North Brookfield Elementary School
K - 2 Science Curriculum
Physical Science
Science
Gr. K
Framework Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
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Gr. 1
Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
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Gr. 2
Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
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1:
Properties
of objects
(size, shape,
weight, and
texture)
1. Goal: Students will sort objects by
observable properties.
Activity: Sort the teddy bear
counters and manipulatives by size
and color.
Materials: Teddy bear counters,
sorting trays.
1. Goal: Students will sort objects by shape
and texture.
Activity: Observe properties of objects.
Materials: Various objects found in the
classroom, playground, and at home.
1. Goal: Students will compare
objects by color, size, texture and
weight.
Activity: Sort objects by color, size,
texture and weight.
Materials: Attribute blocks, balance
scale, texture bags, and grouping
circles.
2: States of 2. Goal: Students will identify solids
and liquids.
matter –
Activity: Introduce and explore
solid,
liquid, gas sand, water, and rice tables.
Materials: Sand, rice, water, sand
table, sand and water toys.
2. Goal: Students will identify and observe
an object in its solid, liquid, and gas states.
Activity: Observe a piece of ice.
Materials: Ice.
2. Goal: Students will identify objects
as solids, liquids, or gases.
Activity: Blow up balloons. Fill
various sized containers with water.
Materials: Balloons, containers,
story Miss Eva and the Red Balloon,
balloon video.
3: Motions
of objects –
straight,
zigzag,
round, fast,
and slow
3. Goal: Students will observe the
3. Goal: Students will observe the various
position and motion of objects.
ways an object can move.
Activity: Use the rocking boat to
Activity: Make a class list of tools used
demonstrate a back and forth motion.
for making dinner.
Materials: Rocking boat or rocking
Materials: Kitchen utensils.
chair.
3. Goal: Students will describe various
ways objects can move.
Activity: Use geometric shapes to
manipulate slides, flips, and turns.
Observe and test playground
equipment.
Materials: Playground equipment,
journals.
North Brookfield Elementary School
K - 2 Science Curriculum
Physical Science
Science
Gr. K
Framework Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
__________
Gr. 1
Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
Gr. 2
Activities/Lesson Goals/Materials
4:
Changing
motion of
objects
through
force –
push/pull
4. Goal: The students will explore the
block area, using cars and other
objects to demonstrate motion.
Activity: Demonstrate ways to
change the motion of an object.
Materials: Wooden and foam
blocks, toy cars, ramps, etc
4. Goal: Students will identify directional
motion. Describe various methods to push,
pull objects – forward, backward, up, down,
etc.
Activity: Build incline planes and
experiment how far they will go.
Materials: Variety of materials.
4. Goal: Students will demonstrate
terms using playground equipment
(gravity using monkey bars, slides with
towel for friction, swings for push and
pull)
Activity: Introduce concept
vocabulary
(push/pull/gravity/force/friction)
Materials: Beach towel.
5:
Recognize
that under
some
conditions
objects ca
be
balanced.
5. Goal: Students will build multilevel block structures using
various materials.
Activity: Demonstrate ways to
balance objects.
Materials: Various types of blocks
(wood, foam, plastic, cardboard, and
duplo).
5. Goal: Students will recognize that under
some conditions objects can be balanced.
Activity: Building with various types of
blocks and playing Jenga and Bandu.
Materials: Various types of building
blocks (wood, foam, plastic, cardboard, and
duplo) as well as the board games, Jenga
and Bandu.
5. Goal: Students will recognize that
under some conditions objects can be
balanced.
Activity: Explore and stack coins on
Hundred’s Day Celebration. Stack
wooden blocks to illustrate that some
objects can be balanced a certain way.
Materials: wooden blocks, coins.