Week 1: Organizing Things into Categories

(Lesson A-1/B-1)

Cut out the pictures and paste them onto another sheet of paper organized into categories.

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Week 2: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
(Lesson A-2 Part 1)

Draw some solids, liquids, and gases. Write a sentence about each.

A solid ________________________________________________________________________

A liquid ______________________________________________________________________

A gas_________________________________________
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Week 3: Solids, Liquids, and Gases Can Change With Temperature
(Lesson A-2 Parts 2&3)

Complete the sentences and draw a picture illustrating each.

Water at room temperature is a___________________

To turn it into a solid ___________________________

To turn it into a gas_____________________________

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All solids, liquids, and gases are called _______________.
Solids, liquids, and gases are different _______ of matter.
countries states mammals energies
What are two things that are true about all matter?
It is purple. It takes up space. It is hard.
It has weight. It tastes like chicken.
Is there anything in the world that is not matter?
Yes No
Are light and heat matter?
Yes No
What is your favorite thing that is made of matter?
_________________________________________________

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Week 4: Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and
Human-Made Things
(Lesson B-2 Parts 1&2)

Complete the sentences and draw a picture illustrating each.

Living or biological things are _____________________

_____________________________________________

Natural Earth things are_________________________

_____________________________________________

Human made things are _________________________

_____________________________________________
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Week 5: What’s the Difference Between Technology and Living
Systems?
(Lesson B-2 Part 3)

These are the steps to make _____________________.

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Do animals use technology? Yes No
Do they build things? Yes No
Do they come up with new and better designs? Yes
No

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Week 6: What is Gravity?
(Lesson D-1 Part 1)

Complete the sentences and draw a picture illustrating each.

Things fall because of ________________.

Gravity pulls everything toward ___________________

_____________________________________________

Gravity’s pull on _________________ is ____ pounds.

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Week 7: Horizontal and Vertical
(Lesson D-1 Part 2)

Color vertical lines blue. Color horizontal lines gray. Color everything else whatever color you want.

Additional activity: Draw your own house on the back of this sheet using a ruler to make horizontal
and vertical lines.

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Week 8: Gravity and Orbits
(Lesson D-1 Part 3)

This is what it would feel like to be on the moon.

This is what it would feel like to be on a much bigger

planet.
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Color the solar system. Why do planets stay in their orbits?

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

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Week 9: Air is a Substance and the Concept of the Atmosphere
(Lesson A-3 Parts 1&2)

Experiment 1: Blow up balloon Experiment 2: Blow bubbles

What pushes on the sides of the balloon to make them move out? _______

What pushes the water out of the way to make the bubbles? _________

These experiments show that air __________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Experiment 3: Balloon on a balance Experiment 4: Hand in water

What happened to the side of the balance with the balloon after it was blown
up? ____________________________________________________________

This shows that air _______________________________________________

We can’t feel the weight of air pushing down on us because, like the water, the
air _____________________________________________________________

Air is matter. True or False 12

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Week 10: Energy Makes Things Go
(Lesson C-1 Part 1)

Cut out the pictures on the next page and paste them in the correct form of energy box.

Movement Energy

Heat Energy

Light Energy

Electrical Energy

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Week 11: Energy Changes Form and Travels
(Lesson C-1 Parts 2&3)

Tell which type of energy is changed into which type of energy.

_________ _________ ___________ __________

_________ _________ __________ ___________

_________ _________ ___________ __________

_________ _________ ___________ __________

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In this picture _____________ energy is traveling from
where there is MORE LESS to where there
is MORE LESS.

In this picture _____________ energy is traveling from

where there is MORE LESS to where there
is MORE LESS.
Energy always travels from ______________________
_____________________________________________
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Week 12: Kinetic and Potential Energy
(Lesson C-3 Part 1)

The pendulum’s energy changes between kinetic and

potential.
Where does it have the most potential energy? Color it
blue.
Where does it have the most kinetic energy? Color it
red.
Can the pendulum go higher than the point from which
it was dropped? Why or why not? _________________
_____________________________________________
Why will the pendulum eventually stop moving? _____
_____________________________________________
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Week 13: Energy Flows Through Our World
(Lesson C-3 Part 2)

Draw arrows to show how energy flows,

flows and fill words in the blanks in the big box and the boxes
with the squiggles.

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Week 14: Fuels Power Technology and Society
(Lesson C-3 Part 3)

Color the picture. List some examples of renewable energy and fossil fuels.

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels

______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________
______________________ ______________________

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Week 15: What Is Force and How Do We Measure It?
(Lesson C-3A Part 1)

Cut out the pictures from the next page. Sort them into pushing forces and pulling forces. Some
could be either one so pick what you think is best.

Pushing Forces Pulling Forces

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Week 16: Why Is It Important to Know Forces?
(Lesson C-3A Part 2)

Draw arrows and label them to show some of the forces acting on the Mackinac Bridge.

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Week 17: Forces Transfer Movement Energy
(Lesson C-3A Part 3)

What force makes the water fall? ______________________

What type of energy does falling water have?
Light Heat Movement Electrical
What happens when the movement energy from the falling
water is transferred to the water wheel? ________________
__________________________________________________
A waterwheel uses the force of __________________ to
change the ______________________ energy from falling
water into energy we can use.
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Week 18: What's the Difference Between Plants and Animals?
(Lesson B-3 Parts 1,2&3)

Draw some animals in the first box and plants in the second. How are plants and animals different?

Boxes for animals and plants. Space to write a sentence about each.

Animals have __________________________________

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________

Plants have ___________________________________

_____________________________________________
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Pick a word to fill in the blanks.
Fill in the arrows and boxes as in Week 13. Complete the box with fill in the blanks.
blanks.

________ energy for life on earth

comes from ________________.
Most of the All None of the
the sun dirt plants
Animal and Plant Characteristic Cards for Activity

created make
teeth poop
by God seeds
can need
leaves alive
move energy
eat make can
branches
food food feel
use
fruit stem grow
sunlight

green mouth nose roots

need
die eyes pee
water

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Week 19: All Matter Is Made of Particles
(Lesson A-4 Part 1)

This is what it looked like when I broke a solid (paper,

wood, metal, rock, soil, or clay) into tiny bits.

This is what it looked like when I broke the liquid water

into tiny bits.

This is what it looked like when I broke air into tiny bits
in the bubbles.

The 3 attributes of matter I have learned are:

1. Matter takes up _____________.
2. Matter has ____________.
3. All matter is made of ____________________.
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Week 20: The Difference between Solids, Liquids, and Gases
(Lesson A-4 Part 2)

In the 3 boxes, draw (or glue small items like cereal, lentils, rice, bolitas, etc.) the particles in solids,
liquids, and gases, showing how attracted they are to each other.

The particles in a solid rock are

VERY SOMEWHAT NOT AT ALL
attracted to each other.

The particles in liquid water are

VERY SOMEWHAT NOT AT ALL
attracted to each other.

The particles in a gas (like air) are

VERY SOMEWHAT NOT AT ALL
attracted to each other.

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Week 21: Reversible and Nonreversible Changes
(Lesson A-4 Part 3)

Cut out the pictures on the next page and paste them organized into reversible and non-reversible
changes.

These are reversible changes:

These are non-reversible changes:

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Week 22: Distinguishing Materials
(Lesson A-5 Parts 1&2)

Cut out the pictures on the page after the next and organize them into categories. Write a few adjectives to
describe each material.

Metal is _____________________________________.

Plastic is _____________________________________.

Ceramic, clay, or stone is ________________________.

Glass is ______________________________________.

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Rubber is ____________________________________.

Leather is ____________________________________.

Cloth is ______________________________________.

Wood is _____________________________________.

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Week 23: What is Air Pressure?
(Lesson A-6 Part 1)

Draw the air particles inside and outside of the balloons.

Circle the correct word:

The air particles are closer together
INSIDE OUTSIDE the balloons.
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Week 24: Air Pressure Inside and Outside
(Lesson A-6 Parts 2&3)

Draw how these work by drawing how far apart the air particles are in different places.

Fill in the blanks with

“high” or “low”:

Vacuums, straws, and

breathing work because there is ____er pressure inside
and ____er pressure outside. The air (or drink, for a
straw) moves from _____ to _____ pressure.

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Week 25: Air, Atmosphere, and Wind
(Lesson A-6 Part 4)

Draw how the air particles are spaced at different

elevations in the rectangle, from the valley to the top
of the mountain.
Air particles are smashed closer together the bottom.
This makes HIGHER LOWER pressure.
Air particles are further and further apart as you go up.
This makes HIGHER LOWER pressure.

This is why your ears _____ when going up or

down in elevation.
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Week 26: Air is a Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions)
(Lesson A-7 Parts 1&2)

A candle uses
____________
when it burns.

A candle
makes
_________
_________
when it
burns.

Circle which gases make up the air:

Oxygen Nitrogen Frobscottle Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide Whizpoppers Hamburgers

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Draw an example of before and after one of the chemical reactions we performed.

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• This is what it would be like to be on the moon.

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Before the chemical reaction, there was ____________

_____________________________________________
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•

• This is what it would be like to be on a much

bigger planet.

The chemical reaction made _____________________

___________________ and released ______________.

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Week 27: How is a Candle Burning Like Living Things Using Energy?
(Lesson A-7 Parts 3&4)

How is a candle burning like our bodies breathing and eating? Choose from the words below to fill in
the blanks. Some words may be sued more than once.

We eat food to get ___________. Food is mostly made

of __________________.
__________________ Breathing gives our bodies

_________________ which is used to break down the

_________________,

food. The ____________

__________ from the food combines with

________________
_____. Then we breathe out

_______________________________
_________________.

carbon dioxide oxygen energy carbon

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Draw arrows on the ends of the lines to show which direction the carbon goes.

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Week 28: Evaporation and Condensation
(Lesson A-8 Parts 1&2)

Draw pictures of water evaporating and water vapor condensing.

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• This is what it would be like to be on the moon.

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When water evaporates it _______________________

_____________________________________________
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•
•
•

• This is what it would be like to be on a much

bigger planet.

When water condenses it ________________________

____________________________________________.
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Circle which will evaporate faster.

Shallow wide bowl or deep tall glass

No heat or heat

Sun or shade

Fan or no fan

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 (Lesson A-8 Part 3)
Week 29: The Water Cycle

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Fill in the blanks with:
precipitation evaporation condensation
run-off transpiration
Week 30: Some Things Dissolve: Solutions and Mixtures
(Lesson A-9 Parts 1&2)

Cut and paste the things from the next page into the correct box.

These are soluble in water:

These are insoluble in water:

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Clay Sugar Salt

Flour Carbon dioxide Oatmeal (like in Quaker or colada)

Dirt Sand

Oil Oxygen

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Week 31: Crystallization
(Lesson A-9 Part 3)

Draw what happens to the particles as a substance dissolves in the first box, and as it crystallizes as
water evaporates in the second box.

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Week 32: Sound and Vibrations
(Lesson C-2 Part 1)

Draw one of the guitar strings vibrating.

Frequency is ________________________________

What kind of frequency makes a low pitch? _________

What kind of frequency makes a high pitch? _________

Amplitude is __________________________________

What kind of amplitude makes a loud sound? _______

What kind of amplitude makes a quiet sound? _______

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 (Lesson C-2 Part 2)

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Draw how sound travels from the guitar string to the ear.

How does your ear hear? When the vibrating _____________ particles hit your
Week 33: Sound is A Form of Movement Energy

______________ it starts to vibrate, too. The vibrating eardrum makes 3 tiny

_______________ in your ear vibrate. One of these bones is touching the shell-
shaped ___________________, which is full of liquid. The vibrating bone makes
____________ in the liquid. Your _____________ interprets the waves as sound.

cochlea brain eardrum air waves bones

Week 34: What is the Difference Between Matter and Energy?
(Lesson C-4 Part 1)

The things made of matter in this picture are ________

_____________________________________________

The energy in this picture is ______________________

_____________________________________________

Matter and energy are THE SAME THING DIFFERENT.

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Week 35: What is Inertia?
(Lesson C-5 Parts 1&2)

What has to happen for What has to happen for

something that is still to something that is moving
start moving? to stop moving?
____________________ ____________________

____________________ ____________________

____________________ ____________________

The First Law of Motion, also called ________________

makes things that are moving ____________________
___________________ and things that are not moving
____________________________________________.

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Energy must be put in to start movement and taken
out to stop movement.

How is energy put in to How is energy taken out

make the rocket start (transferred to
moving? something else) to make
____________________ the race car stop
moving?
____________________
____________________
____________________
____________________
____________________

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 True or False: True or False:
Here Goofy wanted lots of friction. Here they wanted lots of friction. (Lesson C-6 Part 1)
Week 36: What is Friction?

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Friction is ______________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Week 37: Wheels and Friction
(Lesson C-6 Part 2)

What was used before wheels to move heavy loads?

_____________________________________________
What goes down a ramp better: something sliding or
rolling?
Wheels reduce ____________ because only ____ point
touches the ground at a time and does not _________.
When we can’t use a wheel, what can be put between
2 surfaces to reduce friction? ____________________

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Week 38: Friction Produces Heat
(Lesson C-6 Part 3)

Draw and describe two examples of friction producing heat, for example in starting a fire by rubbing sticks.

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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 When something moves through the air or water it causes ______________.
(Lesson C-6 Part 4)

What type of shape moves best through air or water?

Box shape Ball shape Streamlined shape Pyramid shape

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Week 39: Wind and Water Resistance
Week 40: Push Pushes Back
(Lesson C-7)

Draw and label 2 arrows to show 1) the push and 2) how push pushes back in these examples.

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Week 41: Day and Night and the Earth’s Rotation
(Lesson D-2)

Color the Earths to show where is experiencing daytime and where is experiencing

nighttime. Circle the arrow that shows which way the Earth rotates.

About what time of the day or night would it be

where we live? _______________________________
_______________

Now about what time of the day or night would

it be? __________________________________

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Continent Template for Activity

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Week 44: North, East, South, and West
(Lesson D-3A Part 1)

Fill in the compass rose below, either by writing in the direction words or by cutting and pasting. Then, make a
map of the area in which we live, cut out the compass rose and glue it correctly oriented on your map.

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Template for compass rose

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Week 45: North, East, South, and West on Maps
(Lesson D-3A Part 2)

Use the pirate map to write a story. Be sure to use direction words. Use the back side of the paper or
a piece of notebook paper if you need more space.

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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Week 46: Magnets and Magnetic Fields
(Lesson A-5A Parts 1&2)

For several different items check whether it attracts a magnet or not and of what material it is made.

Attracts Doesn’t
Item Attract
Material

What type of material attracts a magnet? ___________

Do magnets always attract one another however you
put them? Yes No
.

Magnets have two ends: a ____________-SEEKING

POLE and a ____________-SEEKING POLE.
Like poles ___________. Opposite poles ___________.
Are both poles of a magnet attracted to iron? _______

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Here’s how a bullet or
Maglev (short for magnetic
levitation) train works:
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Week 47: The Earth is a Magnet
(Lesson A-5A Part 3)

Draw a picture of the compass you made.

How does it work?? _____________________________

____________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Label the magnetic north and south pole, and draw the
magnetic field lines around the globe.

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Week 48: Things Fall at the Same Rate
(Lesson D-7 Part 1)

Hypothesis: What I Think Will Happen

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Materials: What I Used
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Methods: How I Tested
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Results: What Happened
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Conclusions: What the Experiment Shows
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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Week 49: Weightlessness in Space (Weight vs. Mass)
(Lesson D-7 Parts 2&3)

What makes the astronaut weightless in space? ___________________________________________

_____________ ___________________
___________________
____________

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Draw how mass is measured using a balance.

How does it work? _____________________________

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
1. How would the mass of a 10 kg suitcase be different
on the moon? More The Same Less
2. How would the weight of a 50 lb boy be different on
the International Space Station?
More The Same Less
3. How would the mass of a 1 g butterfly be different
on Jupiter? More The Same Less
4. How would the weight of a 300 ton rock be different
on Jupiter? More The Same Less

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Week 50: Time and the Earth’s Turning
(Lesson D-5 Parts 1&2)

1. If it is 5 pm in Ecuador, what time is it in Argentina?

_________
2. If you get on an airplane in Michigan at 8 am and fly
for 6 hours and land in Italy, what time will it be
when you land? _________
3. Which country has the most time zones?
___________________
4. While you’re eating breakfast, what meal are they
eating in India? _____________________
5. It is midnight in China. What time is it in California,
US? ___________
6. Where will the sun set first, in Algeria or Ethiopia?
___________________

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Draw a picture of your sundial.

During what time of the day did the shadow get

shorter? _____________________
During what time of the day did the shadow get
longer? _____________________
What is the zenith? _____________________________
_____________________________________________
Why isn’t it exactly noon when the sun is at its zenith?
_____________________________________________
I learned _____________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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Week 51: Seasons and the Earth’s Orbit
(Lesson D-6 Parts 1&2)

Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Date Temp Temp Rain Observations (weather and when plants bloom, fruit ripens,
High Low grow/lose leaves, animals migrate and have babies)

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Week 52: What Are Biomes?
(Lesson D-4 Parts 1,2&3)

Draw your favorite animal.

What biome does it live in? ______________________

What is the climate in that biome?_________________
_____________________________________________

What plants are in that biome?___________________

_____________________________________________

What other animals live in that biome?_____________

_____________________________________________

Why does your favorite animal live in that biome?

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Week 53: Why Do Animals Live Where They Do?
(Lesson B-4A Parts 1&2)

Animal Date Location Habitat

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Week 54: Why Do Plants Live Where They Do?
(Lesson B-4A Parts 1&2)

Plant Date Location Habitat

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 Hunting in Deserts and Mountains Guarding Fighting with Bulls Retrieving Shot Birds Birds
Herding Sheep
Herding Cattle Hunting and smelling well Guarding farms Racing Guarding the Firehouse Working dog

(Lesson B-4B)

Digging
and
hunting
animals
that live
in the
ground
Week 55: What is a Species?

Match what these dog breeds have been bred for.

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Herding Sheep

Guarding
Hunting
rabbits

Digging
and
hunting Fighting with Bulls
animals
that live
Fighting with Bulls Herding Sheep Used in war to get men off their horses Hunt Rodents Companions of Royalty
in the
ground
Retrieving Shot Birds Birds Hunting and smelling well Hunting and running fast Guarding Driving Hogs and Cattle
Classify the animals you identified in Lesson B-4A.
B Write the names of the animals you found next to
the class or phylum they are in.

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Week 56: What are Genes?
(Lesson B-4B)

Color in which trait each person has in each row.

Father Mother

Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb

Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb
Freckles No freckles
Freckles No freckles
Cheek dimples No dimples
Cheek dimples No dimples
Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes
Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes
Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue
Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue
Long second toe Short second toe
Long second toe Short second toe

Child 1: _____________________ Child 2: _____________________

Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb

Freckles No freckles Freckles No freckles
Cheek dimples No dimples Cheek dimples No dimples
Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes
Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue
Long second toe Short second toe Long second toe Short second toe

Child 3: _____________________ Child 4: _____________________

Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb Straight thumb Hitchhiker’s thumb

Freckles No freckles Freckles No freckles
Cheek dimples No dimples Cheek dimples No dimples
Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes Unattached earlobes Attached earlobes
Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue Tongue roll Can’t roll tongue
Long second toe Short second toe Long second toe Short second toe

The traits on the left side are dominant. Those on the right side are recessive. Everyone has 2 genes
for each trait, one from each parent. If you get at least one of the dominant genes for a trait, you will
have that trait.

Are there any dominant traits that all your family members share? ___________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Are there any recessive traits that all your family members share? ___________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Do any children have any recessive traits that neither of their parents have? ____________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

What is a trait that some family members have and some don’t? _____________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

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Week 57: Life Cycles
(Lesson B-4 Part 1)

Life Cycle Scavenger Hunt

Mark a X in the “Found” column for each one you find. Then write what it was you saw. You can only
use humans for 1 of them.

Look for… Found What I Saw

Baby mammal

Baby insect

Animal from an older

generation
Dead plant

Dead animal

Female

Male

Nest

Bird egg

Insect egg

Cocoon or chrysalis

Flower

Fruit

Seeds

Mother and father

A mother or father
taking care of its babies
A baby that fends for
itself
A natural Earth or
human made thing
reproducing

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Week 58: Life Cycles of Different Living Things
(Lesson B-4 Part 2)

Label the stages of a ladybug’s lifecycle.

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Week 59: Reproduction and Survival
(Lesson B-4 Parts 3&4)

Which baby couldn’t belong to this mother? Cross it out. Color the rest in a way that shows how
even with the same mother and father the babies can be a little different.

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 Endangered Species Report
Name of endangered species: ____________________
What is special about it? ________________________
_____________________________________________
Where does it live? _____________________________
_____________________________________________
Why is it endangered? __________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
What is being done to protect it? _________________
_____________________________________________

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Week 60: Adaptations: Herbivores and Carnivores
(Lesson B-5 Parts 1&2)

Imagine you are a paleontologist and you have just discovered these two dinosaur skulls. Which was
an herbivore and which was a carnivore? How can you tell?

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

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Now imagine you see these two types of birds. Which is an herbivore and which is a carnivore? How
can you tell?

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 Week 61: Food Chains and the Flow of Energy
(Lesson B-5 Parts 3&4)

n example food chain.

Fill in the boxes to make an

This triangle shows how

much energy is available at
each step in the food chain.
Fill in the 3 areas of triangle
with a drawing or the name
of the plant, herbivore, and
carnivore from above.

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Week 62: What Adaptations do Animals Need to Survive?
(Lesson B-5A Part 1)

What does an animal need to survive?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Pick an animal. Draw how it is designed to meet each
of those needs by putting the numbers from above on
the body part that helps it meet that need.

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Week 63: What Adaptations do Plants Need to Survive?
(Lesson B-5A Part 2)

What does a plant need to survive?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Pick a plant. Draw how it is designed to meet each of
those needs by putting the numbers from above on the
part that helps it meet that need.

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Week 64: Putting Plants and Animals Together
(Lesson B-5A Part 3)

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 Week 65: How Do We Move?
(Lesson B-6 Parts 1&2)

Color the bones that

protect your brain blue.

Color the biggest bones in

your body green.

Color the bones that

protect your lungs and
heart red.

Color the bones that help

you twist your back yellow.

Color any bones that you

have broken black.

Color all the little bones in your

hands and feet orange.

Color the bones that help you

chew purple.

Color the pelvis pink.

Color any other bones brown.

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Which muscle straightens your arm? Color it red.

Which muscle bends your arm? Color it purple.

Where is a tendon? Color it yellow.

Write one thing that you learned about muscles: __________________________________________

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 (Lesson B-7 Parts 1&2)

Draw (or cut from magazines and paste)

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Week 66: How Do Other Animals with Skeletons Move?

paste various animals in the correct classification.

Circle the phylum of animals that have a skeleton made of bones like ours with a blue pencil.

Circle the phylum of animals with an exoskeleton with a red pencil.

Circle the phyla of animals without a skeleton with a green pencil.

Week 67: How Do Animals Without Skeletons Move?
(Lesson B-7 Part 3 & Summary)

What do all these body designs

have in common?
They have _______________
which _______________ to move. In order to contract
they need ____________. Animals get their energy
from ____________. In order to get and use food,
animals need many different ____________.
energy muscles food organs contract
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Week 68: How Do We Tell Our Bodies to Move?
(Lesson B-8)

Label the parts.

This is the _______________ system. Its job is to_____

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Week 69: How Do Our Bodies Get Energy?
(Lesson B-9 Parts 1&2)

Fill in the blanks with the words below.

In order to do work cells, like anything else, need

_____________. Animals get energy from
_____________. Food particles have ____________
connected with ___________________ potential
energy. The body breaks the carbons apart and
combines them with ___________ to make
____________________, which has _______________
potential energy. The potential energy is
__________________. This is called _______________.

oxygen oxidation carbons only a little

food lots of released
energy carbon dioxide
These are 2 different food molecules. You can see all the carbons connected together.

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Label the internal organs and write what they do to help the body get the energy it needs.

The digestive system includes the ________________

and the _________________ above. The digestive
system _______________________________________

The respiratory system includes the _______________

above. It _____________________________________

The circulatory system includes the ________________

above. The circulatory system ____________________

_____________________________________________

The kidneys ___________________________________

The liver _____________________________________

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Week 70: What Should We Eat?
(Lesson B-9 Part 3)

Nutrition Scavenger Hunt

Mark a X in the “Found” column for each one you find. Then write what it was you saw. You must
use a different food for each item on the list.

Look for… Found What I Saw

Fruit

Vegetable

Meat

Legume

Whole grain

“Junk food”

Dairy

Something with lots

of Vitamin C
Something with lots
of calcium
One of your favorite
foods
Something with lots
of protein
Something with lots
of vitamins/minerals
Something with lots
of calories but not a
lot of essential
nutrients
Something with lots
of fiber
Supplementary
vitamins/minerals
“Fortified” food

A healthy meal

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Label the different sections in the picture above.
What 2 things do we need to get from food? ________
_____________________________________________
Why is it important to eat a balanced diet? __________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Week 71: How Do Other Animals Get Energy?
(Lesson B-9 Part 4)

Compare and contrast the anatomy of an earthworm, giant squid, and a bird with a human.

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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Week 72: Parts of Plants
(Lesson B-10 Parts 1&2)

Label the parts of a plant.

What does each of the parts do?

1.___________________________________________

_____________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________

_____________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________

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Week 73: Flowers and Fruits
(Lesson B-10 Part 3)

Label the parts of a flower.

1. Color the part that turns into the fruit yellow.

2. Color the part that has the pollen orange.
3. Color the part that does photosynthesis green.
4. Color the part that absorbs water brown.
5. Color the part that attracts insects red.
6. Color the part that the pollen goes onto to fertilize the egg cells light green.

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How do these different designs of fruits disperse the seeds?

___________________ ____________________

___________________ ____________________

___________________ ____________________

___________________ ____________________

Dormancy is __________________________________

_________________________. It is important because

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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 Do all plants have
Week 74: Pinecones, Moss, and Ferns flowers? _______
(Lesson B-10 Part 4)
What are 3 that do
not? ___________
_______________
_______________
Mosses and ferns
don’t use seeds to
reproduce; they
use ___________.

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Week 75: How Do Seeds Grow?
(Lesson B-11 Part 1)

Write down or draw your observations.

Date Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4 Seed 5

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Week 76: Do Seeds Need Light to Grow?
(Lesson B-11 Part 2)

Record your observations.

Date Plant in Light Plant in Dark

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This is what the plant in the light looked like:

This is what the plant in the dark looked like:

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Week 77: Can Plants Sense Gravity?
(Lesson B-11 Part 3)

This is how a plant responds to gravity:

This is how a plant responds to light:

This is how a plant responds to touch:

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Week 78: What Are Rocks and Minerals?
(Lesson A-10 Pre-lesson and Part 1)

Minerals are __________________________________

_____________________________________________
Rocks are _____________________________________
Some minerals I’ve found are:
Name Description

Some rocks I’ve found are:

Name Description

What part of the Earth is made of rocks and minerals?

_____________________________________________

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Week 79: Minerals Can Have Crystals
(Lesson A-10 Part 2)

What is a crystal? ______________________________

_____________________________________________
Is a crystal always a mineral? Yes No
Is a mineral always a crystal? Yes No
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Week 80: Dirt and Soil
(Lesson A-10 Parts 3&4)

Draw a picture of the specks in the dirt. Label what the different specks are.

What is dirt made of? ___________________________

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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What are some ways minerals are used as resources
for humans?
1. _________________________________________

2. _________________________________________

3. _________________________________________

4. _________________________________________

5. _________________________________________

6. _________________________________________

7. _________________________________________

8. _________________________________________

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Weeks 81 and 85: What Type of Soil Do Plants Need?
(Lesson B-12 Parts 1&2)

Hypothesis: What I Think Will Happen

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Materials: What I Used
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Methods: How I Tested
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Results: What Happened
Date Pot 1: Pot 2: Pot 3:

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Conclusions: What the Experiment Shows

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Week 82: How are Fossils Formed?
(Lesson D-8 Part 1)

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Week 83: Types of Rocks
(Lesson D-8 Parts 2&3)

Describe the steps of how limestone forms.

1. ________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
2. ________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
3. ________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
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__________________
Compare and contrast sedimentary and igneous rock using the phrases on the next page and any
others that you can think of.

Sedimentary Rock Igneous Rock

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Have layers Make up the Earth’s Can have fossils in
crust them

Made of 2 or more
minerals Made when magma Don’t have fossils in
cools and hardens them

Made of the same

material throughout Made from Hard
the rock without compressed clay,
crystals sand, or coral and
shells

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Week 84: The Stories Rocks Tell
(Lesson D-8 Parts 4&5)

How was the Grand Canyon formed? ______________

_____________________________________________
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How was Arches National Park formed? ____________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Week 86: How Does Erosion Affect Soil?
(Lesson B-12 Part 3)

Erosion is _____________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

Why is it a problem?____________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

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Week 87: What Are Resources?
(Lesson E-1 Parts 1,2&3)

1. Pick an item and write it in the center. Draw arrows to any of the resource categories that
are used to make that item. Write any additional details about the resource next to the
category.
2. Label the outer circle Human Resources. Draw a double headed arrow between human
resources and other resources and the item in the center.

Water Air

Item:
Energy Soil

Biological Mineral

Which of the resources will be needed for any item you

could choose?
1.
2.
3.
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Write a report about a current resource conflict. Be sure to include what the resource is, where it is
found, why it is valuable to humans, why there is a conflict over it, and ideas of what could be done
to help solve the problem.

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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