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toc =Kindergarten Course Description= The students will become scientists and engage in scientific inquiry, hands-on-activity learning by using multi-sensory methods, student-to-student interactions, discourse and reflective thinking and reading and research. Students will develop the skills of observation, comparison, and communication. Students will explore life and physical science units: Trees, Animals Two By Two, and Fabric.

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Trees
Fall Trees; Leaves; Trees Through the Seasons
 * Life cycles (growth from seed, mature trees, formation of new seeds)
 * Basic needs (water, nutrients in soil, light, and air)
 * Identifiable structures (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
 * Resources to people and animals (shade, wood, food, shelter for people and animals)
 * Trees change through the seasons (change color, lose leaves, bud)

Fabric
Fabric All Around; Fabric Investigations
 * Observable/Identifiable Properties (size, shape, weight and color)
 * Interactions with other materials (absorbs/repels water, dyeing, and staining)
 * Compare/Describe/Sort by properties (shiny, soft, rough, bumpy, silky)
 * Different properties make them useful for different purposes (absorbent= terrycloth, warmth=wool, cool=cotton)
 * Fabric is used for many things in everyday life

Animals Two by Two
Goldfish and Guppies; Big and Little Worms; Eggs and Chicks
 * Animals have identifiable structures (various body parts)
 * Animals have basic needs (air, water, food, space)
 * Animals react to the conditions of their environment (when something interferes with their environment – placing a tunnel in an aquarium, blocking a worm’s path with blocks or hands, bumping into things, etc)
 * The behavior of animals are influenced by cues (how animals know where their food is by using their senses; moving away from things when they sense its presence)
 * Animals deserve respect and gentle care (how to hold animals securely and gently; taking care of their environment by changing water or wood chips, feeding, providing basic needs)