Science The Basic Not Boring Series For Grades K-1 by INCENTIVE PUBLICATIONS – IP4048

Introduction: Celebrate Basic Science Skills – 7
Skills Checklist – 8

Skills Exercises – 9
Is It Alive? (Life Characteristics) – 10
Not Alive! (Life Characteristics) – 11
What Good Are Plant Parts? (Plant Parts) – 12
Which Happened First? (Plant Life Cycles) – 13
Bugs in the Flower Bed (Animal Classification) – 14
Going Buggy! (Animal Classification) – 15
Mixed-up Zoo (Animal Classification) – 16
What Do Animals Wear? (Animal Coverings) – 17
Animals on the Move (Animal Movements) – 18
Animal Footprints (Animal Tracks) – 19
Danger! (Animal Protection) – 20
Something Is Wrong! (Animal Homes) – 21
A Place to Belong (Animal Habitats) – 22
Body Parts You Can See (Body Parts) – 24
Body Parts You Can’t See (Body Parts) – 25
What an Amazing Body! (Body Systems) – 26
Body Talk (Body Vocabulary) – 27
Which Body Part? (Senses) – 28
Use Your Senses (Senses) – 29
A Choosy Shopper (Healthy Eating) – 30
Take Care (Healthy Habits) – 31
Good Ideas (Healthy Habits) – 32

More Good Ideas (Safety) – 33
Places in Space (Earth • Sun • Moon) – 34
The Spinning Earth (Day and Night) – 35
When Seasons Change (Seasons) – 36
Hot, Cold, or in Between? (Seasons • Temperature) – 37
What’s out There? (Objects in Space) – 38
What You See in the Sea (The Ocean) – 39
A Fish on the Hook (Land and Water) – 40
Disappearing Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs) – 42
Old Bones and Fossils (Fossils) – 43
Three Kinds of Matter (Forms of Matter) – 44
Solid or Liquid? (Solids and Liquids) – 45
Things Are Changing (Changes in Matter) – 46
Oh! What Air Can Do! (Air Properties) – 47
How Much Air? (Air Properties) – 48
Happy Floating (Water Properties) – 49
X out Pollution (Pollution) – 50
Which Weather? (Weather) – 51
Pushing and Pulling (Force) – 52
A Big Attraction (Magnets) – 53
Scrambled Pictures (Electricity) – 54

Appendix
Science Words to Know – 55
Science Skills Test – 58
Answer Key – 61