Homeschool Physical Science Centers (by date, oldest first)

Compare the mass of different solid objects with this packet of three mass comparison activities. Each activity uses easy to find objects that fit in a typical balance so students can compare their masses.

Activities Included

• Activity 1: (Materials: Random objects, balance, page 2 of this packet) Each student or group of students will look around the room for objects to weigh in a balance. The will draw the objects on the recording sheet then fill in the symbols to make the comparison correct.
• Activity 2: (Materials: Page 3 of this packet, a toy car, a block, a coin, a key, a shell, a button, a pine cone, a ball and balance for each group.) Students will place the two objects in the balance. They will fill in the correct answer on the recording sheet.
• Activity 3: (Materials: balance, picture cards, page 2 and objects represented on the picture cards) Students will choose two picture cards and use a balance to compare the mass of the two objects, recording the results on the recording page. Large Activity Cards with Words are on pages 4-9. Small Activity Cards without Words are on pages 10-11.

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Science Sorts

Plants Activity Bundle

Do fun and engaging science experiments with this science bundle. Each experiment includes a detailed instruction page with materials needed to complete the experiment. Each experiment comes with its own making predictions page, recording page and journaling page.

The following experiments are available in this packet:

Apple Experiments

1. Sink or Float
2. What happens to an apple under different conditions?

Comparing Mass

Making Butter

Pumpkins

1. Pumpkin Observation
2. Sink and Float
3. Pumpkin Volcano Comparison

Seeds and Plants Experiments

1. What happens when seeds get wet?
2. How do seeds grow?

Transportation Experiments

1. Does it Roll?
2. Sink the Boat!

More Science Activities

Living and Nonliving Sort

The Plants We Eat

Have fun on your 100th day of school with these hands-on, inquiry based science experiments! Included are a week's worth of activities, all based around the theme of "100".

*"100 Pennies in a Boat"

*"100 Melting Crayons"

*"100 Magnetic Paperclips"

*"100 Dancing Chocolate Chips"

*"100 Licks" Experiment

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Students will investigate the states of matter of water as it changes from frozen to liquid states. 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. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Investigations in this unit include:

✔ "Ice Treasures"

✔ "Light or Dark?"

✔ "Adding Salt and Color"

✔ "Ice Cube Race"

✔ "Which is Heavier?"

✔ "Oil and Ice"

✔ "Painting with Ice"

The final investigation in this unit is a student-designed investigation that will test how certain ingredients affect the time it takes an ice cube to melt.

The packet also includes a fun recipe for Ice Cream in a Bag! (And the scientific explanation for how this recipe works.)

Students will learn about reflection and mirrors through engaging and fun investigations.

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. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Activities include:

*Sorting reflective and non-reflective materials

*Double Mirrors

*Triangular Mirrors

*Symmetry

*Concave and Convex Mirrors

*Sensory Play on a Mirror

*Final Project- Create a Mirror Sculpture

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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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Students will learn about the concepts of magnets and magnetism through these fun and engaging investigations.

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. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This packet 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:

• An explanation of the Scientific Method

• Printable recording sheets for investigations

• Guide for helping students develop independent investigations

• Tips and helpful suggestions

Students will learn about buoyancy and water displacement through these engaging investigations. 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. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Included in this packet are:

★Explanation of the Scientific Method for teachers

★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

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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

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.

(*Save money by purchasing the entire Year Long Science Curriculum in one bundle.)

This bundle contains enough science activities to fill the third quarter of the school year (About 8 weeks)

Freezing and Melting:

Investigations in this unit include:

★ "Ice Treasures"

★ "Light or Dark?"

★ "Adding Salt and Color"

★"Ice Cube Race"

★ "Which is Heavier?"

★ "Oil and Ice"

★ "Painting with Ice"

The final investigation in this unit is a student-designed investigation that will test how certain ingredients affect the time it takes an ice cube to melt.

The packet also includes a fun recipe for Ice Cream in a Bag! (And the scientific explanation for how this recipe works.)

My Human Body

As we make the life size body model, the students will learn about:

★ The skeletal system (bones)

★ The respiratory system (lungs)

★ The muscular system (muscles)

★ The cardiovascular system (heart, veins and arteries)

★ The digestive system (stomach and intestines)

★ The nervous system (spine and brain)

This packet also includes a printable book: “My Amazing Body” (black and white)

Suggestions for additional activities are included (including printable activities)

Music and Vibration

As they learn about vibrations and sound, the students will explore the following hands-on topics:

★ "Balloon Drums"

★ "Seeing Sound Vibrations"

★ "Cardboard Kazoos"

★ "Spoon Sounds"

★ "Rubber Band Guitars"

★ "Buzzing Balloons"

The two-week unit will conclude with the students creating their own unique instruments.

This unit also includes pocket chart word cards for many common percussion instruments.

Shadows and Light

Ten hands-on lessons about shadows are included:

★ Discovering Shadows

★ Outdoor Shadows

★ Is a Shadow Always Black?

★ A Moving Shadow

★ Big and Small Shadows

★ Shadow Detectives

★ Multiple Shadows

★ Shadow Tracings

★ Shadow Charades

★ A Shadow Show (Reflecting on What We've Learned)

This unit also includes extension activities and printables.

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The “Science Kids” packets are designed to help students learn to think like scientists and begin to understand the process of scientific inquiry. This packet supports Next Generation Science Standard K-2-ETS1.

(*Save money by purchasing the entire Year Long Science Curriculum in one bundle.)

This bundle includes:

Kitchen Chemistry- Students will learn:

*Properties of Matter (The ingredients used in the investigations have different properties)

*Changes in States of Matter (The ingredients will change when combined with other ingredients)

Ramps – Students will learn:

*Some objects roll down ramps, while others slide.

*The height or texture of a ramp will change the distance and speed an object rolls.

*Changing the weight of an object will change the distance and speed it rolls down a ramp.

*An object will move around obstacles that are in its way as it rolls down a ramp

Mirrors and Reflections- Students will learn:

*Some surfaces are reflective and some are not

*Multiple mirrors can generate many images

*Mirrors can create symmetrical images

Gingerbread Man Science- Students will explore the following concepts:

*Dissolvability

*Buoyancy

*Bridge Construction

*Pendulums

*Properties of Waterproof and Non-waterproof Materials

The activities in this packet are designed to last for eight weeks, or one quarter of the traditional school year.

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Do you need a science word wall? This resource includes 77 vocabulary words that are essential for the NGSS. Each word contains a graphic to help your students. Words are color coded for each unit.

orange - organisms to molecules NGSS

red - motion and stability NGSS

green - earth systems NGSS

yellow - energy

turquoise - earth and human activities

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Do you need to have vocabulary development in the area of science? This resource includes 65 vocabulary words that are essential for the NGSS. Each word contains a graphic to help your students. The cards are perfect for a science word wall. Words are color coded for each unit.

red - motion and stability NGSS

green - life science NGSS

blue - earth science NGSS

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