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Rubric: Raccoon Paragraph – 3 Facts from Video

This rubric is for using three facts from the PBS video in your paragraph about chipmunks.

Paragraph is missing or barely started.Facts are not included in the paragraph. Only one fact from the video is used. Only two facts from the video are used.Three or more facts from the video are used.
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Rubric: Raccoon Paragraph – Well Written

This is the rubric for how well-written your paragraph is.

Attempt is missing or barely started.Paragraph is disorganized and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding.Paragraph is somewhat organized and/or grammar detracts from the reader’s understanding.Paragraph is clearly organized and grammar does not restrict the reader’s understanding.
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City Raccoons

BBC Earth’s video shows how animals have adapted to humans

Ecosystems involve the weather, the geography and the communities of plants and animals that live there. These plants and animals adapt to be successful in their ecosystem.

Write a paragraph about Raccoons and their way of life in cities. Use three facts from the video.

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Energy, Life, and What You Eat

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Energy Sources

Chapter 2. The Components of Life

Chapter 3. Basic Plant Anatomy                                                                                              

Chapter 4. Pollination and Plant Reproduction

Chapter 5. Photosynthesis vs. Respiration

Chapter 6. How Respiration Works in Humans

Chapter 7. Parts of an Animal and Plant Cell

Chapter 8. Population, Community, and Ecosystem

Chapter 9. Plant and Animal Adaptations

Chapter 10. The Flow of Energy

Chapter 11. Natural Selection and Peppered Moths

Chapter 12. The Food Production Chain

Chapter 13. Essential Vitamins and Minerals

Chapter 14. What Makes an Organism

Chapter 15. Human Impacts on Environment

Chapter 16. Clean Water and Living Downstream

Chapter 17. Hands-On Experiment #1: How to Grow a Plant

Chapter 18. Hands-on Experiment #2: Extracting DNA?

Chapter 19. Hands-on Experiment #3: Classifying Different Organisms?

Chapter 20. Conclusion

Resources/References

Answer Keys

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Rubric: Survival Paragraph – 3 Facts

This rubric is for using three facts from Hatchet in your paragraph.

Attempt is missing or barely started.Paragraph is not supported by facts from the book. Only one fact cited from the text is used.Only two facts cited from the text are used.At least three facts cited from the text are used.
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Rubric: Survival Paragraph – Well Written

This rubric is for how well-written your paragraph is.

Attempt is missing or barely started.Paragraph is disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding.Paragraph is somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. Paragraph is clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details.
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Hatchet: Surviving

There are a few things very important to Brian’s survival. Write a paragraph that explains which thing was MOST important to Brian’s survival. Explain your thinking with 3 facts from Hatchet.

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Rubric for 4 Moods – Mood Swings Project

This rubric is for how completely you finished this project. You should have kept data on 4 of Brian’s moods throughout the book.

Attempt is missing or barely started.There are less than 2 moods recorded.There are only 2-3 moods recorded. There are 4 moods recorded.
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Electricity is Elementary E-Book

Description

This book engages students in grades 4 and 5 with electricity topics and history that they will love. The book has hands-on activities, reading comprehension questions and texts written for your child’s understanding.

This book covers important scientists and discoveries about electricity, and explores how some of the most impressive technologies use electricity today. Each chapter can be used as a reading and scientific adventure!


Table of Contents

Chapter 1……………………………….…… Introduction

Chapter 2……………………………….….. History of Electricity

Chapter 3……………………………….….. Benjamin Franklin

Chapter 4…………………………………….The Results of Ben Franklin’s Experiment

Chapter 5……………………………………. Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb

Chapter 6……………………………………. Parts of a Simple Light Bulb

Chapter 7……………………………………. The Battle for Electric Power

Chapter 8…………………………………….. Cool Tech: Electric Cars

Chapter 9.……………………………………. How a Tesla Model S Operates

Chapter 10.…………………………………..Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Waves

Chapter 11.…………………………………..Light is an Electromagnetic Wave

Chapter 12.………………………………….. The Incredible (Invisible) Nature of Light

Chapter 13.………………………………….. Cool Tech: Smartphones

Chapter 14.………………………………….. The Magical World of Television

Chapter 15.………………………………….. Electric Grid

Chapter 16.………………………………….. Cool Tech: Laptops & Computers

Chapter 17.………………………………….. Hands-on Experiment #1: Playdough Circuit

Chapter 18.………………………………….. Hands-on Experiment #2: What Conducts Electricity?

Chapter 19…………………………………… Hands-on Experiment #3: Create an Electromagnet

Chapter 20………………………………….Conclusion

Appendix:

Online Physics Simulators…………….PhET Interactive Simulations

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Chapter 11

To view the online text for this chapter, click here!

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Sabiha Basit wrote “Different wavelengths of reflected light create different colors!”
What does “reflected light” mean in this context?

The author wrote “For example, when you see your favorite red shirt, the shirt is absorbing all the colors of light except for the color red.” What does “absorbing” mean in this context?

The author wrote “White is a combination of all colors, so when we see white, the object is reflecting all the colors of light the same.” What does “combination” mean in this context?

What happens when a shirt looks black?

What makes light look white?

What is the light you see in a classroom?

Were there any words or ideas that you did not understand?