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Free preschool science unit plans
Super Science Experiments
Looking to spruce up your science curriculum, or have an AWESOME science fair project well you have come to the right place!
This collection of truly Super Science Experiments is just for you! It contains chemistry experiments, experiments on matter, physics, and much more!
Includes:
- 70+ science experiments and demo guides
- detailed descriptions
- pictures of experiments
- material lists
These are only the experiments I thought would be the absolute coolest ones and that students wou
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PreK - 8th
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Weather FREEBIES
This FREEBIE includes a few different weather themed activities that are perfect to supplement any K-1 weather unit!
Included is:
--Weather Bar Graph
--Types of Weather Worksheet (2 versions for differentiation)
--Weather Poem
--Scrambled Weather Poem (Students cut and glue the lines of the poem in order.)
--Writing Page (goes along with Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs
I hope you enjoy this freebie!
For more freebies, check out my blog K-3 Connection!
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PreK - 1st
Let's Learn About Plants Freebie
This year when I began teaching my Plant Unit, I was missing some key worksheets that my students needed! So, I made them and thought they might be useful to other teachers, too! Worksheets included in this packet are:-Color and Label the Plant Parts and Plant Part Jobs(with answer key)-Plant Parts We Eat Cut and Sort-Flower Life Cycle Cut and GlueI hope you enjoy this packet! It would be great for centers, sub tubs, homework, or simply a fun class activity!More Emergency Sub PlansEmergency S
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PreK - 3rd
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Light and Shadow FREEBIE
With this download, you will get a SOURCES of LIGHT 20 Questions game with 10 cards and a mat. This is one of the activities from my paid pack of Lights and Shadows Unit. The paid pack has 5 days worth of lesson plans AND tons of Print and Play fun.Here is the link to the whole unit- Lights and Shadows UnitbyMary AmosonSharing KindergartenSharing Kindergarten Facebook
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PreK - 1st
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Weather Unit (Science Fun for Pre-School - 3rd Grade)
This Weather Unit is intended for Preschoolers - 3rd Grade. It includes a wide variety of activities, experiments, worksheets and mroe:
- Water Cycle (including experiments)
- Seasons (including creative writing)
- Temperature (differences in sun/shade, morning/afternoon, here/other countries)
- Weather Graphing
- Hot/Cold
- Hibernation
- Clouds (including experiments)
- Wind (including experiment & activity)
- Disaster Preparedness (including dri
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PreK - 3rd
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Common Core Lifecycle Unit First Grade Butterfly, Frog, Apple Tree, & Pumpkin
This unit is designed in order to allow students to explore the life cycles of plants and animals, specifically pumpkin, apple tree, butterfly, and frog. It uses Common Core Exemplar texts as well as additional poetry, digital, fiction, and non-fiction literature resources as the basis for instruction. The unit is designed to last approximately two weeks and provides eight lessons. The timing is flexible and can be adjusted for individual student needs and differentiation. This unit is desig
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PreK - 2nd
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National Nutrition Week. Food pyramid poster. FREEBIE
It's #NationalNutritionWeek! Download a free guide to healthy eating poster for your classroom: http://www.ricgroup.com.au/national-nutrition-week/.
A quick guide to healthier eating. Get moving and drink plenty of water!
Click here for more great health resources: Health, physical education and values teaching resources
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Insect Survey
Students may use this worksheet to survey the class to see what kind of insect everyone likes. Insect choices include: Ant, Butterfly, Bee, Dragonfly, Firefly, Wasp, Beetle, Moth, and Ladybug. Remember, an insect has three body parts and six legs. Activity could be used with bug theme, centers or just for fun. Practice with tally mark use and counting.
**Designed with Microsoft Word**
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
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PreK - 3rd
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Kindergarten Weather Unit Lesson Plans
This is my senior project. I've created a weather unit for kindergarten. This file only contains the written lesson plans and lesson outlines. Most materials were found on pinterest or created by me. There is a supplemental material download available in my store that has some of the worksheets/printables that I used. Enjoy!
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PreK - 1st
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Bread Theme for Preschool
This Bread Preschool Theme Resource Pack has 15 pages of activities to supplement a week (or 2 week) long theme! This Freebie includes:*Painted Toast Cooking Activity*Bakery Match Game*A "Best Bread Bistro" Sign for your Dramatic Play Area (and a decorated, UNnamed sign so you can make up your own name!)*A Menu for Dramatic play with fun foods to order *A Corresponding Order Form for your Preschool Bistro Servers to take orders on!*A Decorated but blank menu to fill your own foods onto.* A Deco
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PreK - K
Life Cycle of a Sunflower
This preschool learning unit is a great way to introduce the plant life cycle to your learners! Full of activities in many subjects... reading, counting and numbers, putting events in order, vocabulary, science and experiments… so many ways for your early learner to widen their knowledge and understanding about the world around them.
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PreK - 1st
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Parts of an Apple Poster - Print and Cursive! Montessori Inspired!
Teach the parts of an apple with this 8.5 X 11" labeled poster! Cursive and print versions are included.All rights reserved. This product is bound by copyright laws. It is licensed for personal or single classroom use by the original purchaser only. It is not to be redistributed in digital or printed form without the express written permission of the creator. Additional licenses may be purchased for use in multiple classrooms or a school setting. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and
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PreK - 8th
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5 Senses Booklet
Learn about the 5 senses with this fun booklet that the kids can make.
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PreK - 2nd
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Plan a Camp Out Project Based Learning Unit
Explore the great outdoors with this nature loving Project Based Learning unit. Students will take on the role of Camping Experts to plan their own campouts. Along the way they will learn about animals, the outdoors, and how to solve a real world problem.
This document is used as a handout for my PBL workshops. It is a simple, step-by-step guide for getting started with PBL. I hope you enjoy learning and using the ideas presented.
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PreK - 6th
Syllabus Brochure Template
Hello!This is a template for a brochure style syllabus!I love using this type of template for me to have students paste on their Interactive Notebook and always have with them. Simple fold trifold and paste on notebook or add more information on the pasting sectionIt can be customized in color, bitmojis and wording as needed.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Kindergarten: Exploring Weather Through Puddles NGSS Aligned Complete Curriculum
This is our complete guide to teaching weather through a puddle phenomena. This is a top-rated NGSS weather unit which as been used in many districts across the country. Teachers and students alike have enjoyed learning about weather, temperature, and the connection to puddle evaporation. This research-backed unit incorporates three-dimensional learning sequences and focuses on equity and collaborative learning opportunities for all students. The engaging lessons, activities, and experiences all
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PreK - 2nd
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K-ESS3-2
Preschool Curriculum Map / Pacing Guide for Preschool, Pre-K
This Preschool Curriculum Map (or Pacing Guide) for Preschool and Pre-K has year long lesson plan ideas and theme plans.Planned for each month:MathLiteracyScienceSensory TableSocial EmotionalFine MotorNursery RhymesFairy TaleTheme UnitHolidayBook ListMusic & MovementDramatic PlayMoreIncludes links to many free resources as well as TPT resources!
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PreK
Wild About Project Based Learning
Your students will become safari tour guides in this engaging PBL unit! Students will learn about Africa, animals, and habitats while taking on the challenge of tour guide.
This document is used as a handout for my PBL workshops. It is a simple, step-by-step guide for getting started with PBL. I hope you enjoy learning and using the ideas presented.
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PreK - 6th
Animal Research Journals/ Flip books
Easy to print and use journals. Perfect for an animal unit or needs and wants of animals. There are spaces to draw and write on each page. Your students will love it and become fully motivated into the topic!
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PreK - 3rd
Playground Engineers Kindergarten Science Motion and Stability
This unit is designed to engage student's prior experiences with motion, forces, and interactions on the playground. Students will learn what a force is by recording everything they can safely do to someone on a swing to make them move, eventually learning that no matter what they did it falls into the category of a push or a pull. At the end of activity one students should be able define a force as a push or a pull that changes the motion of an object. Students will then use model swings (tire
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PreK - 1st
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ACORN & OAK TREE - Mini Unit Study
Hello Young Scientists!
Let your little explorers discover the fascinating world of flowers and plants in this alphabet based mini unit study, starting with the letter A for ACORN!
Enjoy the study and please remember to rate your download to receive tpt points and freebies!!
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Your students will love learning interesting facts about the acorns and oak trees that surround them! With this no prep unit study they (and you) will enjoy hands on learning as you effortlessly incorporate
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PreK - 6th
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2 Week PowerPoint on how to teach weather for grades K-1
This lesson lays out a way that you can teach your students about weather so they will have a better understanding of why different kinds of weather are important. Students will understand how wind, rain, and clouds affect each other and don’t act separately. Students will be able to identify different types of clouds, how wind effects objects and learn about the water cycle.
This 10 day lesson format gives you titles to books you can use, links to Youtube that will help you and project idea
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PreK - 3rd
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Integrated Art and Science Unit on Trees
This unit is based on nature walks to see trees on the school property or at a nearby park. Students will observe, draw, journal, and collect samples that they will later sort, categorize, identify and draw. They will later create a mixed media artwork and found poem about trees.
This sample overview of a lesson unit about trees is developed to support overall expectations in the Ontario Curriculum for Grade 3 in the Arts and Science. However it has resources to support K-8.
The full unit pack
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PreK - 8th
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Kindergarten Science Curriculum Calendar - Map - Plan | Digital Notebook
This is a free digital planner for my kindergarten Science curriculum that I follow for the state of Georgia which also aligns to the Next Generation Science Standards. Plan out science units for the entire school year using this interactive notebook! This works great with the GoodNotes5 or Notability iPad apps.Included in this product is a curriculum guide that will help you plan out when to cover Science units included in my Kindergarten Year Long Science Curriculum Activity Packet and Present
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PreK - 1st
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
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