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Science Education for Students in Grades 3 to 8 Essential Curriculum Questions Topics to Investigate those Questions Grade 3 - How does the structure of matter affect the properties and uses of materials? states of matter What processes are responsible for life's unity and diversity? plants and animals How do materials cycle through the Earth's systems? rocks How do science and technology affect the quality of our lives? protect earth's resources Grade 4 - What makes objects move the way they do? pushes and pulls How do matter and energy flow through ecosystems? adaptations to habitat changes How do external and internal sources of enery affect Earth's systems? water on earth What is the role of energy in our world? electricity and magnetism Grade 5 - What is the rold or energy in our world? sound and light How are organisms structured to ensure efficiency and survival? senses How does the position of Earth in the solar system affect conditions on our planet? Earth/moon/sun How do science and technology affect the quality of our lives? enhanced vision Grade 6 (Mr. Curtis) - How does the structure of matter affect the properties and uses of materials? elements/compounds/mixtures How do matter and energy flow through ecosystems? ecosystems How do external and internal sources of energy affect Earth's systems? weather How do science and technology affect the quaity of our lives? CT's water resources Grade 7 - What is the role of energy in our world? work/simple machines How are organisms structured to ensure efficiency and survival? cells to body systems How do external and internal sources of energy affect Earth's systems? geology How do science and technology affect the quality of our lives? food science Grade 8 - What makes objects move the way they do? inertia/forces What processes are responsible for life's unity and diversity? cell division/heredity How does the position of Earth in the solar system affect conditions on our planet? solar system How do science and technology affect the quality of our lives? bridge engineering
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Grade 6 is hard at work finding mass.
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Finding the Volume
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Recording Data and Calculating Density
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Grade 3 Students Hard At Work
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Still More Grade 3
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Grade 7 Investigates Mystery Compounds and Mixtures
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Grade 8 Studies Momentum
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Grade 8 - Momentum
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More 8th grade Momentum
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Even More 8th Grade Momentum
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Momentum of Paint Drops
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Preparing to "SPLAT"
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How High Is That?
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Success!!
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Momentum Causes A Splat
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My Splat's Bigger Than Your Splat
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How Many Nails . . .
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A Little Birdie Told Me About Center of Mass
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8th Grade "Clowns Around" with Center of Mass
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Can You Balance . . .
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On One Nail???
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Grade 4 Investigates Static Electricity
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Grade 5 Experience 3D images with red and blue light
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More grade 5 3D experiements
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Grade 4 Studies Electricity
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Many Hands Make "Light" Work - Get It???
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The Tank is Ready for Trout Eggs from Trout Unlimited - ready to arrive about 11/16 or so.
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Testing the chemical status of the tank . . .
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Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia, pH, Hardness - so much to test for!!!!
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100 Trout Eggs arrived on Nov 19
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Aelvin - newly hatched trout, on Nov 30. See the sac that will feed it until it grows some.
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What's Happenin' With the Fish Eggs?
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I Think They've Hatched!!!!
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Grade 3 is VERY Busy!!!
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We've had a MASS HATCH - Monday 12/10/07
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01/07/08 - The First "Fry" emerges from about 80 alevin. It swims high in the tank.
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Heart Dissection - outside view
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Another outside view
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Internal view - can you identify the parts?
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7th Grade Cardiac Surgical Team
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More Heart Dissection
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Grade 8 Bridge Models
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Will these models stand up to the forces of tension, compression, torsion, and shear?
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Trout ready to be released. About 7 cm's long.
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Quite a change from egg, to alevin, to fry, to fingerling
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The Trout Are Out
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Breaking Down the Tank
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Release date May 21, 2008
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Natchaug River
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Natchaug State Forest, Eastford/Chaplin town line
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- Rube Goldberg
- Rube Goldberg 2
- Grade 8 DC FDR Memorial Information
For 8th grade students to use between their studies of World War II and the Korean War.
- World War II Memorial NPS site
- WORDLE
Create fantastic word clouds for ideas, concepts, vocab, etc. Have fun. Be Creative
- All Grades Vocab Review for UNICEF Rice
- WWII Memorial Information
Choose History and Culture from this page
- All Grades Various Learning Activities for Science
- Gr 3 Animal Information from Animal Planet
For Grade 3 students learning about animals
- Gr 3 National Geographic Animals
For Grade 3 Animal Research
- Yahooligans Search Engine for Kids
For Grade 3 Animal Projects and others, too.
- Periodic Table Choice 1
- Periodic Table Choice 2
- Periodic Table Choice 3
- Periodic Table Choice 4
- CMT Topics Review
- Heart Surgery
- Open Heart Surgery - You be the Surgeon
- Fish - Predator or Prey in a Pond/Stream Ecosystem Game
- The Dirt on Soil Web Assignment for Grade 6
- 8th Grade Science Project Option 1
- 8th Grade Science Project Option 2
- 8th Grade Science Project Option 3
- 8th Grade Science Project Option 4
- 8th Grade Science Project Option 5
- 8th View the Flag Raising on Mt. Surabachi on Iwo Jima - United States Marines
For 8th Grade Pre-DC Activities
- 7th grade cells, bacteria, etc
- 6th grade Environmental Activities
- Food Safety Mobile for 7th grade microbiology
- 5th Astronomy Site - Tonight's Sky
- 5th Astronomy #2 - Identify Objects
- Biobus Prep Activity
- Gel Electrophoresis Site 2
- http://www.mhscience02.com
- Grade 3 Lving Things Site
- Grade 7 Bacteria
Bacteria Search Option 1
- Grade 7 Bacteria
Bacteria Search - Option 2
- Grade 7 Bacteria
Bacteria Search - Option 3
- Grade 7 Bacteria
Bacteria Search - Option 3 - vidoe of E. coli fission
- Grade 8 - Bridge
Bridge Web Quest Activity
- All Grades Search Engine - Quintura
- World War II photo site
- World Ward II info from Wikipedia
- Iwo Jima Info
- Marine Corps Memorial - statue from Iwo Jima Rosenthal photo
- Doolittle Raid
- Gr 8 Helicopter Squadron
- Helicopter Squadron #2
- Wall Memorial website
- Wall Memorial #2
- Grade 5 Atom Review
- Earthworm Anatomy
- Elements Games and Quizzes
- Ecology
Eastford Conservtion Commission - for grade 6
- Ecology - grade 6
woodland activities
- Woodlands, etc
Grade 6
- Grade 7
Connecticut Rocks!!! Geological History of our State
- Food Web Assessment
- Grade 5 Color Vision 1
- Grade 5 Color Vision 2
- Grade 5 Eye Site 1
From Usborne
- Motion from Usborne
- Forces from Usborne
- States of Matter
- Shape Sorter
Classify shapes based on properties into one group, two groups, or into a venn diagram. You may choose and change categories
- Grade 6
Weather Trivia Game (not that the weather is trivial!)
- Greade 6 Weather
Usborne Selection
- Grade 6
Weather Maps
- Bookmarks
- Bookmarks
- Simple Machines
- Geared Up
- Mechanical Madness
- What is Energy
- Energy Transfer
- Power Plant Tour
- Build Your Own Roller Coaster
- Simple Machines 2
Grade 7 activities from EdHead Games
- Green Planet Game
- WORDLE
Create fantastic word clouds for ideas, concepts, vocab, etc. Have fun. Be Creative
Eastford Elementary School
12 Westford Road, P.O. Box 158
Eastford, CT 06242
P: 860-974-1130 F: 860-974-0837
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