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ELA 5: How to Spot Bias

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Language Arts Videos 106 videos

Themes in writing
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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: Researching Business Needs
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Want to start your own business one day? Then this video is a must-watch. If you're just planning to keep working at Wendy's forever, then move along.

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: More Than Just a Fraction Bar
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So guess what? Fractions are just the same thing as division... That one made us question reality for a few weeks.

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Science Videos 34 videos

Science 5: Food Webs
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If Spiderman could spin these he'd never be hungry again. Today we're learning all about food webs. Which you actually can't eat, by the way...sorr...

Science 5: Importance of Plants
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Personally we consider plants some of our closest friends, but there's a whole host of non-companionship reasons to find them important as well.

Science 5: Renewables and Nonrenewables
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Tired of studying energy? Well, no worries, we've taken care of all of that studying for you in this handy dandy review video. But that's as far as...

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Social Studies Videos 51 videos

Social Studies 5: Reporting 101
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Today we'll learn about the five W's and how and how they're important to reporters. Yes, you read that sentence correctly.

Social Studies 5: Tribes of the Plains
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We know what you're thinking, and no, these aren't tribes of people who fly through the air. Those are planes people. Big difference. 

Social Studies 5: Hiawatha’s Legend – A Change in Attitude
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Wow, this Hiawatha guy was like, the nicest person who ever niced. You can bet if we were in his shoes, a Perseus-themed massacre would have ensued.

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