Science
Course: Kindergarten
Unit: Living Things: Basic Needs and Habitats
TEKS
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Sample
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Instructional Period
Days to teacher: 27
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
(9) Organisms and environments. The student knows that plants and animals have basic needs and depend on living and nonliving things around them for survival.
Basic Needs
K.9 (A) Differentiate between living
and nonliving things based upon
whether they have basic needs and
produce offspring:
Sort pictures of living
and nonliving.
Science journal
Teacher Observation
How do you know
something is
living/nonliving?
Compare a rock and a
flower. Which is
living/nonliving and
why?
Living
Nonliving
Offspring
Clothing
Alike
Different
Water
Food
Shelter
Link to the ELPS
Strategies:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
3E – Perspective based
activities
1E – list/sort/label
Simple Science CD
MISD Teacher resourcesScience A-Z / RAZ A-Z
*use campus log-in
Google Drive:
www.google.comuse MISD log in information
STEMscopes Early Explorers
https://n11052d40706.acceleratel
earning.com/login
K.9(B) examine evidence that living
organisms have basic needs such as
food, water, and shelter for animals
and air, water, nutrients, sunlight,
and space for plants.
Explain why shelter is
important for animals.
What do plants,
animals, and people
need to live?
STEMscopes Early
Explorer Wrap UpSmall Group
Evaluation
What happens when an
organism doesn’t get
one of its needs?
Brainstorm ways to
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Basic needs of animals
Food
Air
Water
Shelter
Space
Examples of
Instructional Strategies:
Demonstrations
Direct Instruction
Discovery Learning
Digital Story Telling
STEMscopes Early
Explorer Roundup
-Science Center
-Observation Center
-Sensory Table Center
Youtube:Living and Nonliving
Things for Kids
Sesame Street Who’s Alive?
Simple Science CD
MISD Teacher resourcesScience A-Z / RAZ A-Z
*use campus log-in
Google Drive:
www.google.comuse MISD log in information
STEMscopes Early Explorers
https://n11052d40706.acceleratel
Science
Course: Kindergarten
Unit: Living Things: Basic Needs and Habitats
TEKS
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Sample
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Instructional Period
Days to teacher: 27
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
meet needs.
-Writing Center
Resources/
Weblinks
earning.com/login
Why is clothing a basic
need for humans?
(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments.
Habitats and Adaptations (Polar Regions and Desert)
K.10 (A) sort plants and animals
into groups based on physical
characteristics such as color, size,
body covering, or leaf shape;
Identify 3 different
habitats.
Journals
Teacher Observation
Sort animals based on
physical
characteristics.
STEMscopes Early
Explorer Wrap UpSmall Group
Evaluation
Why can’t a whale live
in the desert?
How do plants grow in
the desert?
K.10(B) identify parts of plants
such as roots, stem, and leaves and
parts of animals such as head, eyes,
and limbs;
Why isn’t a duck a
polar animal if it
swims in the water and
eats fish?
Identify and label
animal and plant parts.
Journals
Teacher Observations
How do their body parts
allow them to survive in
their habitat?
Compare a polar bear
and a coyote.
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Habitat
Environment
Adaptations
Body Parts
Farm
Ocean
Arctic
Color
Size
Body Covering
Skin
Fur
Scales
Shells
Patterns
Link to the ELPS
Strategies:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
2C – Question Answer
1E – List/sort/label
Echolocation
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Mammal
Limb
Tail
Flower
Root
Stem
Examples of
Instructional Strategies:
Simulation
Direct Instruction
Demonstration
Discovery Learning
Science Journals
STEMscopes Early
Explorer Roundup
-Science Center
-Observation Center
-Sensory Table Center
-Writing Center
Simple Science CD
MISD Teacher resourcesScience A-Z / RAZ A-Z
*use campus log-in
Google Drive:
www.google.comuse MISD log in information
STEMscopes Early Explorers
https://n11052d40706.acceleratel
earning.com/login
Simple Science CD
MISD Teacher resourcesScience A-Z / RAZ A-Z
*use campus log-in
Google Drive:
www.google.comuse MISD log in information
Science
Course: Kindergarten
Unit: Living Things: Basic Needs and Habitats
TEKS
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Sample
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Instructional Period
Days to teacher: 27
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Leaf
Resources/
Weblinks
STEMscopes Early Explorers
https://n11052d40706.acceleratel
earning.com/login
YouTube: Echolocation
(Batney Spears)
Safari:Magic School Bus
Adopted by the School Board 2007-Revised Spring 2017