Science Benchmarks / Scoring Rubrics
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1st Trimester |
Food Chain & Food Webs |
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2nd Trimester |
Rocks & Minerals / Earth Changes |
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Rocks and minerals, and the rock cycle. |
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Interesting facts about rocks and minerals. |
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Great pictures to help identify different types of rocks. Lots of helpful information. |
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An alphabetical list of all kinds of minerals and their descriptions. |
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Information on rocks and the rock cycle. |
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Interactive learning with rocks and minerals. |
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Earth science for kids -Rocks and minerals. |
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3rd Trimester |
Electricity |
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Interactive lessons that are designed to help students learn how electric circuits work. There are five sections to the series. Each sections builds upon the lessons of the previous section. The series starts with the basics of what makes a circuit complete and concludes with diagramming and building circuits. Each section in the series has a few short lessons and is followed by an animated interactive activity to which students can apply what they have just learned. |
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Misc. Science Sites: |
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Short videos on science topics |
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Links for science areas in many grade levels |
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Experiments, facts, games, and lots of science information just for kids. Many topics to choose from. |
Last Updated: 09/05/2022
