Science Explorations: Kindergarten to Grade 2
Grade K-2 · Christian · NGSS/CCSS-aligned
You run one small hands-on exploration a week from a script, and we tell you what to grab, what to say, and what to listen for. Clara then checks in with your child on screen for five minutes, out loud. The learning happens at the sink and on the sidewalk with you next to them. The app's job is to keep the record of it.
What your child will learn
The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.
Weather, Sky and Seasonspeek inside ▸close ▾
Nine weeks of watching the actual sky: daily weather, wind you infer, sun that warms, shadows that move, puddles that vanish, and a family severe-weather plan.
What is the weather doing today?
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about naming today's weather and comparing days.
The wind you cannot see
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about how we know wind exists without seeing it.
Sun, shade and warm things
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about sunlight warming things and shade keeping them cool.
Shadow shapes
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about shadows changing with the sun's position.
Rain, puddles and where water goes
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about where puddle water goes.
Hot days, cold days, and dressing for them
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about choosing clothes and plans to match the weather.
Season watch: one tree, all year
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about what the adopted tree looks like right now and predicting its change.
Storms and staying safe
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about what to do when severe weather comes.
Weather station week (review)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about putting all the weather ideas together.
Pushes, Pulls and Things That Movepeek inside ▸close ▾
Forces at floor level: pushes and pulls, ramps and races, collisions, balanced tugs, light and shadows, magnets, and a ball-run build that fails on purpose.
Push it, pull it
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about sorting pushes and pulls.
Hard push, soft push
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about bigger pushes making things go farther and faster.
Ramps and racing
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about steeper ramps and faster rolling.
Crash! Changing direction
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about bumps and collisions changing which way things go.
The tug-of-war week (balanced pulls)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about two pulls that cancel out.
Sunlight and dark places (light as energy)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about materials blocking light and making shadows.
Tree check #2 + motion review
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about what changed on the tree and finding pushes and pulls at home.
Make it move without touching it
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about magnets pulling some things and not others.
Build a ball run (engineering week)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about building something, watching it fail, and fixing one part.
Living Things and Their Placespeek inside ▸close ▾
Alive or not, what living things need (with a control cup), body parts with jobs, babies and parents, habitats, traveling seeds, and a sit-spot that produces a real question.
Alive or not alive?
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about sorting alive, not alive, and once-alive.
What do living things need?
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about what seeds need to sprout and grow.
Body parts with jobs
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about animal body parts and what each part is for.
Babies and their parents
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about animal babies resembling their parents.
Where animals live and why
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about matching animals to the places that meet their needs.
Plants make more plants (seeds travel)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about how seeds get to new places.
Tree check #3 + living things review
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about the tree's story across three seasons.
Being a scientist outdoors (unit capstone)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about watching quietly and asking a science question.
Stuff and What It Doespeek inside ▸close ▾
Materials and their properties, choices that fit purposes, water's three states, changes you cannot undo, sound as vibration, an instrument build, and the year's capstone question.
The great material sort
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about sorting objects by what they are made of and how they feel.
Why is a window glass and a pillow soft?
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about materials chosen because their properties fit the job.
Water's three costumes
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about ice, water and steam being the same stuff.
Changes you cannot undo
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about changes that can be undone and changes that cannot.
Sound is a shake
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about shaking and vibrating things making sound.
Loud, quiet, high, low
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about loud versus quiet and high versus low sounds.
Build an instrument (engineering week #2)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about changing a design to change its sound.
Tree check #4: the year in four pictures
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about the tree's whole year of changes.
The big review safari
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about finding weather, forces, living things, materials and sound in the real world.
Question fair (capstone)
Do the hands-on exploration, then show Clara you can talk about asking a question and planning how to find out.
From the parent guide
You run one small hands-on exploration a week from a script, and we tell you what to grab, what to say, and what to listen for. Clara then checks in with your child on screen for five minutes, out loud. The learning happens at the sink and on the sidewalk with you next to them. The app's job is to keep the record of it.
Unit 1 · what to expect
Nine weeks of watching the actual sky: daily weather, wind you infer, sun that warms, shadows that move, puddles that vanish, and a family severe-weather plan.
The full guide covers all 4 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.
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