- Essential Vocabulary Cards (12 words)
- Posters of Different Plants and Animals (photos)
- Living / Nonliving Picture Sort
- Living Things Mini Book, for integrating ELA
- Mini Poster Needs of Living Things
- A Close Look at Sea Turtles Listening Activity
- What Do Plants Need to Live Mini Book
- STEAM Challenge: Create a New Type of Animal
- Charts, Worksheets
-Suggestions for Books to Read
-Suggestions for YouTube Videos, no more hunting around!
If you teach a bilingual class, we have the student resources in Spanish too. Check out:
It's Kindergarten Science Student Resources in Spanish: Plant and Animal Needs
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Solar System Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about the Solar System.
This product on the Solar System covers the following: energy from the sun and how it is received, how the sun warms up the land and water, how plants use energy to make food, how the uneven heating of the Earth causes wind, the water cycle and how the sun, water evaporating, water vapor, and rain make up the water cycle, photosynthesis, how plants store energy, how stored energy is passed onto animals, the Sun is a star, how the Sun makes its own light, what planets are, the path that Earth takes to travel around the Sun is called an orbit, where the Sun is located in the Solar System, students will be provided with a mnemonic device to help remember the names of the planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth - their diameter, mass, and information about the surface, inner planets - Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and how they are similar and different from one another, outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - their diameter, mass, rings and moons, and how they are called the gas giants, dwarf planet - Pluto and facts about Pluto, when it was discovered and became the 9th planet and when it was reclassified, a fact chart about each of the 8 planets are included and information regarding each of the 5 categories are reviewed about each planet - composition of atmosphere, average temperature, how many pounds a 65lb. person would weight on each planet, how many Earth days each planet speeds around the Sun, and an interesting fact about each planet, and students will use a key to label the planets that were learned.
Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions when provided with a key, review of the 8 planets where students will fill in the blanks using the notes that are included in this product, multiple choice questions, and will label diagrams to ensure comprehension as they are learning about the Solar System.
At the end of this product, students will choose a planet to research and will answer questions included in the product such as if the planet is hot or cold, when the planet was discovered, what color the planet is, the composition of the atmosphere, the average temperature, interesting facts that were learned, etc.
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Kindergarten Science NGSS The Effect of Sunlight on the Earth's Surface
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?
This kindergarten 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.
Lesson #1 Introduction to the Sun
Lesson #2 Introduction to the Earth's Surfaces
Lesson #3 Earth's Materials Outside
Lesson #4 What Effect does the Sun Have on Earth's Materials
Lesson #5 Building a Shelter
Included within the unit are:
-The Standards and Materials needed page (all inexpensive, practical suggestions)
-Essential Vocabulary Cards
-Engineering and Design Process Posters
-Student Friendly Activities and Experiments
-Suggestions for Books to Read
-Suggestions for YouTube Videos
-Student Recording sheets
If you teach in a bilingual class, we have the student resources available in Spanish.
Check out Kindergarten Science: The Effect of Sunlight on the Earth's Surface Worksheets in Spanish.
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⭐ Kindergarten From Molecules to Organisms Unit: What do Plants and Animals Need?
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⭐ Computer Technology "I Can" Statement Posters for Kindergarten
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Forms of Energy Adapted Notes and Review
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In this product, different forms of energy are reviewed. Students will learn that energy exists in other forms, what energy is, how you can't always see energy, stored energy vs. energy in motion and examples for students to make connections with each, kinetic energy, examples of kinetic energy for students to make connections with it in real life, students will locate and circle the different kinds of kinetic energy, potential and kinetic energy and how it can go back and forth (picture explanations are also included to provide a visual), different forms of energy - electrical, light, sound, thermal, chemical, and mechanical energy are reviewed - their meanings and examples of each along with pictures so students can make connections with what they are learning in their personal life, what matter is and how it is in chemical energy, and energy transformation picture examples are provided. Students will then be required to write down the different types of energy that change to other kinds of energy when they are provided with picture examples. Students will also be required to draw picture and write down the forms of energy that were used to show energy transformation. At the end of the product, students can complete the review that includes short answer and multiple choice questions.
Throughout the product, students will answer short answer comprehension questions to ensure comprehension after reviewing each page of notes.
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5th Grade Science NGSS Aligned Unit About Earth's Systems and Human Impact
By Science and STEAM Team
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
Check our preview to make sure this is a good fit for you and your students.
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Ecosystems Adapted Notes and Review
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Vocabulary words that are emphasized in this packet include: community, ecosystems, population, estuaries, living things compared to nonliving things in a community and how nonliving things help living things in a community, small fish, kinds of ecosystems, organisms, water supply, and the Florida Everglades.
These notes can also be used as adapted notes for students who need more support. This packet includes notes with short answer questions based on what was reviewed in the notes and fill in the blank questions with a key. Students will learn what ecosystems are what how they are made up of both living and nonliving things, examples of nonliving things and how they help living things, examples of different ecosystems - students can determine what is in each given ecosystem by looking at the pictures provided, students will learn about the Florida Everglades, estuaries and why birds build nests near estuaries, what makes up a community in an ecosystem and why communities are important in an ecosystem, students will review different ecosystems and why specific animals would not survive in or want to live in that ecosystem, brief review of a population - its meaning and students will examine a chart that looks at the biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, and individual. Students will learn about water concerns in the Florida Everglades, why the smallest fish in an ecosystem are most important, and students will look at a food chain chart and answer questions regarding the chart.
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