Earth Science: Plants

K.2E.1 IDENTIFY CHANGES IN THINGS SEEN IN THE SKY.

Lesson 1–What's Up in the Sky?

• A: Ideas to Celebrate Sky Day
• A: Objects in the Sky Unit
• A: The Sky Unit

Lesson 1–Shadows

• A: Draw Shadow Art
• A: Kindergarten Shadow Activities
• A: Kindergarten Shadow Games
• A: Kindergarten Activities for Groundhog Day

K.1E.1 GATHER EVIDENCE THAT THE SUN WARMS LAND, AIR, AND WATER.

Lesson 3–The Sun Warms the Land, the Air, and the Water

• TB: The Sea Breeze
• TB: The Warmth of the Sun

K.1P.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS.
K.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Lesson 4–Plant Needs

• A: What do plants need to grow?
• A: Plants and Water
• A: Will seeds germinate in the cold?
• A: Great Plant Escape
• Enchanted Learning: Plants
• Learning to Look investigation

Lesson 5–Grow Plants

• A: Compare ways to germinate seeds
• TB: Life Cycle of Plants
• TB: Plant growth and development (just for teachers)

Lesson 6–Parts of a Plant

• A: What Parts are There to a Plant?
• A: Look at Those Leaves!
• A: Grade One Lesson
• A: Build a box that shows roots
• A: Examine Your Roots
• A: Rotocopter
• TB: Flower Anatomy for Kids thanks to Ms. Lee's students for the suggestion
• SB: Roots
• SB: Stems
• SB: Leaves
• SB: Flowers
• SB: Fruits

Engineering Activity

• Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones - grow sunflowers in different light, moisture conditions
• Who Needs What? - student design an experiment to determine a plants need of light and water

Pumpkin Activities

• A: Language, Math, Science, and more
• A: Observations of Pumpkins

Craft Activities

• Make a classroom terrarium
• Flower Frames
• Flower Pot Pen Holder
• Painted Flowerpot
• Pop Up Flower Garden Card
• Flower Crown

Language Connections

• Bank of words for an alphabet book
• K-2 Literature List
• Daffodil Poetry
• Pumpkin Poems and Songs

Linking to Literature

• About Janet Stevens the author
• Draw the bear step by step

Math Activities

• Sort Seeds

Social Studies

• Where does food come from?

Very Capable Students

• Flower anatomy printout
• Become an expert A-Z for Plants
• Become an expert A-Z for Flowers
• Become an expert A-Z for Vegetables

Life Science: Butterflies

K.1P.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS.
K.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Lesson 7–Introduce Butterflies, Lesson 8–Butterfly Characteristics, Lesson 9–Painted Lady Model, Lesson 10–Hide a Butterfly

• D, TB: Butterfly Anatomy
• D, TB: Butterfly Head
• D, TB: Butterfly Thorax
• D, TB: Butterfly Wings
• D, TB: Butterfly Abdomen
• D, TB: Label a Butterfly
• D: Caterpillar Anatomy Simple
• D, TB: Caterpillar Anatomy
• D, TB: All about the Painted Lady
• D, TB: All about the Viceroy Butterfly
• A: Record food caterpillars eat
• TB: Oregon Silverspot threatened

Lesson 11–Butterfly Life Cycle

• VIDEO: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly (contains some advanced information)
  • VIDEO: Time-lapse of the monarch butterfly turning into a chrysallis
  • VIDEO: Time-lapse of the butterfly emerging from the chrysallis
• A: Life Cycle to label
• D, TB: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
• D, TB: Life Cycle Printout
• D, TB: Caterpillar Anatomy
• D, TB: Pupa Anatomy
• D: Painted Lady Life Cycle
• D, TB: All about butterflies and moths

ENCHANTED LEARNING: BUTTERFLIES

Butterfly Units by Teachers

• Exploring Butterflies in Kindergarten
• Kindergarten Kapers

Teacher Background

• The Butterfly Website
• Advanced: Butterflies and Climate
• Butterfly movies
• Butterflies at other schools

Crafts

• Coloringbookfun.com
• Origami butterflies
• Butterfly coloring book
• Wax Paper Stained Glass Windows
• Make a Butterfly Wand
• Coloring Book to Make
• Paper Plate Puppet
• Butterfly Mobile
• Butterfly Card
• Paper Chain Caterpillar Toy
• Egg Carton Animals

Language

• Teacher CyberGuide: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Butterfly Journal
• Butterfly
• Stories and Poetry
• Poetry from CanTeach

Spanish Web pages

• El Mundo de Las Plants

Physical Science: Five Senses and More

K.3S.2 Make observations about the natural world.

Lesson 12–I Can Touch

• A: Sense of Touch Ideas
• A: SEDL: Touch
• A: SEDL: El Tacto
• TB: Your Sense of Touch

Lesson 13–I can Hear

• A: Sense of Sound Ideas
• A: Eggs Filled with Sound
• A: SEDL: Hearing
• A: SEDL: El Oído
• A: Variation on Tin Can Cups
• A: Variation on Cheap Chimes
• TB: Your Sense of Hearing

Lesson 14–I Can See

• A: Sense of Sight Ideas
• A: What if I were Blind?
• A: SEDL: Sight
• A: SEDL: La Vista
• A: Variation on Spinning Illusion
• TB: Your Sense of Sight

I Can Smell

• A: Sense of Smell Ideas
• A: SEDL: Smell
• A: SEDL: El Olfato
• TB: The Nose Knows
• TB: Your Sense of Smell

I Can Taste

• A: Sense of Taste Ideas
• A: SEDL: Taste
• A: SEDL: El Gusto
• A: Using Your Tongue
• TB: That's Tasty
• TB: Your Sense of Taste

Five Senses

• A: The Five Senses by Nancy Ziegler in North Carolina
• A: The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses
• A: Ten Activities to Introduce the Five Senses
• A: The Five Senses (adapt)
• A: Five Senses Unit from Canada
• A: All about Me: My Senses
• A: Scripted Introduction to Senses
• A: The Five Senses
• A: Los Cinco Sentidos
• A: The Senses

Engineering Connection

• Touch and Discover

Language/Art:

• Wherever I Look

Language:

• Write a Five Senses Poem
• Sense of Poetry
• Glossary

Health:

• A: Eye Safety

K.2P.1 EXAMINE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THINGS MOVE

Lesson 15–I Can Move, Lesson 18–I Make Things Move

• A: Daily Fitness Mini Game
• A: Kindergarten Fitness Lesson Plan

Lesson 16–Animals Move

• A: Animal Movements

Lesson 17 Toys Move

• I: Videos of Toys Moving
• A: Paper Toys to Print and Construct
• TB: Physics of Toys