Rio Tinto Hands On Science Curriculum Kindergarten
Rio Tinto Hands On Science Curriculum Kindergarten
Standard I: The Process of Science, Communication of Science, and the Nature of Science
Description: Can you measure with a toothpick? Students will measure everyday objects without using a ruler. |
Description: Students use shortening to act as penguin blubber in a class science fair project. |
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Description: Kindergarten scientists make predictions and test them with a balance and a graduated cylinder. |
Standard 2: Earth and Space Science
SENSE OF TASTE, HEARING, SMELL AND TOUCH Description: Hearing, smelling, taste, and touch are investigated as students solve mysteries using their senses. |
Description: Students look for signs of spring outdoors and explore how shadows and soil form. |
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Description: Students take a fall nature walk and use their senses to explore nature in the fall. Later in the year, compare this to a spring nature walk. |
Standard 4: Life Science
EXPLORING COLOR AND THE SENSE OF SIGHT Description: Color is explored using color paddles, diffraction glasses, and mixing primary colors to form secondary colors in test tubes. |
Description: Classifying animals in kindergarten begins with sorting them as to where they live, what outer covering they have, and their type of appendage. |
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Description: Each student creates a habitat for a mealworm that they will care for as it progresses through its life cycle. |
SENSE OF TASTE, HEARING, SMELL AND TOUCH Description: Hearing, smelling, taste, and touch are investigated as students solve mysteries using their senses. |
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Description: Students look for signs of spring outdoors and explore how shadows and soil form. |