Science

=Prairie Plant Study= = = =media type="custom" key="25537884"= =5th Grade Science= = = =4th Grade Science=
 * Forces in Motion
 * Solar System

=Science Processes=
 * Tests ideas and logically uses evidence to formulate explanations.

Physical Science

 * **Electricity**
 * Identifies heat and electricity as forms of energy.
 * Explains that increasing the temperature of any substance requires the addition of energy.
 * Explains how electrical circuits transfer electrical energy and produce magnetic fields.
 * **States of Matter**
 * Measures the weight and mass of objects and the volume of liquids and capacity of containers.
 * Compares and contrasts the states of matter.
 * **Magnetism**
 * Demonstrates magnetic fields and factors that effect magnets' attraction to non-magnetic objects.
 * @http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet2.htm
 * @http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html
 * Identifies objects that are good or poor conductors of heat and electricity.
 * Explains how matter can change from one state to another by heating and cooling.
 * @http://www.how-things-work-science-projects.com/science-blog.html


 * Simple Machines, @http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines
 * Compound Machines, Odd Machines from Edheads, @http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/index.htm
 * Marvelous Machines, @http://galaxy.net/~k12/machines/
 * How a Block and Tackle Works, @http://science.howstuffworks.com/pulley.htm
 * Scholastic's Dirtmeister's Science Reporter Simple Machines, @http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/invest.htm

Life Science

 * Determines that plants and animals require air, water, light, and a source of energy and building material for growth and repair.
 * Identifies individual differences in species and how these differences may be an advantage in surviving and reproducing.
 * Identifies organisms as part of a food chain or food web.
 * Explains how environmental changes can produce a change in the food web.
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 * Body Systems Review, [[file:Body Systems Review.pdf]]

Earth Science

 * Identifies common objects in the sky and compares and contrasts their characteristics.
 * Describes and explains the observable characteristics and patterns of movement of common objects in the sky.
 * Explains how fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and nature of the environment at that time.

=Science Fair Projects=


 * @http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_display_board.shtml
 * Ezequiel and Aaron, Poppers, Immiscible Liquids
 * Allen, Lemon Battery
 * Toussaint, Mining for Cereal
 * Solomon, Blink Reflex
 * Jacob, Bernoulli's Principle, BOOKMARKS
 * Clayton, Instant Flies, BOOKMARKS
 * Mason, @Function of a Lens, BOOKMARKS
 * Devon, [|Splitting Colors], BOOKMARKS
 * Heaven, [|BOOKMARKS]
 * Javon, [|BOOKMARKS]
 * Markayla, Water Attracts Electricity, [|BOOKMARKS]
 * Sadara, [|Swirls of Color], BOOKMARKS
 * Ricky, Invisible Ink, [|BOOKMARKS]
 * Gicella, With and without Sunlight, [|BOOKMARKS]
 * Aaron, Immiscible Liquids, [|BOOKMARKS]

=Rocks and Minerals= = =
 * @http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/rockkey/
 * @http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html

=Scientific Method=
 * @http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_scimethod.html

=Life Science= Neuroscience for Kids, []

Other Reference Sources: =Did you see the Super Moon of 2012?= media type="youtube" key="kOplwuMTyS4" height="315" width="560" http://science.nasa.gov
 * @http://www.almanac.com/
 * 5th Grade Science