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Standards-Aligned Science Programs and Workbooks
Standards-Aligned Science Programs and Workbooks
Students learn some life science, earth & space science, physical science, and engineering design each year during the elementary school years. Incorporating one of the resources below, or referring to NSTA Elementary Science Standards by Topic, Elementary can help keep learning on track. Check with your student's advisor about flexible options.
Grades K-5. Free online. Print editions in the EHK12 Library. Every grade level includes several units, each with a student book and teacher guide. Student books have many color images, while teacher guides include hands-on investigations, assessments, and activity sheets. CRC CKSci flyer.
Grades 1-5 student editions are available in the EHK12 Library. Exploring Science book include colorful images, hands-on science investigations & engineering challenges, and information on scientists and careers. Students are encouraged to create their own science notebooks. CRC Exploring Science flyer.
Workbooks are generally intended as supplemental resources, but they can also be used as an base for a custom-designed program. Add in additional reading and activities such as science projects, multimedia resources, nature journaling, games, and local activities. Making a science notebook is recommended.
Grades K-5. Print and/or online weekly periodical. See Studies Weekly interactive consumable features video and Studies Weekly interactive science notebooks. Includes vocabulary, lesson plans, writing activities, and graphic organizers. Comes with access to online videos and customizable auto-graded assessments.
More Science Programs
More Science Programs
Examples of other programs which may be used in student learning plans:
Blossom and Root - Grades PreK - 4. PDF only. Blossom and Root is a gentle program with science and nature study resources available as separate packages, or bundled together with language arts and the arts. In addition, Blossom and Root also offers Book Seeds: Profiles in Science, special issues about a particular scientist or group of scientists. Book Seeds have a wide variety of activities for students ages 6-12.
Elemental Science: Classical Science - Grades 1-5 Grammar Stage series, Grades 5-8 Logic Stage series, and high school Rhetoric Stage series.
Elemental Science: Sassafras Science - Grades 1-5. Semester-long units anchored by a novel written at a fifth-grade level. Units include: Zoology, Anatomy, Botany, Earth Science, Geology, Astronomy. Novels are available in print and audiobooks. Teacher guides and student logbooks are available in print and PDF.
Elemental Science: Science Chunks - Grades K-6. PDF only. This is a flexible program well-suited for families with students in different grade levels because it is made up of individual units, or "chunks," which come with assignments for both younger and older students. The units are on specific science topics so families can pick an choose what to learn, but they are also available in bundles designed to cover a year of study. Users will find assignments for reading, writing, and hands-on activities, as well as lapbooking & notebooking resources. Reading material such as science encyclopedias must be obtained separately.
REAL Science Odyssey - Grades 1-6 Level One series. Print (with perforated pages) or ebooks. Black & white. Level One series consists of single volumes on one science topic: Life, Astronomy (18 weeks), Earth & Environment (25 week), Chemistry.
Time4Learning - Grades K-12. Online. Time4Learning offers an online learning program for K-8 students that includes science, language arts, math, and social studies.
Free Multimedia Science Resources
Free Multimedia Science Resources
In addition to the resources in this list, many digital resources are available to students for free through subscriptions provided by our program and our district. Please see our Edmonds Heights K-12 Library website or the Edmonds Heights K-12 Library Catalog for more information.
Apps
Apps
Seek [app] - A plant and animal identification app for kids. No login or account required.
Digital Learning Programs
Digital Learning Programs
BrainPop (Grades 3-8)and BrainPop Jr. (Grades K-3) - BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. are supplemental online learning resources with animated videos, games, reading material, vocabulary, worksheets and more activities. They provides access to multiple subjects, not just science. Organized by science topic and not by grade level.
PebbleGo (grades K-3) and PebbleGo Next (grades 3-5) - A multi-subject digital resource with videos, articles, and activities. Organized by science topic and not by grade level. PebbleGo Training Video. Students access through their Clever account.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Brains On! [podcast] - Grades K-7
Wow in the World [podcast] - Grades K-7
Videos & TV Shows
Videos & TV Shows
Common Sense Media: Best Science Shows for Kids (some free)
Crash Course Kids [YouTube channel] - Grade 5 is the intended level, but it is often used by students in other grades, both above and below fifth grade
Mystery Doug [YouTube channel] - Grades K-5
Science Max [YouTube channel] - Grades 2-8
SciGirls [TV show] - Grades 3-7
SciShow Kids [YouTube channel] - Grades K-5
Wild Kratts [animated TV show & YouTube channel] - Grades 1-3
Digital Resource Collections
Digital Resource Collections
Websites with resources such as virtual labs, simulations, online games, lesson plans, and science project ideas.
American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action - Free resources covering weather and climate for Kindergarten and the structure and properties of matter for grades 2 and 5.
National Geographic Education Resources - See also: A Family Guide to Using Nat Geo Education Resources
PBS LearningMedia: Science - Multimedia learning resources for K-12th grade, including thousands of videos, plus interactives, lessons, and more. Filter by science topic, grade level, media type.
PhET - Grades K-12. Over 150 free math and science simulations as well as thousands of free teacher-submitted lessons.
Science Buddies - K-12. Website with lesson plans, demonstration videos, and ideas for science projects. Also offers science kits sold through Home Science Tools.
Nature Journaling
Nature Journaling
BEETLES: Field Journaling - Free slide presentation modeling how to use nature journaling to support student learning. BEETLES is a program from the University of California at Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.
John Muir Laws - Website from a naturalist, artist, and educator supporting "Nature Stewardship Through Science, Education, and Arts." Free lessons, videos, and a natural journaling curriculum. Also lists books and supplies for sale.
Science Literature & Informational Reading
Science Literature & Informational Reading
Please check the library catalog for individual titles.
Series
Series
Magic School Bus series - Join Ms. Frizzle and her 3rd-5th grade science students on magical field trips. First published in 1986, the book series inspired television and video-game spinoffs.
Magic Tree House Books - Magic Tree House series (grades 1-4) or the longer Merlin Missions (grades 2-5) - Learn about science and history through the adventures of Jack and Annie, 7 & 8 year-old siblings. Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are non-fiction companion books for some of the stories.
Max Axiom Graphic Science 4D series - Grades 3-8
Science Comics series - Grades 3-6
Secret Explorers series - Grades K-3
Zoey and Sassafras series - An independent read for upper elementary students, or a great read aloud for those who are younger. Zoey and her cat Sassafras encounter magical animals with mysterious problems, but Zoey is a science whizz who applies scientific practices and saves the day!
Poetry
Poetry
Science Biographies
Science Biographies
Our library has a large collection of biographies with books on scientists from many different times and places.
Hands-On Science Games & Resources
Hands-On Science Games & Resources
Bingo Games from Laurence King - Grades K and up. Various science related bingo games such as Poop Bingo, where students have the opportunity to learn that penguins poop in different colors, and other interesting information.
Photosynthesis - Grades 3 and up
Professor Noggin's Nature Titles and Professor Noggin's Science Titles -Grades 2 and up. Trivia card games with true/false and multiple choice questions.
Valence - Grades 3 and up. Chemistry card game. Valance-EHLibrary
Wingspan - Grades 5 and up
Local Activities
Local Activities
Puget Sound Area Resources
Puget Sound Area Resources
Beach Naturalist Program - All ages. Explore Puget Sound are beaches with help from volunteer naturalists in this program organized by the Seattle Aquarium.
Exploration Kits - Grades PreK- 6. Seasonal nature activities provided through a partnership between the Kubota Garden Foundation and the UW Botanic Gardens.
Guides from Seattle's Child
Guides from Seattle's Child
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