Texas 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.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Force, motion, and energy
K.8(A) Communicate that objects can only be seen when a light source is present and compare the effects of different amounts of light (partial).
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)
K.8(B) Demonstrate and explain that light travels through some objects and is blocked by other objects, creating shadows.
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)
Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Grade 4 Light and Colour
Earth and space
K.10(B) Observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons.
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
K.10(C) Demonstrate that wind is moving air using items such as a windsock, pinwheel, or ribbon.
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
Organisms and environments
K.12(A) Observe and identify the dependence of plants on air, sunlight, water, nutrients in the soil, and space to grow. Covered by the three-bag seed test (an outcome from the Kindergarten year).
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)
Practice: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? workbook · Who Eats What? Food Chains and Helpers workbook
K.13(C) Identify and record the changes from seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit in a simple plant life cycle. Children journal the seed's first stages (an early part of the cycle, from the Kindergarten year).
Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)
Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook
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