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    Physical Science
     
     
    Bill Nye- Energy- 
     
    Wind Energy
     
     Wind Turbine
     
     Waves
     
     Energy link #1- Kids Zone...2 types of energy=kinetic and potential
     
    Energy link #2- Easy Science for kids....tranferral of energy and resources we get energy from
     
    Video link: Potential and Kinetic Energy video
     
    Potential/Kinetic Energy (6 min video)
     
    Transferral of Energy- Ball Drop #1 video
    Ball drop #2video
                               
     
    Electricity and Magnets
     
    Circuit games #1
     
    Electrical Circuits
     
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      Conductor Video
     
    Magnetism: Brainpop
    (log in: aldenschool   password: duxbury) 
     
    Intro to Electricity activity
     
    Circuits
     
     Kinds of energy
     
    Mixed games/experiments
    Electricity Jeopardy Game
     
    Static Introductory game
     
    Another teacher/parent information
     
    Series and Parallel  
     
    Electric Girl Video
     
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    Circuit video
     
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    Electromagnetism
     
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    Earth Science- Properties of Rocks & Minerals, Rock Cycle,  & Weathering and Erosion
     
     

    Bill Nye- Fossils  

     
    Fossils movie  
     
    Grand Canyon - Rock layers
     
    Bill Nye- Rocks and Soil- full 23 min movie
     
    Erosion- Bill Nye
     
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    Weathering and Erosion:
     
    Weathering and Erosion- StudyJams video 
     
    Weathering and Erosion- Crash Course for kids
     
     
      Shape it up Weathering/Erosion game  
     
     
     Chemical and Mechanical video #1
     
    Chemical and Mechanical Weathering video # 2
     
     
     
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    Rock Cycle:
     
    1.
    Be a Rock Detective video
    take notes in your journal
     
    Rock Cycle video
     
     
    2.
    Rocks -click to review a diagram
    Then click at the bottom to "complete the chart"  Show me your results
     
     
    3. Log in to Brainpop
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    log in and click type in:  'rock cycle"

    1. watch the video
    2. then quiz yourself- show me the results
     
     
    IF TIME
     
    Rock Cycle Game 
     
    Rock Cycle Interactive
     
     
     
     
     
    Minerals
     
    Study Jams mineral slideshow
     
    Hardness scale video
     
    Streak test video
     
    Fracture & Cleavage

     

     
     
    If time:
     
    3 types of Rocks Video
     
    Rock types  Geography for kids- Read about the rocks types and watch videos
     
     
    Great mixed video links for this unit
     
    Research resources/videos for properties
     
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    ROCKS/videos
     
    Brainpop- select science--earth system--rock cycle (or search rock cycle)
     
    Bill Nye- Rocks and Soil
     
    Neo 12 videos 
     
     
     
    Explanation of the Rock Cycle -
    1. watch interactive video
    2. then take the "test" at the bottom
     
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    Project
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     Life Science
     
    Plants dissection video
     
    Internal Leaf parts video

    Venus flytrap

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5fOsgrAJiU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJpC05V2EaE 

     
    BIRD VIDEO
     
    Classifying
     
     
    Intro video- #1 (vertebrate)
     
    Intro video- #2 (invertebrate)
      
     BrainPop- Classifying
     
    CLassify YouTube Video
     
    Classifying game 
     
    Classification SONG!
     
     
    Animal Classes game
     
    Classifying Jeopardy Game
                                                                                              
    Sorting Animals 
     
    Sorting animal groups
     
    Living things -Millionaire game
     
    Mrs. Madigan's links
     
    Monster Bugs match and creation
     
     
     
     Various Computer lab link ideas
     
    Camouflage
     
    Natures best Camouflages
     
    Insects!
     
    Kratt Brother's camouflage clip
     
     
     Adaptations
     
    Adaptations- Octopus!
    Adaptations- Mixed Animals

    Plant adaptations- a bit young for you but informative   

    Plant adaptation at the ZOO video

      Plant apadatatipn slide show

     Build a Fish activity

    Adaptation link
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    Adaptations- Info
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    Simple Machines
     
     
      Simple Machines
     
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      Neok12 games/quizzes
     
     Syd the Science kid
     
    Vocabulary
     
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