Kindergarten Science
5 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Strands and outcomes
- Life Science: Living Things in our Environment (LTK.1): Examine observable characteristics of plants, animals, and people in their local environment.
- Physical Science: Observing Forces and Energy (FEK.1): Examine the effects of physical forces, magnetic forces, light energy, sound energy, and heat energy, on objects…
- Physical Science: Materials and Objects (MOK.1): Investigate observable characteristics of familiar objects and materials in their environment.
- Earth and Space Science: Exploring Our Natural Surroundings (NSK.1): Explore features of their natural surroundings, including changes to those surroundings over time.
Units
Unit 1
Animal Features
Noticing body parts like fur, feathers, fins and shells, and how features help animals and plants live where they do.
Outcome: LTK.1 · observable characteristics of plants, animals and people in the local environment
Unit 2
What Living Things Need
Telling living from non-living things, and what plants and animals need to live: food, water, air, shelter and sunlight.
Outcome: LTK.1 · what living things in the local environment need
Unit 3
Push & Pull
Telling pushes from pulls, and seeing how a bigger push, an object's shape and its weight change how it moves.
Outcome: FEK.1 · the effects of pushes, pulls and other forces on objects
Unit 4
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.
Outcome: MOK.1 · observable characteristics of familiar objects and materials
Unit 5
Weather & Seasons
Dressing for the weather, the four seasons in order, day and night, and how plants and animals change with the seasons.
Outcome: NSK.1 · features of the natural surroundings, including weather and changes over time
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