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Unit 1
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Weather and the Water Cycle
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Earth Materials
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1.2 Vocabulary
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Changes in the Earth's Surface
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Matter
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Forms of Energy
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Force and Motion
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3.1 Vocabulary
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The Solar System
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Characteristics of Plants
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Characteristics of Animals
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RI Unit of Study
: Unit 1.2 Earth Materials
UNIT RESOURCES
**Unit 1.2 Earth Materials
Pre-test
**Create a
K-W-L Chart
online
**Create a
K-W-H-L Chart
**Create an online
Venn Diagram
**Venn Diagram
Rubric
**Compare/Contrast Writing
Rubric
**Observing Rocks and Minerals
Chart
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Exploring Rocks and Minerals Student Booklet
**Unit 1.2 Earth Materials
Post-test
UNIT WORK SAMPLES
**Word Cloud on
Metamorphic Rocks
**Rocks and minerals
Voki
**Online Storybook
Sample
(Enter Magic Number 114130)
**Comic Strip on Rocks and Minerals
GREAT SCIENCE WEBSITES
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Rocks and Soil
Online Game
**Rocks and Minerals
Database
**Minerals in Your Home
**Learning About
Rocks
**Making
Sedimentary
Rocks
**Making
Metamorphic
Rocks
**Types of Rocks Online
Activities
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Have Fun Teaching
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McGraw-Hill
Grade 4 Science
Science Videos and Books
**Scholastic
StudyJams
: SCIENCE VIDEOS
**The Science of
Rocks and Minerals
**Rocks and Minerals
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Introduction
to Rocks and Minerals
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Sciencesaurus
: A Handbook Grade: 4-5
**Jump into Science: Rock and Minerals
By: Steve Tomecek (2010)
**Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Read
By: Dan Green (2009)
**Rocks and Minerals
By
: Ann O. Squire (2002)
**Smashing Science Projects About Earth's Rocks and Minerals
By: Robert Gardener and Tom Labaff (2007)
**Rocky Road Trip
By: Judith Bauer Stamper (2004)
**Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Mineral
By: R.F.Symes and the Staff of the Natural Museum of History (2009)
** 1001 Facts About Rock and Minerals
By: Sue Fuller (2003)