Scope and sequence · Science
Kindergarten Earth Science: God Made the Ground and Sky
A year of looking closely at the world God made, from the five smooth stones David chose by the brook and a jar of shaken soil to Noah’s rain, the rainbow of promise, the sun’s morning walk across the sky, one tree watched through four seasons and the great dinosaur bones in the museum, each one touched, sorted, counted, measured with hands and feet, and drawn in a field notebook at the kitchen table or out in the yard.
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What to cover
32 of 36 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: Rocks
- MUST COVER 1.1 Picking Up Rocks ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 Hard and Soft · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.3 Smooth and Rough · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.4 David’s Five Smooth Stones · unit test
Unit 2: Dirt and Mud
- MUST COVER 2.1 What Is Dirt? ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Worms in the Soil · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.3 Mud Pies and Bricks · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.4 Planting in Soil · unit test
Unit 3: Water
- MUST COVER 3.1 Water Everywhere ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 Where Rain Goes ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.3 Floating and Sinking · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.4 Noah’s Rain · unit test
Unit 4: Weather
- MUST COVER 4.1 Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Snowy ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 The Wind · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.3 Rainbows · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.4 Thunder and Lightning · unit test
Unit 5: Day and Night
- MUST COVER 5.1 The Sun Rises ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 Shadows ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.3 The Moon and Stars · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.4 Bedtime Sky · unit test
Unit 6: Seasons
- MUST COVER 6.1 Spring ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.2 Summer · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.3 Fall · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.4 Winter · unit test
Unit 7: Dinosaur Bones
- MUST COVER 7.1 What Is a Dinosaur? ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.2 How We Know · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.3 Big and Small · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.4 Behemoth · unit test
Unit 8: Caring for the Earth
- MUST COVER 8.1 God Gave Us the Earth to Tend ★ · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.2 Picking Up Litter · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.3 Saving Water at Home · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.4 A Thank-You Walk · unit test
Unit 9: Bonus: Field Lab OPTIONAL unit
- OPTIONAL 9.1 Rock Hunt
- OPTIONAL 9.2 Puddle Map
- OPTIONAL 9.3 Cloud Chart
- OPTIONAL 9.4 Shadow Clock
36-week pacing calendar
From the course’s own 36-week pacing guide, with catch-up and review weeks added to fill a 36-week (180-day) year.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 Picking Up Rocks: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Hard and Soft: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 1.3 Smooth and Rough: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 1.4 David’s Five Smooth Stones: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 1 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 What Is Dirt?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Worms in the Soil: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 2.3 Mud Pies and Bricks: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 2.4 Planting in Soil: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 2 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 Water Everywhere: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Where Rain Goes: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 11 | Session 1: Lesson 3.3 Floating and Sinking: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 12 | Session 1: Lesson 3.4 Noah’s Rain: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 3 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 13 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Snowy: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 14 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 The Wind: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 15 | Session 1: Lesson 4.3 Rainbows: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 16 | Session 1: Lesson 4.4 Thunder and Lightning: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 4 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 17 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 The Sun Rises: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 18 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Shadows: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 19 | Session 1: Lesson 5.3 The Moon and Stars: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 20 | Session 1: Lesson 5.4 Bedtime Sky: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 5 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 21 | Session 1: Lesson 6.1 Spring: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 22 | Session 1: Lesson 6.2 Summer: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 23 | Session 1: Lesson 6.3 Fall: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 24 | Session 1: Lesson 6.4 Winter: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 6 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 25 | Session 1: Lesson 7.1 What Is a Dinosaur?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 26 | Session 1: Lesson 7.2 How We Know: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 27 | Session 1: Lesson 7.3 Big and Small: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 28 | Session 1: Lesson 7.4 Behemoth: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 7 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 29 | Session 1: Lesson 8.1 God Gave Us the Earth to Tend: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 30 | Session 1: Lesson 8.2 Picking Up Litter: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 31 | Session 1: Lesson 8.3 Saving Water at Home: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 32 | Session 1: Lesson 8.4 A Thank-You Walk: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 8 review and unit project | ||
| Wk 33 | Session 1: Lesson 9.1 Rock Hunt: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 9.1 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 34 | Session 1: Lesson 9.2 Puddle Map: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 9.2 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 35 | Session 1: Lesson 9.3 Cloud Chart: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 9.3 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook | ||
| Wk 36 | Session 1: Lesson 9.4 Shadow Clock: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 9.4 experiment, worked examples, practice and notebook Session 3: Unit 9 review and unit project |