Circulatory & Respiratory Systems -- 5th grade

Read about these important systems online:
Kids Health -- Heart & Circulatory System.
Kids Health -- The Blood

Discovery Kids -- Cardiovascular System (Circulatory)
Kids Health -- Lungs and Respiratory System
Kids Biology -- Respiratory System
Check out more videos and activities related to these systems.

Volcanoes 101

Read more about volcanoes here.

The USGS has an excellent website on volcanoes.

Area Models -- Multiplication and Division

Understanding multiplication through area models:
Check out division with area models on learnzillion.com.

Multiplication with area models activity.

Division with an area model practice worksheet.

Titanic Facts For Kids - Amazing and Interesting Facts About The Titanic

Check out what History.com has about the Titanic.

Cool engineering facts about the Titanic.

Why did the Titanic sink?

Introduction to Long Division

Introduction to long division: Dividing into larger numbers. Introduction to long division without remainders
Try out this page for more. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/multiplication-division/long_division/v/division-2

Practice your multiplication facts online.  Knowing these facts well is essential to division.
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathFact.htm
http://www.mathplayground.com/multiplication01.html

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

The 1906 Earthquake -- USGS.

A first person account of the 1906 Earthquake. -- SF museum (primary source)

More primary sources from the SF Museum.

1906 Earthquake for kids.

What is an earthquake?

Animal Adaptations -- 4th grade

Check out this guide to animal adaptations that was published by the Milwaukee Zoo.
Make sure you read section 2 (pages 3 to 6) thoroughly to help you answer your questions.  After that, you can look up various animals in the later sections.

Read more about adaptations here.
Try this activity:  How Animals Meet Their Needs.

Google your favorite animal or animals.  What adaptations help this animal survive?

If you finish your work early, try this activity.

The Digestive System -- 5th Grade

Watch this video and then learn more about the digestive system by reading about it.

The digestive system on kidshealth.org.

Discovery Kids -- Digestive system.

More information and videos on the digestive system.

Take a quiz.

Science Rocks!!!

Do you love science?  Check out these science projects: http://www.education.com/science-fair/life-science/
I thought this was one of the coolest websites I have ever found.  Please do not attempt any science experiments or projects without parent supervision.

Japan -- 4th grade

Since the fourth graders in my class have been reading about a person from Japan, I thought they might like to know more about it.

Check out Kids Web Japan & Japan Facts and Pictures (Nat Geo).

I also found a cool timeline of Japanese history.

Tornadoes for Grade 5

Are you interested in tornadoes?  Read more about these storms on Weather Wiz Kids.  You can also read about them on Science Kids.

Comparing with Multiplication

Comparing with multiplication exercise:
Check out this multiplication activity from Khan Academy.

Subjects & Predicates Review

Check out this review page on subjects and predicates.

Read this lesson and take this quiz on subjects and predicates.

Try this longer quiz on subjects and predicates.

Wow! Wonderful Word Work for the Week.

Homographs game.
Homonyms quizzes and exercises.
Multiple meaning words.
Homographs game.
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Synonym practice online.
Find the synonym.
Adjective synonyms.
Synonym or antonym.

Bonus question:  What is alliteration?  Why am I asking?  Leave your answer as a comment.

Two Fun Videos About Cells

 Bill Nye the Science Guy -- Cells

 

Check out this cells rap.


Kids Biology -- Cells

Biology for Kids -- The Cell

Comparing Decimals

Comparing decimals example 1:
Practice this concept at home:  Comparing Decimals
Try the "Fruit Shoot" comparing decimals game.

Practice Rounding Decimals and watch a video here.

Introduction to Life Science -- Cells

Watch more videos and take quizzes on cells at this website.
Read about cells at biology4kids.com.
Explore cells in depth here.