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ELA 5: How to Spot Bias

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Language Arts Videos 106 videos

ELA 5: Themes
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Picking a theme for a party is pretty easy—always go karate party, because they come with nunchuck egg rolls. Themes in writing are a little diff...

ELA 5: Genres of Non-Fiction
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Calling a book “non-fiction” is a bit like saying you have a dog. Sure it covers the basics, but there's a big difference between a Doberman an...

ELA Drills, Advanced: Spelling 5
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ELA Drills, Advanced: Punctuation 4. Which of the words is spelled correctly?

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Math Videos 43 videos

Math 5: What is Profit?
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If you know your earnings, and you know how much you've spent, how do you calculate your profit? That's right - you hire an accountant. (Or, if you...

Math 5: Critiquing Classmates
10 Views

Unless you want to be a food critic, you should probably know how to give constructive feedback that doesn't leave people feeling dead inside.

Math 5: Directions
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Trust us: if the zombie apocalypse ever hits, you'll be glad you watched this video and learned how to use a coordinate plane.

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Science Videos 34 videos

Science 5: Drawing Conclusions
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Today we'll be drawing conclusions. And since this is a science video, you can probably conclude that we will not be drawing pictures. Yep, it's th...

Science 5: Animal Movements
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You may not have known this, but animals can move. Yep, just like humans. Don't believe us? Check out this video.

Science 5: Rates of Photosynthesis
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Today we'll learn about what makes plants photosynthesize faster or slower. Spoiler alert: standing next a tree and shouting "Go, go, go, go!" prob...

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Social Studies Videos 51 videos

Social Studies 5: Time Periods are Important
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Time periods are super important. What if The Lord of the Rings had taken place in the future? Frodo would have just used his rocket boots to...

ELA 5: Learning Styles
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We've got visual and auditory learning covered by this video, but we're still working on kinesthetic. Hm...how does one do a video? 

Social Studies 5: The Cahokia
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You do the Cahokia Pokia and you build a giant mound. That's what it was all about...back in the year 1000 apparently.

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