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Living and non-living, and what plants need — Take-Home — Kindergarten Sorts things into living and non-living with a reason, and knows plants need water, light and air. This one-page Kindergarten take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Two Bean Experiment" — 10 minutes to set up, two weeks to watch with two dried…
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Living and non-living, and what plants need SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Science · Kindergarten 10 minutes to set up,… WHAT THIS BUILDS Sorts things into living and non-living with a reason, and knows plants need water, light and air. For the grown-up: say every prompt out loud. Nothing on this sheet asks the child to read or write. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Is a tree alive? Is a car alive? How can you tell?" A SOLID ANSWER Both right, plus a reason: it grows, it needs food or water, it makes babies. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 TWO BEAN EXPERIMENT You need: Two dried beans, Two jars or cups, Cotton wool or kitchen roll, Water Set up two identical beans on damp cotton wool in jars. One goes on the windowsill and gets water. One goes in a dark cupboard with none. Predict out loud before anything happens, and write the prediction down. Look every couple of days and draw what's changed — drawing forces close looking. After two weeks, ask what the difference proves. That is a controlled experiment, at five. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "What do you think will happen? Let's write it down so we can check if we were right." Grow one bean only and just watch it change. Run three: no water, no light, and everything. Then work out which factor did what. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/kindergarten www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
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Living and non-living, and what plants need SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Science · Kindergarten 10 minutes to set up,… WHAT THIS BUILDS Sorts things into living and non-living with a reason, and knows plants need water, light and air. For the grown-up: say every prompt out loud. Nothing on this sheet asks the child to read or write. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Is a tree alive? Is a car alive? How can you tell?" A SOLID ANSWER Both right, plus a reason: it grows, it needs food or water, it makes babies. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 TWO BEAN EXPERIMENT You need: Two dried beans, Two jars or cups, Cotton wool or kitchen roll, Water Set up two identical beans on damp cotton wool in jars. One goes on the windowsill and gets water. One goes in a dark cupboard with none. Predict out loud before anything happens, and write the prediction down. Look every couple of days and draw what's changed — drawing forces close looking. After two weeks, ask what the difference proves. That is a controlled experiment, at five. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "What do you think will happen? Let's write it down so we can check if we were right." Grow one bean only and just watch it change. Run three: no water, no light, and everything. Then work out which factor did what. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/kindergarten www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
Classification — Ocean Animals Coloring SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Sort each item into the correct category. Ocean Animals Coloring Group A Group B Group C Word Bank — Cut or write each item in the correct column: • item 1 • item 2 • item 3 • item 4 • item 5 • item 6 • item 7 • item 8 • item 9 How did you decide where each item goes? www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
Diagram — Underwater World SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Some labels are filled in. Add the rest from the word bank. Underwater World evaporation water vapor runoff Word Bank: condensation collection precipitation Write one question you still have: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science Diagram — Coral Reef Scene SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Label the diagram. Use the word bank below. Coral Reef Scene 1. coral 2. clownfish 3. anemone 4. seaweed 5. turtle 6. ray Word Bank: coral seaweed anemone clownfish ray turtle Explain one part to someone at home: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
Diagram — Ecosystem Coloring SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Label the diagram. Use the word bank below. Ecosystem Coloring grass rabbit fox fungi energy flow → Word Bank: predator producer energy decomposer sun consumer Explain one part to someone at home: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science Ocean Animal Classification SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Ocean animals are grouped by the features they share, not by where they swim. Fish breathe with gills and have fins and scales; marine mammals such as whales and dolphins breathe air through lungs and feed their young on milk. Invertebrates — animals without a backbone, including jellyfish, crabs and octopuses — make up most ocean species. Sharing a shape does not mean sharing a group: a shark and a dolphin look alike because both are built for fast swimming, not because they are closely related. Questions: 1 How do fish and marine mammals breathe differently? 2 What is an invertebrate? 3 Why do a shark and a dolphin look alike? www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
Observation Log — Ocean Animals SCIENCE · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Record your observation — ocean animals observations. Observation — Ocean Animals Observation Log What to observe: • behavior & activity • movement patterns • feeding habits • habitat details Day Drawing Notes Day 1 sketch Bird visited feeder 3 times, ate seeds, flew NE Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Summary: After observing for 4 days, I noticed... www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Science
