Texture Detectives

A hands-on, three-part early elementary science sequence exploring how flowers, pollinators, and food connect. Students discover flower parts, meet animal helpers, and see how pollination creates seeds and fruits.

A fun and simple kindergarten introduction to how scientists record their observations and ideas using drawings, labels, and numbers. Students explore real ways scientists keep notes and practice recording a mystery object of their own.

A concise, 1-page teacher guide for a 20-minute kindergarten science lesson. Outlines lesson objectives, materials, quick pacing, guiding prompts, and a hands-on notebooking activity.

A high-engagement, hands-on science sequence exploring the natural world through classification, distinguishing living from non-living things and discovering animal traits. Designed with visual supports, accessible text, and playful sorting activities tailored for diverse learners.

A hands-on early childhood science exploration lesson where older toddlers (36–48 months) investigate natural textures and living things aligned with TN-ELDS S.37-48.1.

A 5-slide visual presentation for kindergarteners explaining how scientists capture their observations using drawings, numbers, and labels. Features large text, bright colors, and kindergarten-friendly examples.

A 10-lesson multi-sensory weather science and art sequence specifically designed for kindergarten self-contained special education classrooms. Each lesson pairs tactile art exploration with foundational meteorology concepts, tailored for nonverbal learners with visual communication strips, sensory supports, and scripted 30-minute pacing.

An authentic early childhood science lesson for preschool children aged 37 to 48 months exploring physical properties aligned with TN-ELDS Standard S.37-48.1. Children engage in hands-on sensory stations to feel, compare, and describe real-world natural textures and weights.

A 2-page teacher accommodation and differentiation guide detailing targeted instructional strategies for 36–48 month toddlers with diverse learning needs, including sensory avoidance, sensory seeking, dual language learning, motor delays, and attentional pacing.

A comprehensive K-1 inquiry curriculum organized into unified multi-page unit booklets: Sensory Sleuths and Weather Detectives. Includes complete scripted teacher lesson guides, standard student investigation workbooks with primary handwriting lines, and adapted hand-over-hand workbooks for nonverbal learners.

A hands-on kindergarten science inquiry lesson where students explore sound creation and silence by feeling vocal vibrations, plucking rubber bands, and watching tuning forks create water ripples.

A 2-page family engagement and take-home exploration guide that extends toddler tactile science inquiry from the classroom to home and neighborhood walks, featuring a scavenger hunt, conversation starters, and sensory safety tips.