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Pre-Kindergarten Science Units

Discover PreK Science unit plans with playful, standards-aligned lessons that build curiosity about weather, living things, motion, and hands-on exploration.

Unit Plan 11 (PreK Science): Making Shade

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Unit Plan 11 (PreK Science): Making Shade

PreK science unit where children design and test shade to block sunlight, compare sun vs. shade, and explore how shade helps keep spaces cooler.

Unit Plan 10 (PreK Science): Sunlight Warms Things

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Unit Plan 10 (PreK Science): Sunlight Warms Things

PreK science unit where children explore how sunlight warms surfaces by comparing sun and shade to observe warm and cool temperatures through safe investigations.

Unit Plan 9 (PreK Science): Motion — Quarter Synthesis

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Unit Plan 9 (PreK Science): Motion — Quarter Synthesis

PreK science unit where children retell and show how toys move using pushes, pulls, strength, and direction, then share motion models and evidence.

Unit Plan 8 (PreK Science): Motion Engineering – Build a Ramp

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Unit Plan 8 (PreK Science): Motion Engineering – Build a Ramp

PreK engineering unit where children design, test, and improve ramps to help objects move farther or faster using simple data, fair tests, and hands-on exploration.

Unit Plan 7 (PreK Science): Direction of Motion

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Unit Plan 7 (PreK Science): Direction of Motion

PreK science unit where children explore how pushing from different sides changes direction—straight, turn, or spin—and how push strength affects motion.

Unit Plan 6 (PreK Science): Ramps Exploration

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Unit Plan 6 (PreK Science): Ramps Exploration

PreK science unit where children test ramp height, surfaces, and gentle vs. strong pushes to compare motion speed and distance through hands-on investigation.

Unit Plan 5 (PreK Science): Rolling & Sliding

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Unit Plan 5 (PreK Science): Rolling & Sliding

PreK science unit where children explore how shape affects motion by comparing rolling balls and sliding blocks on ramps and surfaces to observe speed and distance.

Unit Plan 4 (PreK Science): Strength of Pushes

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Unit Plan 4 (PreK Science): Strength of Pushes

PreK science unit comparing gentle and strong pushes as children observe changes in speed, distance, and motion through hands-on ramps, play, and simple data recording.

Unit Plan 3 (PreK Science): Pulls Make Things Move

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Unit Plan 3 (PreK Science): Pulls Make Things Move

PreK science unit exploring pulls as children use strings and tools to move objects, compare surfaces and weights, practice safe motion, and describe observations through play.

Unit Plan 2 (PreK Science): Pushes Make Things Move

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Unit Plan 2 (PreK Science): Pushes Make Things Move

PreK science unit exploring pushes and pulls as children investigate motion, speed, direction, distance, and surfaces through hands-on play, ramps, and simple observation-based demonstrations.

Unit Plan 1 (PreK Science): Science Routines & Wondering

Pre-Kindergarten Science Units

Unit Plan 1 (PreK Science): Science Routines & Wondering

PreK science unit building safety routines, observation with senses, simple tools, and early engineering as children notice problems in play and try solutions.