COURSE CONTENT, ACTIVITIES, AND REFERENCE INFORMATION FOR TEACHING SCIENCE IN KINDERGARTEN AND GRADE 1 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS INCLUDE AN APPROACH TO TEACHING SCIENCE AND THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE SCIENCE PROGRAM. FIVE UNITS OF STUDY ARE PRESENTED FOR KINDERGARTEN--(1) GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ANIMALS, (2) DISCOVERING NEW THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD, (3) GETTING TO KNOW OURSELVES, (4) BECOMING AWARE OF MATTER AND ENERGY, AND (5) INVESTIGATING COMMON PLANTS. SIX UNITS ARE PRESENTED FOR GRADE 1--(1) KNOWING OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS, (2) FINDING OUT ABOUT AIR, (3) DISCOVERING HOW LIVING THINGS PREPARE FOR AND LIVE THROUGH THE WINTER, (4) LEARNING ABOUT MATTER AND ENERGY, (5) BECOMING AWARE OF SPRING CHANGES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND (6) DISCOVERING HOW WORK IS MADE EASIER FOR US. THE SEVERAL APPENDIXES INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT RECORDING EXPERIMENTS, FIELD TRIPS, SETTING UP AN AQUARIUM, SETTING UP A WOODLAND TERRARIUM, THE CARE OF CLASSROOM PETS, TEXTBOOK REFERENCES, AND SELECTED REFERENCES FOR TEACHERS. FOR EACH STUDY UNIT, THERE ARE A TEACHER PREVIEW, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF REFERENCES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT LISTS, A VOCABULARY LIST, CONCEPTS TO BE DEVELOPED, SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATE MUSIC, SUITABLE POEMS, AND AUDIOVISUAL AND OTHER TEACHING AIDS. THE VOLUME IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. (RS)