Students will listen to a close reading of The 3 Little Pigs over the course of 3 days.  (Many versions are accessible via NC Kids Digital Library.  Teacher discretion as to the story version.  Personal copy or online versions can be used.) After each read aloud, students will have the opportunity to engage in The Engineering Design Process to create a new dwelling using materials of varying physical properties.  Students will write to tell about their new dwelling design using sentence frames and an anchor chart for support.  Finally, students will present their new dwellings and read their informational writing to reflect their knowledge of physical properties.  Student informational writing should reflect physical properties such as size, color, shape, texture, weight and flexibility per the NC Kindergarten Science Standards.

By allowing children to engage in deep play and messy play, we set the stage for important brain development and healthy interactions with others

By allowing children to engage in deep play and messy play, we set the stage for important brain development and healthy interactions with others

Try your hand at a Japanese school children’s traditional pastime molding earth and water to form a basic mud ball (dorodango). Continue the process by polis...

After reading the book Clouds by Gail Saunders-Smith the students will get into groups of 2 to create their own clouds, using slime, and then discussing the type created, and turn and talk with a different team.

This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the Kindergarten Science content.

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This unit is aligned to the NC Standards for Kindergarten Science.

Nature happens at home. Observe regular feeder visitors to discover which birds are year-round residents and which are migratory species, here for only part of each year.

Afraid of the dark? Hopefully, after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark, you will have a greater appreciation for the nighttime. Using our sense of touch, we will get “hands-on” with our first set of experiments!

We have created helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 Using your sense of touch to ID things (2 min 20 sec): https://youtu.be/ffDhiYY_r78?t=134
4.L.1 Humans have poor eyesight at night, sense of touch heightened (2.5 min): https://youtu.be/ffDhiYY_r78?t=153

Experimenting with the textures, colors and smells of Nature is a fun way to explore nearby nature. Stir up your own gritty, colorful, smelly concoctions by mixing together your own creative combinations.

Experimenting with the textures, colors and smells of Nature is a fun way to explore nearby nature. Stir up your own gritty, colorful, smelly concoctions by ...

Design and create sculptures and land art using sticks, stones, leaves, flowers – any natural elements that can be found in your own backyard!

Scavenger Hunt--help children to learn how to look for and notice little things in nature by having a fairy/gnome scavenger hunt. Children can use their imag...

Scavenger Hunt--help children to learn how to look for and notice little things in nature by having a fairy/gnome scavenger hunt. Children can use their imagination and look for things they can use for fairy/gnome play.

Home Building: Children can engage in imaginative play while manipulating natural and found objects. By describing and sorting through these items, children are building early learning skills.

Home Building: Children can engage in imaginative play while manipulating natural and found objects. By describing and sorting through these items, children ...

Children can make their own nature crowns and enter the world of make believe. Dress up and pretend worlds are important early emotional coping skills that children need.

Test your boat making skills! Water play is an important part of early childhood development. Fill up a kiddie pool, big bucket or your tub and let the young...

Using soil you find nearby, make your own ooey, gooey mud to paint a muddy flag. Also we’ll have some fun throwing mud and discover how mud splatters can be...

Let’s discover how we can have fun with polymers and where they can be found both at home and here at the Zoo!

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 How Polymers Change (1 min): https://youtu.be/-pnmtDL3Gfg?t=32
K.P.2 How Polymers are Used (4 min): https://youtu.be/-pnmtDL3Gfg?t=107