Nebraska Kindergarten science standards
The Kindergarten science outcomes we teach, in the standards's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards for Science (2024). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Physical Sciences
SC.K.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Lessons: Build It, Launch It (How does a rocket push itself into space?) (partly)
Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook
SC.K.12.3.c Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?) (partly)
Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science
Life Sciences
SC.K.7.2.a Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?) · Who Eats What? Food Chains and Helpers (What do animals and plants need to live?)
Practice: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? workbook · Who Eats What? Food Chains and Helpers workbook
Earth and Space Sciences
SC.K.12.3.a Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
Lessons: Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? (What's the weather like today?, Which way is the wind blowing?, How much rain fell?)
Practice: Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? workbook
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