Little Scientists® Curriculum Units

Little Scientist LogoPreK-5. Using the scientific process can be fun! Students will enjoy learning as they perform fascinating experiments and content related games. These self-contained curriculum units include all the materials you need to engage in meaningful science instruction and experiments with up to 25 students. No need to hunt for special items. All supplies, student notebooks and teaching manuals are included, neatly packaged and labeled for each of the investigations within each of the 4 topics.

K-5 Kaplan offers 10 units per grade level from Pre-K through 5th grade. You're sure to find a title to meet your curricular needs; however keep in mind, many units are appropriate for a range of grades. Click on a link below to take you to each kit. The kits contain most of the consumable items necessary to complete the hands-on investigations. K-5 Kaplan offers replacement packages of the consumable items for each unit at an additional cost.

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Scope & Sequence

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Pre-K What is a Magnet? Will it Float? How do Colors Mix? Will it Bounce? What is an Animal? What Makes Me Heathly? Why is it Cold Outside? Why Do Flowers Grow? Kindergarten Lights & Mirrors Floating & Sinking Colors Earth Coastal Community 5 Senses What is Weather? Rainforest 1st Grade Magnets What is Sound? What is Light? Solar System Animals Human Body Our Sun Plants 2nd Grade Gravity Transportation States of Matter Sand & Soil Ponds Nutrition Weather Water 3rd Grade Mixtures Crystals Chemistry Rocks & Volcanoes Seashore Fossels & Dinosaurs Conservation Plants & Animals 4th Grade Electricity Simple Machines Force & Motion What Defines our Solar System? Oceans What is Healthy? Water Cycle Ecosystems 5th Grade Lenses Sound Light Stars & Constellations How are Organisms Classified? Senses What is Alternative Energy? What is Evolution?