Kindergarten Physical Science Activities and Resources

Linked to Kindergarten Arkansas Science Frameworks

(VIDEO resources are provided by United Streaming through the "Arkansas Ideas" web site. The service is free for teachers in Arkansas but registration is required to create a user name and password.)

FRAMEWORK	Lesson/Activity	Web Resources	Questions MC = Multiple Choice OR = Open Response
PS.5.K.1 List and classify objects according to the single properties of size color shape	Characteristics of Materials - BBC Packing for the Park - Beacon Learning What is volume? - NASA (Click on "Activities")	Discovery School Elementary Science - Internet 4 Classrooms
PS.6.K.1 Demonstrate spatial relationships, including but not limited to over under left right
PS.6.K.2 Demonstrate various ways that objects can move, including but not limited to straight zig-zag back and forth round and round fast and slow	Push/Pull - BBC Push/Pull - UT What is Force? - NASA (Click on "Activities")	Learning Science Physical Science Resources - Flinn
PS.6.K.3 Demonstrate the effects of the force of gravity on objects	Our Place in Space What is Gravity? - NASA (Click on "Activities")
PS.7.K.1 Classify objects in terms of their relative temperature (e.g., hotter and colder)
PS.7.K.2 Identify uses of electricity	Safety Rules of Electricity - UT Uses of Electricity - UT
PS.7.K.3 Identify ways to conserve electricity in the classroom and at home
PS.7.K.4 Demonstrate effects of magnets on each other and other objects	Magnets - UT Why do Magnets Work? - NASA (Click on "Activities")	What is Attracted To Magnets
PS.7.K.5 List some uses of magnets in everyday objects	Magnets - UT Why do Magnets Work? - NASA (Click on "Activities")	What is Attracted To Magnets
PS.7.K.6 Investigate magnets of various shapes	Magnets - UT Why do Magnets Work? - NASA (Click on "Activities")	What is Attracted To Magnets