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Notes for Teachers
I hope you will find these links useful. I have tried to select resources that either directly address the benchmarks, or that work well for supporting them. If you use a different resource from my site when you cover a topic, please let me know, so I can add it to the list. Also, if you find that one of the resources that i suggested really does not work for the topic, let me know that too.
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science.
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SC.K.N.1.1 Collaborate with a partner to collect information. -
SC.K.N.1.2 Make observations of the natural world and know that they are descriptors collected using the five senses.When Sugar Isn't Sweet video Stable Image video, checked Selective Smelling video, checked What is Science?: Natural video -
SC.K.N.1.3 Keep records as appropriate -- such as pictorial records -- of investigations conducted. -
SC.K.N.1.4 Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major features. -
SC.K.N.1.5 Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.
Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time
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SC.K.E.5.1 Explore the Law of Gravity by investigating how objects are pulled toward the ground unless something holds them up.Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked -
SC.K.E.5.2 Recognize the repeating pattern of day and night. -
SC.K.E.5.3 Recognize that the Sun can only be seen in the daytime.Global Science video, ClosedCaptions -
SC.K.E.5.4 Observe that sometimes the Moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day. -
SC.K.E.5.5 Observe that things can be big and things can be small as seen from Earth. -
SC.K.E.5.6 Observe that some objects are far away and some are nearby as seen from Earth.Twinkle, Twinkle, Distant Star text page
Big Idea 8: Properties of Matter
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SC.K.P.8.1 Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture.
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
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SC.K.P.9.1 Recognize that the shape of materials such as paper and clay can be changed by cutting, tearing, crumpling, smashing, or rollingPaper Petals video, ClosedCaptions Going Through a Card video, ClosedCaptions
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
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SC.K.P.10.1 Observe that things that make sound vibrate.Bottle Tones, part 2 video, checked Noisy String video, checked Spoon Bells video, checked Making a Screamer video, free, Updated The Singing Glass video, checked Bottle Tones, part 1 video, checked A Real Tuning Fork text page
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
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SC.K.P.12.1 Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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SC.K.P.13.1 Observe that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving.Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Newton's First Law of Motion video, ClosedCaptions Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked The Old Tablecloth Trick video
Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms
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SC.K.L.14.1 Recognize the five senses and related body parts.When Sugar Isn't Sweet video Stable Image video, checked Selective Smelling video, checked -
SC.K.L.14.2 Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life.A Walk in the Park video, checked Nature Watching video, checked -
SC.K.L.14.3 Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.A Walk in the Park video, checked Flowers video, ClosedCaptions