Kindergarten Physical Science Activities

Are you eager to introduce children to the enchanting world of butterflies, unraveling the mysteries of their life cycles and intricate anatomy? Look no further than our Butterfly Lapbook!

DISCOVER THE FEATURES OF OUR BUTTERFLY LAPBOOK:

• Engage young learners with a butterfly lifecycle pull-out craft, enabling them to visually grasp each stage of metamorphosis.
• Expand vocabulary and scientific knowledge with carefully selected butterfly-related terms and definitions, ideal for language enrichment.
• Delve into the anatomy of a butterfly through detailed illustrations and educational content, illuminating the different parts of these captivating insects.
• Designed for both homeschoolers and teachers, this lapbook offers adaptable learning experiences suitable for various educational environments.
• Nurture curiosity and scientific inquiry as children interact with interactive components, deepening their understanding of butterfly life cycles and anatomy.

IN ADDITION, this resource also includes an information handout about Life Cycles. This handout is designed to enhance students' comprehension by providing detailed explanations of the various stages of life cycles found in nature. Through this resource, students will develop a more profound understanding of how living organisms grow, change, and adapt over time, fostering a deeper connection with the natural world and promoting critical thinking about biological processes.

With our Butterfly Lapbook, you can cultivate a fascination for nature and scientific exploration while providing engaging and interactive learning opportunities for children. Embark on an educational journey and witness young minds flutter with knowledge and wonder!

Are you on the lookout for captivating resources that not only educate but also inspire a love for nature and science? Dive into the mesmerizing world of life cycles with our Lifecycle Pullout Crafts!

Embark on an educational adventure as you explore the fascinating transformations of various animals and species. From the humble beginnings of a seed to the intricate stages of insect development, these pullout crafts provide a hands-on way to delve into the wonders of nature's cycle of life.

Perfect for both homeschooling parents and teachers alike, these crafts offer versatile learning opportunities suitable for a range of educational environments. Whether you're seeking to enrich your science curriculum or looking for engaging activities to supplement home learning, these pullout crafts are sure to captivate young minds.

DISCOVER THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE CYCLES ILLUSTRATED IN OUR RESOURCE:

• Rhino beetle: Witness the journey from larva to adult beetle, exploring the stages of growth and development.
• Ant: Learn about the intricate social structure of ant colonies and the stages of ant development from egg to adult.
• Dragonfly: Delve into the metamorphosis of a dragonfly nymph into a graceful flying insect, highlighting the stages of its aquatic and aerial life.
• Ladybug: Follow the life cycle of the ladybug, from egg to larva to pupa, and finally to its colorful adult form.
• Housefly: Explore the rapid life cycle of the housefly, from egg to maggot to pupa, showcasing the stages of its development.
• Butterfly: Marvel at the magical transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly, uncovering the stages of metamorphosis and flight.
• Frog: Witness the remarkable journey of a tadpole as it undergoes metamorphosis into a frog, from aquatic to terrestrial life.
• Tulips and Sunflowers: Explore the life cycles of flowering plants, from seed germination to flower formation and seed dispersal.

IN ADDITION, this resource also includes an information handout about Life Cycles. This handout is designed to enhance students' comprehension by providing detailed explanations of the various stages of life cycles found in nature. Through this resource, students will develop a more profound understanding of how living organisms grow, change, and adapt over time, fostering a deeper connection with the natural world and promoting critical thinking about biological processes.

Engage young learners with detailed illustrations and informative content that explain each stage of the life cycle. Encourage hands-on exploration and scientific inquiry as children assemble and interact with these educational pullout crafts.

With our Lifecycle Pullout Crafts, you can nurture a deeper understanding of the natural world while fostering creativity and curiosity in children. So, embark on a journey of discovery and exploration, and watch as young minds blossom with knowledge and wonder!

Wondering how to introduce the intricate world of bees and their importance in our ecosystem? Our Bee Life Cycle Lapbook is the ideal educational tool, designed to provide a comprehensive and interactive learning experience. This resource combines fun crafts with crucial learning activities, including a life cycle wheel and worksheets that cover everything from bee anatomy to their role in pollination.

Embark on a fascinating journey through the life of bees with our Bee Life Cycle Lapbook. Tailored for homeschool education, this lapbook offers a thorough exploration of bee biology and ecology, making it a perfect fit for environmental science studies. From detailed vocabulary to engaging lift-the-flap questions, this lapbook provides a variety of learning tools that cater to young learners' curiosity about nature and science.

KEY FEATURES:

• Complete Life Cycle Exploration: Features a Bee Life Cycle Wheel that helps students visualize and understand the stages of bee development.
• Interactive Worksheets: Includes activities such as labeling the parts of a bee and lift-the-flap questions that enhance learning through interaction.
• Essential Vocabulary: Covers key terms like honeybee, drones, pollination, stinger, and pheromones, enriching students' scientific vocabulary.
• Creative Crafts: Encourages hands-on learning with a 'Let's Make a Bee' paper craft, allowing students to create their own bee models.
• Educational Benefits: Teaches about the ecological importance of bees, their roles in pollination, and their impact on our environment.
• Versatile Learning Tool: Ideal for integrating into broader themes like biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation efforts.

Our Bee Life Cycle Lapbook is not just an educational activity; it's a comprehensive learning experience that highlights the significance of bees in our world. Perfect for homeschoolers, this resource will captivate young minds and inspire a deeper appreciation for one of nature's most vital creatures, all while providing a fun and informative way to learn about biology and ecology.

IN ADDITION, this resource also includes an information handout about Life Cycles. This handout is designed to enhance students' comprehension by providing detailed explanations of the various stages of life cycles found in nature. Through this resource, students will develop a more profound understanding of how living organisms grow, change, and adapt over time, fostering a deeper connection with the natural world and promoting critical thinking about biological processes.

This product contains 3 activities. Each activity focuses on plants and seeds, particularly the concept that seeds grow into specific plants, and plants make specific seeds.

What is included:

1 Matching activity where students match the parent plant to the seeds.

1 Cut and paste activity to sort seeds and plants.

1 Cut and paste activity to match the parent plant to their seed.

Are you studying about the farm or where our food comes from? This science activity for making butter is an easy and fun experiment for students to get hands on experience on what making butter consists of. An easy to follow instructional page, child friendly recording sheets and a journal page are including with this packet. The instructional page includes tips for a successful experiment!

What is included:

Instruction sheet for how to make butter.

2 recording sheet options for making observations, predictions and conclusions.

1 journal page to draw a picture and write about what they did and learned.

Let students explore the science around transportation with this packet that contains two experiments.

Experiments Included:

Does it roll?

Sink the boat!

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

Practice sorting solids, liquids and gases in this great science activity! There are 2 sets of sorting mats for each solid, liquid and gas for students to sort on.

When and how to use:

• Morning Tub Activity
• Science Center Activity
• Quick Assessment

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

Are you looking for a Christmas themed science experiment? This candy cane science activity is an easy and fun experiment for students to practice making predictions, observing, and recording their observations and results. An easy to follow instructional page, child friendly recording sheets and a journal page are including with this packet.

What is included:

Instruction sheet for the candy cane experiment

3 recording sheet options for making observations, predictions and conclusions.

1 journal page to draw a picture and write about what they did and learned.

This packet contains one observation activity and two experiments. Students will observe a pumpkin, noting its appearance, feel and measure it's height and then use different parts of a pumpkin for a sink and float experiment. There is also a pumpkin volcano experiment to observe two different types of eruptions. It is part of my Let's Be Scientists series!

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

Compare the mass of different solid objects with this packet of three mass comparison activities. Each activity uses easy to find objects that fit in a typical balance so students can compare their masses.

Activities Included

• Activity 1: (Materials: Random objects, balance, page 2 of this packet) Each student or group of students will look around the room for objects to weigh in a balance. The will draw the objects on the recording sheet then fill in the symbols to make the comparison correct.
• Activity 2: (Materials: Page 3 of this packet, a toy car, a block, a coin, a key, a shell, a button, a pine cone, a ball and balance for each group.) Students will place the two objects in the balance. They will fill in the correct answer on the recording sheet.
• Activity 3: (Materials: balance, picture cards, page 2 and objects represented on the picture cards) Students will choose two picture cards and use a balance to compare the mass of the two objects, recording the results on the recording page. Large Activity Cards with Words are on pages 4-9. Small Activity Cards without Words are on pages 10-11.

More Science Activities

Science Sorts

Plants Activity Bundle

This packet contains two experiments aligned with a plant theme. It is part of my Let's Be Scientists series!

Experiment 1: What happens when a seed gets wet?

Experiment 2: How do seeds grow?

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

These science sorts are perfect for a quick assessment or for letting students use in a science center.

The following sorts are available in this packet:

• Animal Classifications
• Animal Features
• Animal Habitats
• Carnivores and Herbivores
• Living and Nonliving Things
• Man Made and Natural Resources
• Needs and Wants
• Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals
• Recycling
• Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
• Solids, Liquids and Gases
• The Plants We Eat

Practice preschool skills with this full year of seasonal and holiday themed preschool activity bundle. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k. This bundle includes activities for seasons and holidays.

What is Included:

Letter Sound Game

• Catch the Penguin (Winter)

Color Hunt

• Valentine's Day (Hearts)
• St. Patrick's Day (Rainbow)
• Easter
• Spring (Flowers)

Counting Mats 1-20 (All Themes)

Dot Painting

• Fall

Letter Cards (All Themes)

Letter Clip Cards (All Themes)

Letter Puzzles (All Themes)

Line Tracing Card (All Themes)

Letter Recognition Games (All Themes)

Alphabet Playdough and Tracing Mats

• Winter Themed Mats A-Z
• Spring Themed Mats A-Z

Worksheets and Centers Packet (All Themes)

Color Sorting

• Thanksgiving

Shapes Activity

Class Books for each season

Craft Activity

• Spring (B is for Butterfly)
• Thanksgiving (Turkey Centerpiece)

Fun Playdough Mats

• Halloween

Shape Game

• Christmas

Science

• Christmas

Themes Included:

Christmas

Easter

Fall/Autumn

Fourth of July

Groundhog's Day

Halloween

Spring

St. Patrick's Day

Summer

Thanksgiving

Valentine's Day

Winter

Related Links:

Winter Themed with Real Photographs

Valentine's Day with Real Photographs

Fall/Autumn Themed with Real Photographs

Christmas Themed with Real Photographs

Practice preschool skills with this Christmas themed preschool activity bundle. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k. These activities focus around Christmas!

What is Included:

Alphabet Clip Cards

Alphabet Game

Alphabet Magnet Mats

Alphabet, Number and Shape Sorting Mats

Alphabet Puzzles and Cards

Alphabet Tracing Cards

Candy Cane Science

Christmas Tree Letter Sorting

Counting Mats with Tens Frames 1-20

Decorate the Christmas Tree Number Mats 1-20

Number Magnet Mats

Number Puzzles and Cards

Number Sense Mats

Number Sense Sorting

Number Tracing Cards

Order By Size

Patterning

Seek and Find Mats

Syllable Sorts

Tracing Lines Center

Vocabulary and Tracing Cards

Worksheets for Math and ELA

Related Links:

Winter Themed Preschool Bundle

Groundhog's Day Themed Preschool Bundle

This bundle includes all of my plant themed science activities all in one place.

Science Experiments:

Experiment 1: What happens when a seed gets wet?

Experiment 2: How do seeds grow?

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

Plants We Eat Sort:

We can eat all kinds of plants. This parts of a plant sort includes real photographic images to sort. This sort includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are four pictures for each plant part.

Plants Interactive Notebook Pages:

1. Parts of a Flower - This page covers flower, stem, leaf and root. Use the flower provided or have students draw their own to go under the flaps.

2. We Eat Plants - This page covers all parts of plants and the foods we can eat from each part. Students draw or find pictures in magazines/grocery fliers to put under each flap.

3. What do plants need? - This page shows plants need air, water, food and light to grow. Use magazines to cut out pictures or draw pictures to represent each under the flaps.

These pages can fit in a composition book or spiral notebook.

Plants and Seeds Activities

Match pictures of plants and their seeds. Complete cut and paste activities to sort plants and seeds as well as to match the parent plant with its seed.

Practice preschool skills with this bundle of 16 themed preschool activity sets. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k. Students practice handwriting, letter recognition, number recognition, counting, shapes, syllables and more with these various themes.

Please note that this bundle is not yet complete and items will be added as they are completed.

What is Included:

Alphabet Cards

Alphabet Clip Cards

Alphabet Game

Alphabet Puzzles

Alphabet Tracing Cards

Counting to 10 Centers

Counting to 20 Mats

Dot Painting

Magnet Matching Mats

Number Cards

Number Puzzles

Prewriting Lines Tracing Cards

Science Activities

Seek and Find Mats

Shapes Centers

Sorting Activities

Syllable Sorting

Worksheets

Themes Included:

Apples (13 Activities)

Back to School (8 Activities)

Beach (2 Activities)

Community Helpers (Coming Soon)

Dental Health (2 Activities)

Earth Day (4 Activities)

Farm (1 Activity)

Fire Safety (2 Activities)

Gingerbread (4 Activities)

Insects (1 Activity)

Ocean (2 Activities)

Pets (1 Activity)

Space (4 Activities)

Sports (1 Activity)

Transportation (8 Activities)

Weather (1 Activity)

* These sets are a work in progress. Please note that you only pay for the items already included in this set. The price of this bundle will increase as the rest of the activities are added. Each of the 16 themes will have at least 10 different activities when competed.

Related Links:

Winter Themed with Real Photographs

Valentine's Day with Real Photographs

Fall/Autumn Themed with Real Photographs

Christmas Themed with Real Photographs

Practice preschool skills with this transportation themed preschool activity bundle. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k.

What is Included:

Alphabet Clip Cards

Alphabet Puzzles and Cards

Counting Mats 1-20

Counting Clip Cards

Tracing Lines Center

Worksheet and Activity Packet

Science Activities

Shape Road Mats

Alphabet Playdough Mats

Related Links:

Winter Themed Preschool Bundle

Groundhog's Day Themed Preschool Bundle

Do fun and engaging science experiments with this science bundle. Each experiment includes a detailed instruction page with materials needed to complete the experiment. Each experiment comes with its own making predictions page, recording page and journaling page.

The following experiments are available in this packet:

Apple Experiments

1. Sink or Float
2. What happens to an apple under different conditions?

Comparing Mass

Making Butter

Pumpkins

1. Pumpkin Observation
2. Sink and Float
3. Pumpkin Volcano Comparison

Seeds and Plants Experiments

1. What happens when seeds get wet?
2. How do seeds grow?

Transportation Experiments

1. Does it Roll?
2. Sink the Boat!

More Science Activities

Living and Nonliving Sort

The Plants We Eat

A fun look at solids, liquids, and gases. This unit includes activities for matter, solids, liquids, and gas. These engaging and easy to print pages will help young learned develop a better understanding of the properties of matter. Included is: *Anchor Charts *KWL Charts *Worksheets *Cut and Sort *Root Beer Float Experiment *Quiz *ABC Order practice **rate and comment to receive your TeachShare credits** 1st Grade Salt Life

These Natural or Man-made Materials worksheets are great for students to think of the type of materials around us. Through these worksheets, your students can think and identify natural or man-made objects and sort them accordingly. The cut and paste activity will also enhance their motor skills.

⭐Students can identify and classify the materials into natural or man-made materials.

⭐ Ready to print worksheets. No prep! Perfect for independent work, classwork, homework, unit review.

⭐ Suitable for young learners, kindergarten - 3rd grade, homeschool, centers, students with learning difficulties and on the autism spectrum.

⭐What's included?

5 worksheets

• 1- Circle natural materials
• 2- Colour the correct word based on the materials
• 3- Sorting cut and paste
• 4- Match - natural to man-made materials
• 5- Think of natural and man-made materials around you
• Answer keys included

⭐More Properties of materials worksheets:

• FREEBIES Properties of Materials - Smooth or Rough
• Soft or Hard Materials?
• Flexible or Stiff?

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