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Fifth Grade Learning Center
Math
Math Games
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Weekly Brain Teasers- Choose your grade level for weekly challenges; solutions are posted the following week, with archives of past puzzles. Students can submit answers directly.
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FunBrain Games-Test your skills at different levels. A great mind exercise.
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Math Mania- Clink on a book to see student-generated questions and book summaries!
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Reading
Reading is Fun!
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700+ Great Sites- Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids.
Science
Solar Energy
Solar Energy: Children investigate sunlight as a heat source. During the unit the children build model houses, monitor temperature, and explore techniques for improving the efficiency of solar collectors. Solar Energy was developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science as part of their Full Option Science System (FOSS) with support of a National Science Foundation grant. The unit is published by Encyclopaedia Britannica and has been enhanced by the Department of Academic Programs.
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The Solar Cooking ArchiveFANTASTIC site! Be sure to vist "Construction Plans" and "Narrated Slide Show". This site is always adding new and up to date information; visit it often.
Magnets and Motors
Magnets and Motors: Children investigate the phenomena of magnetism, electricity, and electromagnetism. They use magnets and compasses to build a working device and explore the characteristics of switches, circuits, and electromagnets. They explore how electric motors are built and learn how electricty is produced. Magnets and Motors was developed by the National Science Resources Center with support from the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution.
Stuctures
Structures: Children investigate structures and their strength. They observe structures in the school neighborhood and record the variety of sizes, shapes, materials, and functions of these structures. They build structures with straws, index cards, and additional classroom materials. The unit was developed by Education Development Center, Inc., with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Extensions
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Arkidecture- describes and pictures various kinds of building types
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Thinking FountainThis web site presents some very good ideas for making airplane structures from straws.
Body Systems - The Bones Inside Us
Social Studies
Unit I: Opening a New World
Exploration Sites that explore the voyages to the Americas.
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First Americans, The Site designed by middle school teachers with facts, pictures, and links about the cultures of the North American Indian tribes.
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Plimoth Plantation Take a virtual tour of the first permanent English settlement in America.
Pocahontas Sites that explore both the fable and the fact of Pocahontas.
Unit II: Thirteen Colonies Become a Nation
Colonial America Web Sites (via Ms. Carper):
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Henry Ford Museum- Use this site to find out what life was like for a Colonial family.
Additional Web Sites:
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Archiving Early America Historic documents from 18th century America. Original newspapers, maps, and writings as they appeared more than 200 years ago, along with background info.
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Colonial Maps Rare maps from the University of Georgia showing some of the first colonies and divisions.
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Jamestown Rediscovery This site talks about the history of the first English settlement in North America, as well as the archeological project which is excavating the original site.
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Benjamin Franklin Everything having to do with Ben Franklin from his inventions to his personality.
Unit III: Westward Movement
Inventors and Explorers
Multicultural Activities