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Kindergarten Science Units:

1. Earth and Space Science: Weather and Climate
2. Physical Science: Forces & Interactions: Push & Pulls
3. Life Science: Interdependent Reltionships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants and their Environment

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General Research

• National Geographic KIDS

• Journey North Online Projects

1. Weather and Climate

1. ACCU Weather forecast
2. ACCU Weather US satellite forcast
3. CNN Weather  - Weather for Oradell, NJ
4. National Weather Service  - U.S. weather

Tools

1. Welcome to Eye on the Sky  - Generate a weather report using real time information.
2. Weather Watch Tools  - Scholastic

Our World

1. Sunrise, Sunset  - Beacon learning center
2. As the World Turns  - Beacon learning center
3. 4 Seasons  - animated

 

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VOCABULARY

• cloudy- having many clouds in the sky
• cold- having a very low temperature
• forecast-   using information to predict the weather
• hot- having a very high temperature
• hurricane- an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm
• precipitation - general name for water in any form falling from clouds. This includes rain, drizzle, hail, snow and sleet.
• rainy- having a lot of rain
• shelter- a structure that covers or protects people or things
• snowstorm-   a storm with a large amount of falling snow
• snowy- having a lot of snow
• storm- an occurrence of bad weather in which there is a lot of rain, snow, etc., and often strong winds
• sunny- having plenty of bright sunlight
• temperature- the measurement of how hot or cold something is
• thermometer- the instrument which measures temperature
• thunderstorm- a storm with lightning and thunder
• weather - the temperature and other outside conditions (such as rain, cloudiness, etc.) at a particular time and place
• windy- having a lot of wind

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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES      

• Record and chart daily weather patterns: temperature, cloud cover, precipitation (rain/snow). Compare the weather of different seasons.
• Make a paper plate sundial
• Make a pinwheel
• Design and build a sun structure to measure the effects of sun on the earth’s surface    
• Using UV beads to test if the sun penetrated the surface
• Made for the Shade -UV sensitive Lizards
• Cloud observations    
• Shaving cream rain clouds  
• Create a class weather vane

RESOURCES:

1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  Learning Center   * Resources  
2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
4.   Online Simulations  - PHET - U. of Colorado
5. Science Spot lessons
6. Concord Consortium simulations (requires Java)
7. Weather Wiz Kids   activity ideas, daily weather, experiments
8. Web Weather for Kids - UCAR   - activity ideas
9. Brainpop
10. ShiShow Kids  YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)

 

2. Forces & Interactions: Push & Pulls

1. Push and Pull game - BBC
2. Push and Pull to the playgroun d - video
3. Push & Pull Forces  - video with examples
4. Push or Pull song

 

1. Build a Roller Coaster  - Learner

2. Build your roller coaster  - Discover > new webite coming soon

3. Teacher   - How Stuff Works

TEACHER

1. Lever Investigation  video - Sid the Science Kid
2. Balance videos  - PBS
3. Lifting with levers  -  PBS
4. Ramps  - PBS
5. Fun with Friction  with Sid the science kid

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VOCABULARY

• bump - t o hit against an object in a sudden and forceful way
• backward - toward what is behind
• collide - to hit or crash
• direction - the line or course on which something moves.
• force - a push or pull
• forward - toward what is ahead
• gravity - a force that pulls things to Earth
• motion - the action or process of moving or being moved
• pull - when you make things move towards you.  Pulling is a force.
• push - when you make things move away from you. Pushing is a force.
• ramp - a sloping surface which can change the speed of an object
• rolling - moving by turning over and over
• slope - ground that slants downward or upward
• speed - how fast things move
• start - to begin moving
• stop - to not move

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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

1. Push - Pull change directions
2. Marble roll
3. Roller Coaster
4. Ramp Builder
5. School Scavenger Hunt for examples
6. Bowling
7. Dominoes

RESOURCES:

1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  Learning Center   *  Resources   
2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas  
3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
4. Science Spot lessons
5. Concord Consortium simulations (requires Java)
6. Brainpop

3. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems:
        Animals, Plants & their Environment

Living or Non-living

1. Living or Non-Living - video

Living Things

Chicks & Eggs

1. Baby Chick Hatchery  - Museum of Science in Chicago
2. Egg hatching
3. 4H - Chicks  Egg CAM, photos and movies
4. Worms

Animals

1. Animals  - Busch Gardens

Farm Animals

1. Out and About the Farm  - video
2. Kids Farm
3. The Kids' Farm  - National Zoo
4. About Farm Animals

Cows

1. Cow Parade  - video
2. Cows mooing  - video
3. Happy cows  - video

Plants

1. Watch plants grow

Non- Living Things

             

 

 

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VOCABULARY

• animal - a living thing that has movement and basic needs of food, water, air, and space to live
• earth - the planet on which we live; the world; soil
• environment - the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
• food - any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth
• habitat - the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
• natural resources - something found in nature that can be used by people
• plant - a living thing with basic needs of nutrients, sunlight, water, air, and space pollute - contaminate water, air, or a place with harmful or poisonous substances
• recycle -   to make something new from something that has been used before
• survive - continue to live

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MORE SCIENCE LINKS

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Health

1. Food Champs  -
2. Food Group Games  - Nourish Interactive
3. Nutrition for Kids  - Sheppards
4. The Story of Sparky
5. Ourselves comparison game- BBC

Solids & Liquids

1. Watch a Snowflake Grow
2. Snow crystals.com
3. Make a Snowman - ABCya
4. Make a Flake!