Little SCIENCE Thinkers UNIT 6: Force and Motion {Kindergarten Science}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 6: Force and Motion teaches your little learners all about force and motion. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

How things move

Pushes and Pulls

Force and Direction

Gravity

Simple Machines

Magnets

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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

-A complete Teacher Guide

-6 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)

-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters

-Anchor Charts

-Investigations and an Experiment

-Science Stations

-Whole group Activities

-Vocabulary Cards

-Craft

-Student Workbook

-Quick Checks

-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring

-Parent Letter

-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

**PLEASE NOTE** This unit contains many hands-on investigations. In order to teach the lessons you will need the following materials: balloons, balls of different sizes, marbles, a pool noodle, wooden blocks, magnets, empty jars, nuts and bolts

OUTLINE OF UNIT 6:

Lesson 1: HOW THINGS MOVE

Lesson 2: PUSHES AND PULLS

Lesson 3: FORCE AND DIRECTION

Lesson 4: INVESTIGATION

Lesson 5: GRAVITY

Lesson 6: RAMP EXPERIMENT

Lesson 7: SIMPLE MACHINES

Lesson 8: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS

Lesson 9: SIMPLE MACHINE STATIONS

Lesson 10: USING MAGNETS TO MOVE

Lesson 11: REVIEW AND CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

*Please download the preview to see all that is included, including samples of everything!*

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OTHER LITTLE SCIENCE THINKERS UNITS:

UNIT 1: Our Senses

UNIT 2: Seasons & Weather

UNIT 3: Properties

UNIT 4: Plants

UNIT 5: Animals

UNIT 6: Force and Motion

MINI UNIT: Apple Science

MINI UNIT: Space

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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at karen@mrsjonessclass.com .

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