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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Symbols in Chemical Equations

For Students 3rd - 8th
Chem4Kids! provides an overview of the symbols representing numerical values in chemical equations. Each symbol is defined and described.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Rump and Ugla [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A reader's theater script for the modern fairy tale, Rump and Ugla, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Balance Magic

For Students 3rd - 8th
See if you can balance a sculpture on the end of a toothpick!
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Responding to Literature Forms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers including a book critique form, response journals, adding an ending, and book log.
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Lesson Plan
US Department of Energy

Need Project: Solar Oven [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction and activity to engage students in building a solar oven.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Mediterranean Sea: How Long Does It Take for the Earth to Go Around the Sun?

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the Earth's revolution and rotation in this module.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Yr 5 Poetry Unit 1 a Poetic Style

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in analyzing different poems. A poetry unit overview, a poetry checklist, figurative language notes, sixteen poems and graphic organizers are included to help...
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Atoms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Where Did It Come From?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is your room a mess? Does your nose have freckles on it like your mom's? Are your eyes the same color as your dad's? Which one of these things does not belong in lessons about heredity? Give these investigations a whirl while learning...
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Matter

For Students 4th - 8th
Discover atoms and molecules which make up matter, motion of atoms and how to measure the mass, volume and density of matter.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Create Your Own Time Capsule

For Students 3rd - 8th
By making time capsules, we can decide what message to send to the future about our own lives. If it were discovered years from now, what would the objects say about you and the time you lived in?
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Trip Up Your Brain

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try this trippy experiment to fool your brain.
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: You and the Universe

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is the universe? Learn about this topic in this reference article which includes a video that discusses a finding of a distant galaxy by NASA's Hubble.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Crab Boat: Why Do Plants Reproduce?

For Students 4th - 6th
Help Carla take care of her green plants in her plant nursery, and learn about plant reproduction.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Happens When Parts of a Circuit Are Changed?

For Students 4th - 6th
Join Mathias as he takes care of the electrical problems in his uncle's office. Help him figure it out, and fix the lights.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Rio De Janeiro Carnival: What Is Boiling?

For Students 4th - 6th
Ready for the carnival? First, help Joao get ready for his test about the water cycle, and then explore other water cycle processes.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: What Are Food Webs?

For Students 5th - 7th
Jorge is a cook in an underwater restaurant. He knows a lot about food webs. Dive in and learn about it with him.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: If Rocks Could Talk: Sandstone

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple explanation of how sandstone rock is formed.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Importance of the Origin

For Students 6th - 8th
The CyberSquad tries to rescue the Cyberchase Council, which is being held captive by Hacker in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Civil Rights Movement: Game 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learning game in which students solve a mystery and complete the puzzle with the fewest clues in the Civil Rights category.
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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Senses

For Students 3rd - 8th
Investigate your sensory system by engaging in the activities provided. Includes links to explore related sites pertaining to senses.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Body: Puberty: Whole Lotta Changin' Goin' On

For Students 6th - 8th
An overview of the physical changes that girls and boys undergo as they go through puberty, including voice changes, skin changes, and menstruation.
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Sam's Similar Shapes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about and practice identifying similar figures in this interactive web lesson.