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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: In & Out Tables With Graphed Ordered Pairs
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Did you know that there's a relationship between functions and patterns? Shhh, don't tell anyone. They're keeping it on the DL.

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.

Math 5: Multiplication as Scaling
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When you multiply two fractions, you end up with just a fraction of the previous fractions, and in fact, a smaller fraction than either of those ot...

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Science Videos 34 videos

Science 5: Photosynthesis
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Today's lesson is on photosynthesis, but it has nothing to do with synthesizing photos. Weird, huh? Instead we'll be talking about the all-importan...

Science 5: Inside Plant Stems
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Got some curiosity stemming from your lack of stem knowledge? Look no further, this video's got you covered.

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: The Plantation System
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Plantations may have made their owners rich, but it was at the expense of the slaves that worked there. They were treated terribly. Rickety houses,...

Social Studies 5: Battle Songs during the Civil War
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Okay, get this. During the Civil War people actually used to march into battle with bands that blasted heroic music in order to inspire the troops...

Social Studies 5: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
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We know it isn't fun to hear about, but hate groups were and are unfortunately a part of history. And we hate them. But not in a hate-groupy w...

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