Kindergarten science worksheets
Kindergarten science worksheets on LessonPrint cover physical science, life science, earth & space and engineering design. There are 23 free printable sheets across 13 NGSS performance expectations, each with its own answer key and 25 versions so every student in the class gets a different paper. They are aimed at ages 5-6, print straight from the browser, and need no account.
23 worksheets13 standards13 with a lesson plan25 versions each
Physical Science
8 worksheetsK-PS2-1Test how hard and which way you push or pull, and watch what the motion does.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Harder, Softer, This Way, That Way — how the strength and direction of a push change motion
- Straight, Zigzag, Round and Round — how the direction of pushes and pulls decides the way something moves
- Roll, Slide or Spin? — how a push makes different things roll, slide or spin
- How Far the Ball Rolled — using a push test to compare the effect of soft and hard pushes
K-PS2-2Look at the results and decide whether a design really changed how something moved.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Did the Design Work? — reading test results to judge a design
K-PS3-1Find out what sunlight does to the ground.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- What the Sun Does to the Ground — observing the effect of sunlight on a surface
- Sunny Spot, Shady Spot — comparing how warm surfaces get in sunlight and in shade
K-PS3-2Build something that keeps a patch of ground cooler in the sun.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Keeping a Patch Cool — designing something that reduces the sun's warming
Life Science
4 worksheetsK-LS1-1Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- What Living Things Need — patterns in what plants and animals need to survive
- Living or Not Living? — telling living things from nonliving things by whether they have needs
- Who Eats What? — the pattern that animals need food from other living things and plants do not
- How Do We Know It Is Alive? — using needs, growth and young as evidence that something is alive
Earth and Space Science
8 worksheetsK-ESS2-1Watch the weather and describe what it usually does.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Our Weather, Day After Day — describing patterns in local weather over time
- Our Weather Chart — using a class weather chart to describe and predict the weather
K-ESS2-2Give evidence that living things change a place to get what they need.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Changing a Place to Live In — how living things change the environment to meet their needs
K-ESS3-1Model why particular plants and animals live where they do.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Why It Lives There — the needs of a living thing and the place it lives
K-ESS3-2Ask what a weather forecast is for and how it helps before bad weather.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- What a Forecast Is For — asking what weather forecasting is for
K-ESS3-3Share ways people can do less harm to the land, water, air and living things nearby.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Helping and Harming — solutions that reduce what people do to the local environment
- Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? — reusing and recycling to reduce what people throw away
- What We Picked Up — using a litter count to choose a way to reduce litter
Engineering Design
3 worksheetsK-2-ETS1-1Ask, look and gather information to define a problem worth solving.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Naming the Problem — defining a simple problem that could be solved
K-2-ETS1-2Draw or model how an object's shape helps it do its job.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- The Shape Does the Job — how the shape of an object helps it work
K-2-ETS1-3Test two designs for the same problem and compare how each performs.
45-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Two Tries, One Problem — comparing test data from two designs
Kindergarten science worksheets — questions teachers ask
What science topics do the Kindergarten worksheets cover?
Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science and Engineering Design — the NGSS disciplines taught in Kindergarten. That is 23 worksheets across 13 performance expectations, grouped on this page by the performance expectation each one practices rather than by topic name, so a sheet can be matched to the code you are teaching to.
How many free Kindergarten science worksheets are there?
23, each one practicing a distinct sub-skill rather than repeating a sibling under another title. Every sheet is published in 25 versions, so Kindergarten has 575 printable papers in total, all free and all with an answer key.
What age are Kindergarten science worksheets for?
Kindergarten is typically ages 5-6 in the United States. The sheets are grouped by NGSS performance expectation rather than by age, so a student working above or below their grade level can be given the sheet that matches the performance expectation they are on.
Do the Kindergarten worksheets include answer keys?
Every one. The key is generated from the same problems as the questions and prints on its own sheet of paper, after them, so it does not go out with the class. That holds for all 25 versions of every Kindergarten sheet, not only the first.
How do I give each student a different Kindergarten worksheet?
Open any sheet and pick a set number from 1 to 25, or download set 1's class PDF, which contains all 25 versions in one file. The problems are fixed to each address, so the key you photocopied on Monday still matches on Friday.
Are the Kindergarten worksheets really free?
Yes. Every Kindergarten worksheet, answer key and PDF here is free to print and photocopy for your class. There is no account, no email capture before a download, and no sheet that turns out to need a subscription at the last step.
Are there Kindergarten lesson plans as well as worksheets?
13 of the 13 Kindergarten performance expectations on this page have a full lesson plan written — timed section by section, with the exact wording where it matters, the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Each one is linked beside its standard above.