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Assemble and take apart
objects to determine that most things are made up of parts.
K.1.1
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Observe and describe what happens when an object is missing a part.
K.1.2 |
- Alien Assembly
- What do aliens look like? You decide. Use the parts to build your
very own alien.
 
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 Exploring
Parts and Wholes - To explore how parts of something are related
to the whole thing. ( from Science NetLinks) 
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Ready,
Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter of System - To allow students to
discover that everyday substances are composed of parts that make a
unique whole. ( from Science NetLinks)
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Interactions Between Living Things
and Their Environment
K.2.2 |
Recognize that humans have five
senses and be able to discriminate among these.
K.2.2 |
- Amazing Animal Senses - let your students compare animal senses to human senses
- Christmas Bear and his Five Senses - [this link opens on a new page] Students teach Christmas Bear how to use his five senses to learn about his surroundings. (Author - Sandi King)
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Five
Senses - A very complete online unit plan (bilingual - Spanish) that
integrates all subject areas based around learning the 5 senses.
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Five
Senses and Four Seasons Quilt - Students will help make a Five Senses
and Four Seasons quilt and cinquain poem.
- Learning to Look - five activities in one, introducing students to sensory investigation
- Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World - reading level is too high for your students, but this site is packed full of great information for their teacher
- Stick Out Your Tongue and Say Aah - full of good information to help a teacher plan a unit
- Teaching Children About the Five Senses - from Nibbles ... Ideas for Families presented by University of Illinois Extension
- The Senses - experiments and activities for kindergarten and above
- Touching - presented by The Franklin Institute
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Diversity and Adaptation Among
Living Things
K.5.2 |
Know that different organisms tend
to be found in different environments.
K.5.2 |
- Critter Craze - [this link opens on a new page] This lesson introduces the concepts of basic needs, grouping, and habitats. (Author - Laurie Ayers)
- Explore Animal Homes - from Springboard Magazine
- The
Farm - [Reading skills required] Visit several areas of the farm and notice the different
types of things which live there. This is an excellent beginning site
that teaches your students about the farm in addition to practicing
beginning computer skills such as clicking once and using arrow keys.
- Match Animals to their Habitat - [this link opens on a new page] select one of the twelve habitats at Animal Universe and choose animals that live in that habitat (select Maybe Later on the registration screen)
- Snuffy's Safari (Sesame Street) - [this link opens on a new page] travel to one of three environments and search for animals that live there using Sunffy's binoculars.
- Squish the Fish - [Reading skills required] Help Squish travel out across the reef to find his lunch. He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, Big Tooth Blob. Learn about shape, color, and behavioral adaptations for survival.
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Identify objects that appear in the day and nighttime sky.
K.7.1 |
- A model of the planets orbiting our sun
- The Night Sky Live - best as a whole class activity - click on an asterisk on the map to see the night sky live from someplace around the world.
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Classify pictures as representative of day or night.
K.7.2
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- Man made landscape pictures - (whole class activity) View the pictures one at a time. Ask volunteers to classify the picture as day or nighttime and tell why.
- As the Earth Turns - [this link opens in a new window] Students learn that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth. (Author - Sandi King)
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Identify daily weather conditions (e.g., hot, cool, sunny, snowy, and rainy).
K.8.1
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- Control the Weather - [this link opens on a new page] by clicking on different buttons, you decide what the weather will be that day [click to Skip the Ad]
- Dress a Bear for the Weather - careful, he's fussy! (this activity asks students to make a judgment about weather based on a thermometer) this also works well for math
- Eye on the Sky - [this link opens on a new page] the scientist (your student) is asked to enter weather observations. Based on the entries, a summary of conditions is compiled
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Associate clothing and activity choices with various types of weather.
K.8.2 |
- Dress a Bear for the Weather - careful, he's fussy!
- Elmo's World Weather Game (Sesame Street) - [this link opens on a new page] Help Elmo dress for the weather. You choose the type of weather and then you dress Elmo.
- Help Bella the Bear Decide What to Wear - Help Bella the Bear make decisions about which clothing would be appropriate for the weather conditions.
- Seasonal Changes Lesson Plans From Scholastic - The activities in this theme unit take advantage of opportunities for students to practice observation and description skills, as well as extending students' experience into other curricular areas, such as language arts and art.
- Weather - Help Bobingo dress for the weather. First you help him dress for winter weather and then you help him dress for a day at the beach.
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Recognize a variety of earth materials (e.g., rocks, pebbles, and sand).
K.10.1
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- Picture of a black sand beach with the rocks that the sand is made from
- Coral Pink Sand Dunes - in Southwestern Utah
- A pink sand beach in bermuda
- Pebbles from a landscape company
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Classify objects as natural or manmade.
K.10.2 |
- Identifying Natural and Manmade Resources - In this unit (consisting of three lessons) students will explore needs and wants and how they relate to natural and manmade resources.
- Needs and Wants: Can You Live Without Them?
- Identifying Natural and Man-Made Resources
- Protect The Earth and Keep It Clean
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