Kindergarten Science · Lessons

Kindergarten Science lessons

6 sections · 39 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Kindergarten Science

Practice 39 skills across this outline.

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Why Forecasting Is Useful
Earth and Human Activity · Weather Forecasting Purpose
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
13 categories
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
17%
Earth’s Systems · Organisms Change Environment
12%
Energy · Reducing Sunlight Warming
11%
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Design Solutions for Motion
10%
Earth and Human Activity · Reducing Human Environmental Impact
7%
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Pushes Pulls and Motion
7%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of kindergarten science — drill into a card to work its skills.

Earth and Human Activity · Weather Forecasting Purpose

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Why Forecasting Is UsefulRecommended
2
Asking About Severe WeatherAvailable
3
Weather Forecasts Help PrepareAvailable

Earth and Human Activity · Organism Needs and Habitats

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Modeling Where Organisms LiveAvailable
2
How Places Meet NeedsAvailable
3
Identifying Plant and Animal NeedsAvailable

Earth and Human Activity · Reducing Human Environmental Impact

3 core skills7% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Communicating Environmental SolutionsAvailable
2
People Affect the EnvironmentAvailable
3
Solutions to Reduce ImpactAvailable

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Design Solutions for Motion

3 core skills10% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Recording Speed and DirectionAvailable
2
Did the Design WorkAvailable
3
Testing Tools That Move ObjectsAvailable

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Pushes Pulls and Motion

3 core skills7% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Changing Push DirectionAvailable
2
Harder and Softer PushesAvailable
3
Pushing and Pulling ObjectsAvailable

Engineering Design · Defining Simple Problems

3 core skills7% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Defining Problems ClearlyAvailable
2
Asking About ProblemsAvailable
3
Observing ProblemsAvailable

Engineering Design · Shape and Function Models

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Building Solution ModelsAvailable
2
How Shape Helps SolutionsAvailable
3
Sketching SolutionsAvailable

Engineering Design · Comparing Design Performance

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing DesignsAvailable
2
Testing Two DesignsAvailable
3
Which Design Works BetterAvailable

Energy · Reducing Sunlight Warming

3 core skills11% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Building Sunlight BlockersAvailable
2
Places That Get Too WarmAvailable
3
Testing Shade StructuresAvailable

Energy · Sunlight Effects on Earth

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Surface WarmthAvailable
2
How Sunlight Affects EarthAvailable
3
Observing Sunlight and ShadeAvailable

Earth’s Systems · Organisms Change Environment

3 core skills12% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Environmental Changes Help SurvivalAvailable
2
Explaining Environmental ChangeAvailable
3
How Animals Change EnvironmentAvailable

Earth’s Systems · Local Weather Patterns

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Observing Daily WeatherAvailable
2
Observing Weather PatternsAvailable
3
Recording Weather Over TimeAvailable

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

3 core skills17% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Patterns in Living NeedsAvailable
2
What Living Things NeedAvailable
3
Why Resources Are NeededAvailable