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5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

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  5-PS1-1 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

  Making a Cloud Chamber	video, Updated, checked
  Radioactive	video, Updated, checked
  A Clean Trick	text page
  What Really Happens With Evaporation?	text page, free, checked

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  5-PS1-2 Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

  Making Butter	video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated
  The Difference Between Weight and Mass	video, checked
  Ice Cream Science	video, checked
  Chemical and Physical Changes	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Air has Weight	text page
  Review Matter-2	practice
  Review Matter-6	practice

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  5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

  Wax and Wood, part 2	video, checked
  What is a Mineral?	video, checked
  Identifying Minerals	video, learnalong
  Raw Egg or Boiled?	video, checked
  Making Turmeric Paper	video, checked
  Testing for Tannic Acid	video
  Definition of a Mineral	video, checked
  Floating Bubbles	video, checked
  Finding Fat in Foods	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Fireworks Colors	video
  Iron Cereal	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Density: Ice, Oil, and Water	video, checked
  Wax and Wood, part 1	video, checked
  A Cool Change	text page
  Acid Hunt	text page
  Review Minerals-2	practice
  Review Minerals-3	practice
  Review Minerals-4	practice
  Review Minerals-5	practice
  Review Minerals-6	practice
  Review Minerals-7	practice
  Review Minerals-8	practice

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  5-PS1-4 Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

  Changing Colors, part 1	video
  Changing Colors, part 2	video
  Candles in a Jar, part 2	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Candles in a Jar, part 1	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Cabbage Indicator	video, checked
  How They Get the Sparks in a Sparkler	video
  Changing How We Look at Changing	text page, free

5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interaction

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  5-PS2-1 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

  Water in a Glass, part 2	video, checked
  Water in a Glass, part 3	video, checked
  Water in a Glass, part 1	video, checked
  Planets and Pennies	video, ClosedCaptions
  More Science of Balance	video, checked
  Science of Balance	video, checked
  Force, Pressure, and Shoes	video, checked
  Is Gravity a Theory or a Law?	text page, free

5-PS3 Energy

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  5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

  Measuring Calories	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  Scavengers and Decomposers	video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated
  Secondary Consumers	video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked
  Producers	video, free, Updated, checked
  Measuring Photosynthesis	video, checked
  Primary Consumers	video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked
  Calories: Measuring the Energy	text page, free
  What is a Food Web?	text page, free, checked
  Review Food Web-1	practice
  Review Food Web-3	practice
  Review Food Web-4	practice
  Review Food Web-5	practice
  Review Food Web-6	practice
  Review Food Web-7	practice
  Review Food Web-8	practice
  Review Food Web-9	practice
  Review Food Web-10	practice
  Review Food Web-2	practice

5-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

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  5-LS1-1 Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

  Taking a Marshmallow Apart	video, checked
  Producers	video, free, Updated, checked

5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

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  5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

  Scavengers and Decomposers	video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated
  Secondary Consumers	video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked
  Producers	video, free, Updated, checked
  Primary Consumers	video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked
  What is a Food Web?	text page, free, checked
  Review Food Web-6	practice
  Review Food Web-7	practice
  Review Food Web-8	practice
  Review Food Web-9	practice
  Review Food Web-10	practice
  Review Food Web-2	practice
  Review Food Web-1	practice
  Review Food Web-3	practice
  Review Food Web-4	practice
  Review Food Web-5	practice

5-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe

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  5-ESS1-1 Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

  How Far is That Planet?	text page
  Twinkle, Twinkle, Distant Star	text page

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  5-ESS1-2 Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

  Global Science	video, ClosedCaptions
  Finding Your Way	video, checked
  Review Space-5	practice
  Review Space-8	practice
  Review Space-12	practice

5-ESS2 Earth’s Systems

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  5-ESS2-1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

  Cloud Types	video
  Nephoscope	video, checked
  Building a Rain Gauge, part 2	video, checked
  Building a Rain Gauge, part 1	video, checked
  Cloud Formation, part 1	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  A Model of the Water Cycle	video, ClosedCaptions, checked

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  5-ESS2-2 Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

  Cloud Formation, part 2	video
  Wonderful Water	video, checked
  The Water Cycle	video, checked
  A Model of the Water Cycle	video, ClosedCaptions, checked
  75% Water	video, checked

5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

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  5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

  Recycle	video
  Review Energy-4	quest

3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design

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  3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

  The Slow Race

  video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated

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  3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

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  3-5-ETS1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

  What is Science?	video, ClosedCaptions
  Review Scientific Process-1	practice
  Review Scientific Process-2	practice
  Review Scientific Process-7	practice
  Review Scientific Process-9	practice
  Review Scientific Process-10	practice
  Review Scientific Process-11	practice

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