Kindergarten Units

Browse Kindergarten unit plans in Science, Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts with standards-aligned lessons that build curiosity and core skills.

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Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 11 (Grade K Science): Shade & Heat

Kindergarten science unit compares sun and shade, observing temperature differences, collecting simple data, and explaining how sunlight affects surfaces.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade K Science): Sunlight Warms the Earth

Kindergarten science unit where students observe sunlight warming surfaces, collect simple data, compare materials, and explain patterns using evidence.

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Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 9 (Grade K Science): Forces — Quarter Synthesis

Kindergarten synthesis unit explains pushes and pulls, strength and direction, and how engineers test motion designs using data to see what works.

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Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 8 (Grade K Science): Engineering Motion Tools

Kindergarten engineering unit where students design motion tools, test speed and direction, collect data, compare solutions, and improve designs.

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Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 7 (Grade K Science): Sports & Motion

Kindergarten unit links pushes and pulls to sports, testing strength and direction, collecting data, and deciding if simple motion designs work as intended.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade K Science): Testing a Motion Design

Kindergarten engineering unit where students test motion tools, collect data on speed or direction, decide if designs work, and improve solutions.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade K Science): Ramps & Rolling

Kindergarten science unit explores ramps, testing how height and steepness change rolling speed and distance through fair tests, data, and hands-on investigation.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade K Science): Direction of Motion

Kindergarten unit where students test push and pull directions, use arrows and data, and explain how changing direction affects motion hands-on.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade K Science): Strength of Pushes

Kindergarten science unit where students investigate gentle vs strong pushes, test direction changes, and use fair tests and evidence to explain motion patterns.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade K Science): Pushes & Pulls

Kindergarten unit explores pushes and pulls, comparing strength and direction to show how forces change motion through hands-on investigations.

Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 1 (Grade K Science): Science Routines & Exploration

Kindergarten science unit builds safety, observation, and tool-use routines as students ask questions, gather evidence, and define simple problems to solve.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade K Social Studies): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Celebrates year-end learning as students create and guide simple stations for a “Kindergarten World Fair,” showcasing rules, helpers, maps, traditions, needs, wants, and caring actions.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 35 (Grade K Social Studies): Taking Action Together

A Kindergarten social studies unit where students plan, vote on, and complete a simple class service project, learning to work together, help their school, and reflect on community action.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 34 (Grade K Social Studies): Our Symbols and Traditions

Symbols and traditions help kindergarteners explore identity, community pride, and cultural connections.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 33 (Grade K Social Studies): Caring for Our World and Each Other

Teach kindness and responsibility as children practice caring for people and the environment through daily actions and a simple class service project.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 32 (Grade K Social Studies): Natural and Human Resources

Discover how natural resources, workers, and human-made features like roads and buildings work together to create everyday products for kindergarten learners.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade K Social Studies): Making Choices and Sharing

Help kindergarteners practice choices, saving, trading, sharing, and voting through fair, simple activities that build economic understanding and classroom community.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade K Social Studies): Working to Earn and Help

Kindergarten students learn why people work, how money helps meet needs and wants, and practice making choices through saving, spending, and simple class market activities.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 29 (Grade K Social Studies): Goods and Services Around Us

Goods and services help our community run—this unit teaches kids to identify each, explore community helpers, and understand that people work to earn money and help others.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 28 (Grade K Social Studies): Needs and Wants

Help kindergarteners learn needs vs. wants through sorting, stories, and a class store that teaches choices with limited resources.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 27 (Grade K Social Studies): Midyear Review—People and Places Over Time

Review key kindergarten social studies skills by sequencing events, identifying past vs. present, recognizing important people and traditions, and using simple sources to understand change over time.

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Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 26 (Grade K Social Studies): Tools and Technology Through Time

Explore how tools and inventions changed from past to present, helping people work, communicate, and do important jobs in the community.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade K Social Studies): Work and Jobs in the Past and Today

Explore how community jobs provide goods or services and compare tools workers used long ago with how those same jobs look today.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade K Social Studies): Family History and Culture

Explore how families grow, change, and celebrate traditions as students create simple timelines and share cultural practices through questions, drawings, and stories.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade K Social Studies): Change Over Time

Introduce kindergarteners to how everyday objects change over time by comparing old and new toys, tools, and clothing, using photos and stories to sort items and identify key details.