Unit 1:  Magnets 

            Essential Information
            Care of Magnets
            Free Discovery
            Story Time
            Focusing Observations

            Activity 1  Magnet Sorting
            Activity 2  Can You Stop a Magnet?
            Activity 3  Up From The Sand
                                    Checkpoint  What Is In The Box?
            Activity 4  Catch A Clip
            Activity 5  Pulling Force
            Activity 6  Magnetic Picker-Upper
            Activity 7  Which Is The Strongest?
                                    Checkpoint  Strong and Weak
            Activity 8  Bouncing Magnets
            Activity 9  What’s the Big Attraction?
                                    Checkpoint  Magnet Tag
                                    Additional Stimulation  The Magnet Board Game
           

           Observing To Classify
            Activity 1  Stick or Slide?
            Activitiy 2  Magnets North and South
                                    Checkpoint  Yes or No:  The Magnet Knows
                                    Additional Stimulation  Refrigerator Fun            

            Organizing and Communicating Observations
            Activity 1  How Strong Is Your Magnet?
            Activity 2  Wet Magnets
            Activity 3  Magnetic Seek and Find
                                    Checkpoint  The Great Attraction Hunt
                                    Additional Stimulation  Fishing with Magnets

            Essential Information
            Free Discovery
            Story Time 

            Focusing Observations
            Activity 1  Not All Rocks Look Alike
            Activity 2  Blind-Folded Rock Swap
            Activity 3  What Is That Rock’s Mass?
            Activity 4  Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal?
                                    Checkpoint  Do You See The Rock I See?
                                    Additional Stimulation  Rock Hound Expedition
            Activity 5  Smells of The Earth
            Activity 6  Up Goes One, Down Goes The Other
            Activity 7  It’s All Wet
            Activity 8  Drying Out Dirt
            Activity 9  Making Soil
            Activity 10 Using Soil
                                    Checkpoint   Soil for My Garden

            Observing To Classify
            Activity 1  Where Does This Rock Belong?
            Activity 2  Some Rocks Are Alike
            Activity 3  Which Rock Is The Longest?
            Activity 4  How Massive is a Rock?
            Activity 5  Order of Mass
            Activity 6  Cover Me Up
            Activity 7  Let’s Find The Biggest and Smallest Rocks
                                    Checkpoint  My Rock Is …..
                                    Additional Stimulation  Shake, Rattle, and Roll

            Organizing and Communicating Observations
            Activity 1  What Works Best?
            Activity 2  People Graphs, Paper Graphs
                                    Checkpoint  Shiny or Dull?
                                    Additional Stimulation  Kerplunk!
 

            Essential Information
            Care of Animals
            Wild Animals
            The Animal Discovery Collection
            Long-Term Classroom Residents
            The One-Week Zoo
            Free Discovery
            Story Time

            Focusing Observations
            Activity 1  Draw An Animal
            Activity 2  Touching Animals
            Activity 3  How Does That Animal Move?
            Activity 4  How Heavy Is It?
            Activity 5  I Am an Animal
                                    Checkpoint  Draw An Animal Again
                                    Additional Stimulation  Play-Clay Creatures with Features
            Activity 6  Animals and The Senses
            Activity 7  What Does Your Animal Eat?
            Activity 8  How Does Your Animal Drink?
            Activity 9  How Does Your Animal Breathe?
            Activity 10 How Does Your Animal Move?
                                    Checkpoint  Is It Alive?  Tell us Why
            Activity 11 Where Animals Live: Wet Or Dry?
            Activity 12  Hiding Out
                                    Checkpoint  What Do We Do About Our Animals?
            Activity 13  Everything Has a Life Cycle
                                    Checkpoint  The Human Life Cycle 

            Observing To Classify
            Activity 1  Who’s Who?  Classifying Animal Pictures
            Activity 2  Alike and Different
            Activity 3  The Right Place to Live
            Activity 4  Shell Shadows
            Activity 5  Classifying The Animal Discovery Collection
                                    Checkpoint  Pairs
                                    Additional Stimulation  Animal Odds and Ends

             Organizing and Communicating Observations
            Activity 1  Measuring Animals
            Activity 2  Watching Animals Grow
            Activity 3  What Does Are Animal Smell?
                                    Checkpoint  Sorting a Sea Full of Shells

Unit 4:  Plants

            Essential Information
            Free Discovery

            Story Time

            Focusing Observations
            Activity 1  Draw a Plant
            Activity 2  Leaf Rubbings
            Activity 3  Color Me Green
            Activity 4  How Tall Are Plants?
            Activity 5  What Color Are Plants?
                                    Checkpoint  Draw A Plant Again
            Activity 6  Plants Grow From Seeds
            Activity 7  Seeds or Nonseeds:  Which Grow Better?
            Activity 8  Seed Exploration
            Activity 9  Plant Anatomy
                                    Checkpoint  Changes
            Activity 10 Which One Is Alive?
            Activity 11 Plants Need Water
            Activity 12 Just Enough or Too Much?
            Activity 13 Lighten Up
            Activity 14 Find The Light
                                    Checkpoint  What Plants Need To Grow
                                    Additional Stimulation  A Plant For Our Class 

            Observing To Classify
            Activity 1  Living or Nonliving?
            Activity 2  How Do Different Leaves Smell?
            Activity 3  Seeds, Seeds, Seeds
            Activity 4  Which Is Strongest?
            Activity 5  Leaves Have Veins Too
                                    Checkpoint  How Do They Look?
                                    Additional Prints  Leaf Prints           

            Organizing and Communicating Observations
            Activity 1  What Plant Did You Eat?
            Activity 2  Neighborhood Plant Walk
            Activity 3  Let’s Plan a Garden
                                    Checkpoint  My Plant Poster
                                    Additional Stimulation  Seed Detective

The Family Connection 

            Discovery Science Family Night
            Family Letters and Family Connection Activities