Science TAKS Blitz

Internet Games & Activities
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P R O C E S S E S

TEK	Website	Description
5.4A	Triple Beam Balance Activity	Use yellow sheet in Science folder to record your answers.


L I F E S C I E N C E
Systems, Structures, & Processes
5.5A	Cycles	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name) Same as 5.6B below (Cycles:Water, Carbon . . .)
5.5B	Interactions in Systems	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.5B	The Food Chain Game	Interactive: after completing the food chain, be sure to click the link to find out what would happen if one animal is taken out of the chain.
5.5B	Fun with Food Webs	Interative-do all 3: (Meadow, Artic, & Pond) food webs
5.5B	Food Chains "Play" the Food Chain movie and take the quiz.	If you make less than 80%, watch the movie again. Correct the answers you got wrong.
5.5B	Food Web	Interative-increase or decrease the species and see what happens!
5.5B	Habitats	Although the name of this site is "Habitats," it really is about food chains and webs.
5.5B	Parts of a Plant	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.5B	Interdependence	Play both games and then take the quiz.

Lunar Cycle Review "Full Moon to New Moon" or "Phases of the Moon" before playing the Lunar Cycle Challenge Game.
5.6A	Full Moon to New Moon	Animated phases of the moon
5.6A	Phases of the Moon	Interactive animation
5.6A	Lunar Cycle Challenge Game	Game (complete all 3 levels)

Water, Carbon, & Nitrogen Cycles
5.6B	The Carbon Cycle	Read about the carbon cycle and then play the Carbon Cycle Game (link at bottom of page).
5.6B	The Water Cycle	Picture & Explanation
5.6B	EPA: Water Cycle	Animation
5.6B	Cycles: Water, Carbon/Oxygen, Nitrogen	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name) Same as 5.5A (Cycles) above.

P H Y S I C A L S C I E N C E
Matter
5.7A	States of Matter	Animated pictures of solid, liquid, gas
5.7A	Matter	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.7B,C	Mixtures & Solutions	Read through each of the 4 pages, then do the Activity and Quiz
5.7B,C	Mixtures & Solutions	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.7D	Boiling & Melting Points	Activity
5.7D	Solids & Liquids	Activity & Quiz

Energy
5.8B	Light & Shadows	Activity & Quiz
5.8C	Circuits & Conductors	Activity & Quiz
5.8C	Make a Circuit Online	Use what you know to make a complete circuit.
5.8C	The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits	Click Enter to get started. It is OK to enter the initial of your first name only. Light up all 5 stars for a bonus.
5.8D	Sources of Sound	Animated & Interactive
5.8D	Changing Sounds	Read through each of the 4 pages, then do the Activity and Quiz
5.8D	Sound	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)

L I F E S C I E N C E
Adaptations
5.9A,B,C	Form & Function (Games-Level 1)	Creature Features, Hunt the Zebra, Parts of a Whole, Why Does the Zebra Have Stripes?
5.9A,B,C	Form & Function (Games-Level 2)	Predator or Prey? What's to Eat?
5.9A,B,C	Form & Function (Games-Level 3)	Build a Beast
5.9A,B,C	Animal Stories (Interactive)	Safety in Colors, Beastly Balderdash, The Hunt Club
5.9A,B,C	Build-a-Fish	Can you build a fish that will survive?
5.9A,B,C	Animal Adaptations	How fast can you match up animals' adaptations?
5.10A&B	Instinctive & Learned Behavior	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)

E A R T H S C I E N C E
5.11A & 5.12A	Interactive Rock Cycle	Animated-includes erosion and its effects & deposition.
5.11B	Tree Cookie Investigation	Play the Tree Game after taking the Cookie Tour.
5.11C	Natural Resources	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.12A	Landforms	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.12A	Earth's Surface	Watch all movies; complete the quiz and then view your graded quiz. Print. (OK to enter your name)
5.12A	Plates on the Move	1. Explore how plates affect your world. 2. Find out more about the power of plates.
5.12C	Earth & Moon	Enter the initial of your first name only. Blast your way through the asteroid belt, do some exploring, take a quiz, print your certificate.
What Do You Know About Earth Science?		Take the quiz to find out!

3rd & 4th Grade Review
	Simple Machines-Edheads	Click the *Click Here to Start* button. Start with *The House. Find all simple machines in all 4 rooms. If you have time, go to The Tool Shed.*
	Weather-Edheads	Report the Weather & Predict the Weather- click the *Click Here to Start* button. Do all 3 levels.
	The Solar System	Interactive and a very cool site.
	Forces & Movement	Do the interactive activity and then take the quiz.

If you made 90 or above on all 3 CDB's AND have finished ALL of your marked activities, click here.