Kindergarten Science
8 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Iqqaqqaukkaringniq: ways to describe and improve our world through science and technology.
- Life science, physical science, and earth and space science, as in the Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes.
- Skills of inquiry and design, and links between science, technology, society and the environment.
Units
Unit 1
Be a Scientist
Asking a science question, predicting, observing with the senses, picking a tool such as a ruler or magnifying glass, and telling what was found out.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · asking questions and trying to explain what is happening
Unit 2
Materials
Describing everyday materials (soft or hard, rough or smooth, bendy or stiff), what sinks or floats, and naming what things are made of, like wood, metal, glass and cloth.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · matter, and describing materials by their properties
Unit 3
What Living Things Need
Telling living from non-living things, and what plants and animals need to live: food, water, air, shelter and sunlight.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · what makes living things different from non-living things
Unit 4
Animal Features
Noticing body parts like fur, feathers, fins and shells, and how features help animals and plants live where they do.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · the wide variety of living things
Unit 5
Safe Scientists
Safety rules for exploring and playing, such as wearing a helmet, telling a grown-up after a bump to the head, and never tasting science materials.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · using materials and equipment safely
Unit 6
Measure It!
Practises comparing and ordering objects by length, mass and time using words such as longer, shorter, heavier and lighter, and using hands, paper clips or coins as measuring tools. Try measuring a table with your hands at home.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · measuring with senses and non-standard tools, and comparing, sorting and sequencing by one attribute
Unit 7
Sun & Moon Patterns
Practises the pattern of the Sun's position through the day, how shadows change, and how the Moon seems to change shape over about a month. Remind your child never to look straight at the Sun.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Earth and space science · patterns and cycles in the Sun's position and the shape of the Moon
Unit 8
Tools & Science Jobs
Practises linking science to jobs and hobbies (farmer, firefighter, doctor, astronomer, rock collecting, gardening), to technologies people have made to meet needs, and to the idea that everyone can be curious and contribute to science.
Approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Physical science · technologies people create, careers and hobbies that use science, and belonging in science
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