Kindergarten Science
11 units matched to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Focus areas
- Physical properties, magnets and light
- Day and night, weather, rocks, soil, water and air
- What plants and animals need, and plant structures and life cycles
Units
Unit 1
What Living Things Need
Telling living from non-living things, and what plants and animals need to live: food, water, air, shelter and sunlight.
TEKS student expectation: K.12(A); K.12(B) · what plants and animals need from their environment to survive
Unit 2
Animal Features
Noticing body parts like fur, feathers, fins and shells, and how features help animals and plants live where they do.
TEKS student expectation: K.13(B) · animal structures for seeing, hearing, moving and grasping
Unit 3
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.
TEKS student expectation: K.6 · describing and sorting objects by their physical properties
Unit 4
Weather & Seasons
Dressing for the weather, the four seasons in order, day and night, and how plants and animals change with the seasons.
TEKS student expectation: K.10(B); K.9(A) · weather changes from day to day and over the seasons, and day and night
Unit 5
My Five Senses
Take a sensory walk and name what you see, hear, smell and feel. Sort household objects by how they feel, such as rough and smooth.
TEKS student expectation: K.6; K.13(B) · observing objects' shape, color, texture and material with the senses
Unit 6
Sun & Moon Patterns
Practices 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.
TEKS student expectation: K.9(A); K.9(B) · patterns of day and night, and the Sun and Moon in the sky
Unit 7
Plant Parts at Work
Practices what each outside part of a plant does to help it survive and grow, from roots that drink water to thorns that keep animals away.
TEKS student expectation: K.13(A) · the roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of plants
Unit 8
Where Animals Live
Practices matching plants and animals to places that meet their needs, and noticing how animals and people change their surroundings to get what they need.
TEKS student expectation: K.12(B) · animals' need for food, water and shelter where they live
Unit 9
Magnets & Light
Practices which things a magnet pulls, how magnets push and pull each other, that we see things only when there is light, and that some things let light through while others block it and make a shadow.
TEKS student expectation: K.7; K.8(A); K.8(B) · how magnets push and pull, and how light lets us see and makes shadows
Unit 10
Rocks, Soil, Water & Air
Practices sorting rocks by size, shape, color and texture, noticing that air is all around us and that wind is moving air, and naming ways people use rocks, soil and water.
TEKS student expectation: K.10(A); K.10(C); K.11 · sorting rocks, noticing air and wind, and how we use rocks, soil and water
Unit 11
From Seed to Plant
Practices the simple plant life cycle (seed, seedling, plant, flower, fruit) and noticing that young plants look like the plant they came from.
TEKS student expectation: K.13(C); K.13(D) · a plant's life cycle from seed to fruit, and how young plants look like their parent plant
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