kindergarten foss: animals two by two

Kindergarten FOSS: Animals Two by Two

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Investigation 1

Part 1 - Intro-Center-

Wrap-Up

What are the parts of a goldfish?

30 Minutes

Investigation 1

Part 2 – Intro-Center-

Wrap-Up

What do goldfish need to live?

30 Minutes

Investigation 1


Wrap-Up

What do Goldfish do?

30 Minutes

Investigation 1

Part 4a – Introduction

How are guppies and goldfish different? How are they the same?

20 Minutes

Investigation 1

Part 4b – Center-

Wrap-Up

Continuation of

Session 4

Fishbowl Venn

Diagram 30 Minutes


Part 1**-Intro-Center-

Wrap-Up

What are the parts of the land snail? What do land snails do? Drawing- Naming Parts

30 Minutes*

Investigation 2

Part 2**-Intro-Center-

Wrap-Up

What will get a snail to move? Student Observations

30 Minutes*

Investigation 2


Wrap-Up

How are water and land snails different? How are they the same?

30 Minutes*

Investigation 3


Wrap-Up

What are the parts of the redworm?

Drawing- Naming Parts

30 Minutes*

Investigation 3


Wrap-Up

What do redworms do?

”It could still be a

Worm”

30 Minutes*



Wrap-Up

How are redworms and night crawlers different? How are they the same?

Dirt Box Venn

Diagram

30 Minutes*

Investigation 4


Wrap-Up

What are isopods?

30 Minutes*

Investigation 4


Wrap-Up

How are pill bugs and sow bugs different?

Dirt Box Venn

Diagram

30 Minutes*

Investigation 4


Wrap-Up

How do isopods move?

Optional 30 Minutes

Investigation 4


Wrap-Up

What do animals need?

Journal Writing/

Chart

1) Animal Structures

2) Animal Needs

3) Animal Behavior

30 Minutes

Investigation 5: Not allowed in Washington due to Avian Flu

* To stay with-in a 30 minute session time, some sessions are two part and reflections and journals may need to done at another time during

the day.

** There is an alternative activity for Investigation 2, Parts 1 & 2.

NOTE for Investigation 5: This is an optional investigation that is not allowed in Washington due to Avian Flu.

During Wrap-Ups set student responses.

Kindergarten FOSS: Wood and Paper


Part 1 -Whole Group

Where does wood come from? How do wood samples differ?

30 Minutes

Investigation 1

Part 2 – Whole group

What is made of Wood?

”The Story of a

Chair” 30 Minutes

Investigation 1


Wrap-Up

What happens when wood gets wet?

Student Response

50 Minutes*

Investigation 1


Wrap-Up

How can you sink wood?

Drawing- Sinking

Experiment

50 Minutes*

Investigation 1


Wrap-Up

Do all kinds of wood take the same number of paper clips to sink?

Optional 50 Minutes



Wrap-Up

How can the shape of wood be changed?

50 Minutes*

Investigation 2


Wrap-Up

How are wood shavings and sawdust different? How are they the same?

50 Minutes*

Investigation 2


Wrap-Up

How is particleboard made?

50 Minutes*

Investigation 2


Wrap-Up

How is plywood made? How strong are plywood and particleboard?

50 Minutes*

Investigation 3

Part 1 -Whole Group

How are papers different? What is made of paper?

Paper Venn

Diagram

30 Minutes Part 1 & 2 could be combined and done

as learning Centers

Part 3 & 4 could be combined and done

as learning Centers


Part 2 - Intro-

Center

Are all papers good to

draw on?

30 Minutes

Investigation 3

Part 3 - Intro-

Center-

Do all papers fold

easily?

30 Minutes

Investigation 3

Part 4 - Intro-

Center-

What happens when

paper gets wet?

30 Minutes

Investigation 3

Parts 2, 3, & 4 -

Wrap-Up

What are differences and

similarities of different

kinds of paper?

Chart/Graph

20 Minutes

Investigation 4

Part 1 - Intro-

Center-

How can new paper be

made from old?

”The Pinata

Maker”

30 Minutes

Parts 2,3, & 4 Could be combined as one session of

multiple- explore/discuss sessions.



How can paper be changed so it will be stiff and hold its shape?

30 Minutes

Investigation 4

Part 1 & 2 - Wrap-Up

How can paper

change?

Drawing- Possible

forms of Paper

20 Minutes

Investigation 5


Wrap-Up

How are paper boxes made?

Optional 50 Minutes

Investigation 5


Wrap-Up

How can paper be

woven?

Optional 50 Minutes

Investigation 5


Wrap-Up

What can be made from

wood and paper?

Optional 50 Minutes

* 50 Minute sessions could be shortened to 30 (15 +15) minutes if Centers were set up to be accessed during the day.

NOTE for Investigation 3: When conducting the wrap-up, students could create a picture graph of the qualities of different types of paper.

During Wrap-Ups set student responses

My Science Notebook

Animals 2 by 2

Name__________________

Color and label this picture of a goldfish.

Goldfish Guppy

1. Size

2. Color

3. Mouth

4. Tail

5. Fins

6. Gills

7. Scales

8. Head

9. Movement

1. Fish breathe with their ___________. 2. They move with their ______________. 3. What do fish need to live? a._______________ b._______________ c.______________ d._______________ 4. What was your favorite thing about the fish? I liked___________________________ _________________________________

Color and label this picture of a snail.

Land Snail

Water Snail

1. Size

2. Color

3. Home

4. Movement

5. Tentacles

6. Shell

7. Foot

8. Mouth

9. Air Holes

1. How does a snail move? _____________ _______________________________ 2. What do snails eat?_________________ ________________________________ 3. How do they use their tentacles? _________________________________ 4. To live, snails need a.__________ b.____________ c.___________ d.____________ 5. What did you like about the snails? I liked__________________________ ________________________________

Color and label this picture of an earthworm. .

Comparison Earthworms

Red worms

1. Color

2. Size

3. Move-ment

4. Home

5. Eyes

6. Mouth

7. Nose

8. Ears

1. How do worms move?________________________

______________________________

2. What do worms eat? _____________________________ 4. What 4 things do worms need to live? a.____________ b._______________ c.____________ d._______________ 5. What do you like best about the worms? I liked_________________________ _____________________________

Color and Label This Pill Bug.

Comparison Pill bugs

Sow bugs

1. Color

2. Size

3. Movement

4. Mouth

5. Antenna

6. Legs

1. Which bug rolls up? 2. Which bug has a rounder carapace? _____________________________ 3. What is an isopod?__________________ _______________________________ 4. In order to live, isopods need these things: a.____________ b._______________ c.____________ d._______________ 5. What do you like best about the isopods? I liked_________________________ _____________________________

6. How are all these animals alike?___________________________ __________________________________ 7. What are some ways that they are different? 1.________________________________ 2. 3._________________________________

Fish Words Goldfish Guppies Gills Tail Scales Fins Eyes Head Mouth Tail

Snail Words Shell Foot Antenna Airhole Mucous Tentacle Land Water

Worm Words Segments Clitellum Bristle Saddle Head Body

Bug Words Carapace Pill bug Sow bug Antenna Thorax Abdomen Legs Mouth

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