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Reasons for Change
In kindergarten, students build on early experiences observing the world around them as they continue to make observations that are more quantitative in nature and help them identify why some changes occur. Students begin to learn to use these observations as evidence to support a claim through growing language skills.. In kindergarten science, students begin to identify reasons for changes in some common phenomena.
Motion, Pushes and Pulls
Motion, Pushes and Pulls
Studnets investigate motions of objects by changing the strength and direction of pushes and pulls.
Weather
Weather
They build their quantitative knowledge of temperature in relation to the weather and its effect on different kinds of materials. They observe that the amount of sunlight shining on a surface causes a temperature change and they design a structure to reduce the warming effects of sunlight.
Plants and Animals
Plants and Animals
They learn that all animals and plants need food, water, and air to grow and thrive and that the fundamental difference between plants and animals is a plant’s ability to make its own food. They provide examples of plants and animals that can change their environment through their interactions with it.
Resources to Support Science Learning
The supplemental resources below encourage curiosity, creativity, and exploration of the natural world. Outdoors or indoors, have fun exploring and discovering something new!
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