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Electricity



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Smart Board

Series or Parallel Circuits​


Powerpoints

Electricity: Conductors and Insulators (game)

Electricity Power Board (interactive)


California Streaming

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Static Electricity

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electrical Current

Elementary Physical Science: Electrical Circuits

Elementary Physical Science: Magnets and Electromagnetism


United Streaming

A First Look: Electricity

Getting to Know: Electricity

The Magic School Bus: Gets Charged


Magnets


Power Points

Magnet: Sticky Situations (interactive)

Magnet: Sticky Situations C (interactive)

Magnets Millionaire

Magnet Pop-up


California Streaming

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Magnetism

Elementary Physical Science: Magnets and Electromagnetism


United Streaming

Electricity and Magnetism: The Magic of Magnets

Magnetism: Permanent Magnets and Electromagnetism video clip


Brain POP

http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/magnetism/

http://www.brainpop.com/technology/scienceandindustry/compass/

http://www.brainpop.com/technology/energytechnology/electromagnets/



Rocks & Minerals


Smart Board

Rocks
Rock Cycle


Interactive

Rocks and Minerals - Rags to Riches Game

All About Rocks and Minerals-Rags to Riches Game

Rock Cycle-Rags to Riches Game


California Streaming

Rocks and the Rock Cycle (20 minutes)

Minerals and Their Properties (20 minutes)

Sedimentary Rocks (20 minutes)

Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks (20 minutes)

The Rock Cycle (14 minutes)


United Streaming

Uses of Rocks and Mineral (18 minutes)

Rocks and Minerals: The Hard Facts (17 minutes)

Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals (20 minutes)


Brain POP

Three Types of Rock

Mineral Identification

Crystals

Rock Cycle



Erosion


Smart Board

Weathering

Erosion

Weathering and Erosion


Interactive

Weathering of Rocks

Formation of the Grand Canyon


California Streaming

Weathering and Erosion (14 minutes)

Erosion - Bill Nye (24 minutes)

Forces Shaping the Earth (20 minutes)


United Streaming

Weathering (7 minutes)

Erosion (6 minutes)

Glaciers (3 minutes)

Deposition (2 minutes)

Mississippi River Delta (4 minutes)

Weathering and Erosion (20 minutes)

Weathering and Erosion (3 minutes)

How the Land Wears Down (11 minutes)


Brain POP

Weathering

Natural Disasters

Erosion

Soil



Ecosystems & Adaptations


Smart Board

Habitats

Adaptations

Ecosystems


Interactive

Amazing Animal Adaptation Facts
PBS Flying Seeds video (2 minutes)
PBS Mechanical Seed Propulsion video (2 minutes)

How Animals See The World

PBS Nova - Animal Night Vision


California Streaming

Ecosystems Introduction (1.5 minutes)

Seed Dispersal (6 minutes)

Ecosystems (20 minutes)


United Streaming

Animal adaptations (24 minutes)

Plant adaptations (13 minutes)

Seed dispersal (3 minutes)

Ecosystems - Abiotic and Biotic Factors, Food Chains, Energy Flow


Brain POP

Ecosystems/Habitats

Animal Camouflage

Eyes: How We See



Ecosystems & Energy Flow



Smart Board

Food Chain

Food Chain and Food Webs

Food Chain Review

Photosynthesis


California Streaming

Ecosystems Introduction (1.5 minutes)

Photosynthesis and seed dispersal (3.5 minutes)

Plants and Pollination (3 minutes)

Bill Nye: Food Webs (23 minutes)

Ecosystems (20 minutes)


United Streaming

Food Chains and Food Webs (2.5 minutes)

Energy Flow: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. levels of pyramid (2 minutes)

Photosynthesis (1.5 minutes)

Pollination by insects and wind

Ecosystems - Abiotic and Biotic Factors, Food Chains, Energy Flow


Brain POP

Ecosystems/Habitats

Energy Pyramid-Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

Food Chains and Food Webs

Photosynthesis

Pollination


Interactive

Nova's Photosynthesis game

NOVA's Pic the Pollinator game
Herbivore, Omnivore, Carnivore Game
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer Game


Matter


Smart Board

Properties of Matter

Physical and Chemical Changes Sort- Game

Mixtures and Solutions Review


California Streaming

Matter in Action: Solid, Liquids, and Gases (20 minutes)

Chemical vs. Physical Changes (9 minutes)

Separating Mixtures (23 minutes)

Solutions at Work (14 minutes)


United Streaming

A First Look: Solids, Liquids, and Gases (17 minutes)

Changes in Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical (28 minutes)

Separating Mixtures

Mixtures and Solutions (19 minutes)

The Language of Science: Physical Science 3-5 Matter (24 minute)

Physical Properties of Matter


Brain POP

Physical and Chemical Changes

States of Matter

Gravity (quick visual explanation of weight and mass)

Changing States of Matter (boiling point, melting point, sublimation, etc.)

Temperature/Thermal Energy



Powerpoints

States of Matter game

Physical and Chemical Changes song on You Tube

Physical or Chemical Changes Quia quiz



Scientific Method


Smart Board

Scientific Method -- Includes Variables

Scientific Method -- Students will use a Voki Widget to place the Scientific Method terms in correct order

Scientific Method -- Students will place terms in order and then practice putting a Science Fair project and board together


Interactive

Scientific Inquiry 4 short videos from Scholastic -- Each video is about 4 minutes.


Inky the Squid answers questions regarding the Scientific Method



California Streaming

Scientific Method Real World Applications -- 18:18 minutes Fast, fun paced

Scientific Method -- 14 minutes Includes variables, data collection, and presentation


Brain POP

Scientific Method -- 4:15 minutes