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Which of these is NOT an example of a renewable energy source?
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Wood
No. Because we can grow more trees, wood is a renewable energy source. -
Coal
Yes. It takes millions of years for coal to form, so it is not considered a renewable energy source. -
Hydroelectric power
No. Thanks to the water cycle, water is added to the lake above the dam, making this a renewable energy source. -
Wind energy
No. Wind energy is constantly renewed by uneven heating of the Earth.
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Florida
SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.
Recycle | video |
Review Energy-4 | quest |
Review Energy-1 | practice |
Utah
NGSS
4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Investigating Acid Rain | video, checked |
Solar Power | video, checked |
Review Energy-4 | quest |
Review Energy-1 | practice |
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 |
This is Halite, also known as table salt. It was formed when ancient seas dried up, leaving layers of salt behind. What kind of rock is it?.
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Igneous
No. Igneous rocks formed from magma or lava. The Halite was not melted, and is not an igneous rock. -
Sedimentary
Yes! Sedimentary rocks are deposited by wind, water, ice, or gravity, and they often contain fossils. Halite was deposited in large layers by water, which means that it is a sedimentary rock. Halite is also a mineral, and is one of the few rocks/minerals that we eat. -
Metamorphic
No. Metamorphic rocks have been changed by heat and pressure from a different kind of rock. It is not metamorphic. -
Halite is not a rock.
No. Halite is a naturally occurring solid that forms large layers in the Earth. Halite is a rock.
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Florida
SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure).
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Homemade Fossil Dig | text page |
Foliated and Unfoliated Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Identifying Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Rocks-2 | practice |
Review Rocks-3 | practice |
Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
Review Rocks-8 | practice |
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Review Rocks-7 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
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Review Rocks-10 | practice |
SC.7.E.6.2 Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
The Rock Cycle | video, learnalong |
Change: Fast and Slow | video |
Erosion | video, checked |
Continuous Change | video, checked |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Weathering and Erosion | video, learnalong, checked |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Erosion-1 | practice |
Review Erosion-2 | practice |
Review Erosion-3 | practice |
Review Erosion-4 | practice |
Review Erosion-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
Review Rocks-8 | practice |
Review Rocks-9 | practice |
Review Rocks-7 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Utah
UT.4.III.1.a Describe the differences between minerals and rocks.
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
Review Rocks-8 | practice |
Review Rocks-9 | practice |
Review Rocks-7 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
NGSS
4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
Reading the Rocks: Law of Superposition | video |
Reading the Rocks: Law of Crosscutting | video |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Reading the Rocks: The Present is the Key to the Past | video, ClosedCaptions |
Paleo Cookies | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Homemade Fossil Dig | text page |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Geologic Time-1 | practice |
Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Geologic Time-2 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
Review Rocks-8 | practice |
Review Rocks-9 | practice |
Review Rocks-7 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Review Geologic Time-3 | practice |
MS-ESS2-1 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, free, learnalong, Updated |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
The Rock Cycle | video, learnalong |
Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
Evaporites | video, learnalong, checked |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
Review Rocks-1 | practice |
Review Rocks-2 | practice |
Review Rocks-3 | practice |
Review Rocks-4 | practice |
Review Rocks-5 | practice |
Review Rocks-6 | practice |
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Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Review Rocks-10 | practice |
Which part of your body comes closest to serving the same function as a flower?
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Sensory organs
No. Plants can sense their surrounds just as well without flowers. -
Reproductive organs
Yes! Flowers are the reproductive organs of the plant. While most animals are either male or female, most flowers have both male (stamen) and female (pistil) reproductive organs. In this photograph, the male stamens are the green stalks with the yellow ends. The female pistil is the white structure just below the stamens. -
Digestive system
No. Plants make their own food, so they do not need a digestive system. -
Skeletal system
No. The stiff cell wall of a plant cell serves the same function as our skeleton.
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Florida
SC.3.L.14.1 Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.
Pumpkin Guts | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Measuring Photosynthesis | video, checked |
Seed Search | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Orange Slices | video, ClosedCaptions |
Testing a Leaf for Starch | video, ClosedCaptions |
Flowers | video, ClosedCaptions |
Heartless Plants | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Smell the Flowers | text page |
Review Plants-3 | practice |
Review Plants-2 | practice |
Review Plants-5 | practice |
Review Plants-6 | practice |
Review Plants-7 | practice |
Review Plants-8 | practice |
SC.4.L.16.1 Identify processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.
Seed Search | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Orange Slices | video, ClosedCaptions |
Flowers | video, ClosedCaptions |
Pumpkin Guts | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Review Plants-3 | practice |
Review Plants-2 | practice |
Review Plants-6 | practice |
Review Plants-7 | practice |
Review Plants-8 | practice |
SC.5.L.14.2 Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support — some with internal skeletons others with exoskeletons — while some plants have stems for support.
Reading a Skeleton | video, free, checked |
Orange Slices | video, ClosedCaptions |
Bird Bones | video, free |
Thoughts on an Exoskeleton | text page, free |
Review Plants-5 | practice |
Review Plants-6 | practice |
Review Plants-7 | practice |
Utah
UT.6.V.1.b Compare characteristics common in observed organisms (e.g., color, movement, appendages, shape) and infer their function (e.g., green color found in organisms that are producers, appendages help movement).
Onion Crystals | video |
A Walk in the Park | video, checked |
Selective Smelling | video, checked |
Thoughts on an Exoskeleton | text page, free |
Review Adaptation-3 | practice |
Review Adaptation-4 | practice |
Review Plants-5 | practice |
Review Plants-6 | practice |
Review Adaptation-5 | practice |
Review Plants-7 | practice |
Review Adaptation-6 | practice |
UT.7.IV.2.d Relate the structure of organs to an organism’s ability to survive in a specific environment (e.g., hollow bird bones allow them to fly in air, hollow structure of hair insulates animals from hot or cold, dense root structure allows plants to grow in compact soil, fish fins aid fish in moving in water).
Bendable Bones | video, checked |
Calling a Woodpecker | video, checked |
Selective Smelling | video, checked |
Seed Search | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Orange Slices | video, ClosedCaptions |
Flowers | video, ClosedCaptions |
Onion Crystals | video |
Hunting with an Umbrella | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Thoughts on an Exoskeleton | text page, free |
Review Plants-5 | practice |
Review Plants-6 | practice |
Review Plants-7 | practice |
NGSS
MS-LS1-1 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Microscopes: Making a Wet Mount | video, learnalong, checked |
Microscopes: Making a Dry Mount | video, learnalong, checked |
Microscopes: Making a Hay Infusion | video, free, learnalong, checked |
901 | photo challenge, free |
The light area on the left side of this photo is the Milky Way. What is the Milky Way?
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A constellation.
No. The Milky Way contains many more stars than a constellation. -
A solar system.
No. A solar system only has one star, not a huge number of stars. -
A galaxy.
Yes! Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. When we lived in the city, the lights made it difficult to see the Milky Way. Now that we live far from city lights, it is amazingly easy to see. -
A universe.
No. The Milky Way is only a small part of the entire universe.
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Florida
SC.5.E.5.1 Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many stars, including any objects orbiting the stars. Identify our home galaxy as the Milky Way.
Review Space-2 | practice |
Review Space-1 | practice |
Review Space-10 | practice |
SC.8.E.5.3 Distinguish the hierarchical relationships between planets and other astronomical bodies relative to solar system, galaxy, and universe, including distance, size, and composition.
Making a Scale Model of the Solar System | video, ClosedCaptions |
Planets and Pennies | video, ClosedCaptions |
How Far is That Planet? | text page |
Review Space-3 | practice |
Review Space-2 | practice |
Review Space-10 | practice |
Utah
UT.6.IV.1.c Compare the size of the Solar System to the size of the Milky Way galaxy.
Review Space-2 | practice |
Review Space-10 | practice |
NGSS
MS-ESS1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
Planets and Pennies | video, ClosedCaptions |
Review Space-13 | quest |
Review Space-10 | practice |
One test for identifying minerals involves rubbing the mineral on a rough tile, and looking at the color of the mark it leaves. This test is called:
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Cleavage
No. Cleavage is when a mineral breaks along planes of weakness to form flat surfaces. -
Hardness
No. Hardness is the resistance of a mineral to being scratched by other substances. -
Fracture
No. Fracture is when a mineral breaks but does not show cleavage. -
Streak
Yes. The streak test examines the color of the mineral when it is powdered by rubbing it on a rough tile or streak plate. While the actual color of a mineral can vary, it will always produce the same color streak.
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Florida
SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks.
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Minerals Around You | text page, learnalong, checked |
Review Minerals-1 | practice |
Review Minerals-2 | practice |
Review Minerals-3 | practice |
Review Minerals-4 | practice |
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Utah
UT.8.III.1.b Observe and describe the minerals found in rocks (e.g., shape, color, luster, texture, hardness).
What is a Rock? | video, learnalong, checked |
Definition of a Mineral | video, checked |
What is a Mineral? | video, checked |
Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
Review Minerals-1 | practice |
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 |
NGSS
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