K-5 Unit Resources
Kindergarten
1st Grade
Citizenship in Our Community
Citizenship in Our Community Padlet
Culture
PebbleGo: Customs Around the World
BookFlix: Celebrations
Force & Motion
Sun, Moon & Stars
Ducksters:
Survival
PebbleGo: Animal Habitats
Metamorphosis
Kidpix an application on each lab computer.
Brainpop Jr.:
PBS Learning- Video and Life Cycle Cards
BookFlix
BookFlix has ebooks with the following titles:
- A ladybug larva grows up
- A tadpole grows up
- It’s a good thing there are insects
- Life in a pond
- A chick grows up
- Waiting for wings, and Butterflies
Follet Shelf
Follet Shelf has a small collection of e-books on butterflies on the district shelf.
Additional Resources
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2nd Grade
Grade 2 Social Studies
Animals
Ducksters - Animals
Sound & Light
Ducksters:
Interdependence in Ecosystems
Interdependence in Ecosystems Padlet
ScienceFlix: Dive Deeper, Discover More, Do Experiments
Land & Water
ScienceFlix:
Watch or read about conservation, conservation challenges, resources, programs
BrainPop:
Additional Resources
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3rd Grade
Biographies
Pebble Go- Biographies
Brainpop: Read & Write Bios
TrueFlix: Biographies
Turtle Diary: Biographies
Grolier Online: Search Biographies
(enter through GPS page http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=11112 )
Digital Storytelling:
Adaptations
Plant and Animal Adaptations Padlet
PebbleGo - Adaptations
Follet Shelf - Ebooks About Adaptations:
Brainpop:
Applied Chemistry
Government
Ducksters - U.S. Government
Ducksters - State & Local Government
Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut & Indigenous People
Colonial America & CT & Indigenous People Padlet
Additional Resources
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4th Grade
Magnetism & Electricity
Magnetism & Electricity Padlet
Electrical Scientist Biography Padlet
ScienceFlix: Magnets & Magnetism {Username and password: ogegps}
ScienceFlix: Alternative Energy {Username and password: ogegps}
Force & Motion
ScienceFlix: Force & Motion {Username and password: ogegps}
Social Responsibility
Discovery Streaming Video: Human impact on Environment
Grolier Online: Database of Articles
ScienceFlix: climate change
Environment & Climate of the Northeast
Environment & Climate of the Northeast Padlet
Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion Virtual Library
Additional Resources
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5th Grade
Waves
Natural Resources
Climate
Early United States History
Astronomy
TrueFlix
PebbleGo: Space
BrainPop: Space
Resources for Inquiry (B2)
Current Events
- Newsela
- TweenTribune
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Scholastic News
- NatGeo Kids
- Kids Right to Know
- Time for Kids
Science
- ARKive - animals
- Science News for Kids
- PETA Kids - animals
Read Think Wonder
Additional Resources
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K-5 Resources
Digital Citizenship
Non-Fiction
Grades 3-5 Nonfiction Virtual Library
Current Events
- Newsela
- TweenTribune
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Scholastic News
- NatGeo Kids
- Kids Right to Know
- Time for Kids
Science
- ARKive - animals
- Science News for Kids
- PETA Kids - animals
Read Think Wonder