Science
Energy Forms and Transfers: Follow the Energy
Students read about energy forms and conservation, trace energy transfers in six devices, and calculate wasted energy and efficiency.
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Mathematics
Expressions and One-Step Equations: Words to Symbols
Students match word phrases to algebraic expressions, evaluate an expression, and solve one-step equations from word problems.
Health & physical ed.
First Aid Basics: Read, Sort and Decide (Reading Only)
Students read about basic first aid, match first-aid kit items to uses, put helping steps in order and decide which situations need an emergency call.
Science
Food Webs and the 10% Rule: Following the Energy
Students read about energy flow, learn the vocabulary of food chains, and use the 10% rule to calculate how much energy reaches each level of an energy pyramid.
Arts
Four Composers, Four Eras: Mini-Biographies and Timelines
Students read four short original biographies, fill in a comparison table, calculate gaps between dates and write a short radio introduction for one composer.
Science
Free Fall and Projectile Motion: Two Directions, One Clock
Students solve free-fall and horizontal-launch problems, complete a motion table that tracks horizontal and vertical motion, and compare weight on Earth and the Moon.
Science
Free-Body Diagrams: Draw the Forces, Find the Net Force
Students add and subtract forces to find net force, then draw and label free-body diagrams for five situations and calculate weight, tension and acceleration.
Health & physical ed.
Fueling Athletes: Food, Water and Timing
Students learn the basic jobs of carbohydrates, protein, fat and water for athletes, sort foods by main nutrient, and plan a game-day eating schedule.
Health & physical ed.
Healthy Friendships and Fair Fights: Flags and Conflict Steps
Students classify friendship behaviors as green or red flags, put six conflict-resolution steps in order, and rewrite blaming statements as I-statements.
Science
Heart and Circulation: Follow the Blood and Do the Math
Students trace the path of blood through the heart and body with a word bank, calculate heart rates and cardiac output from provided data, and answer questions about vessels.
Science
Homeostasis Case Study: Staying in Balance on a Hot Walk
Students read a case study, complete a negative-feedback loop, analyze sample temperature and blood sugar data, and explain homeostasis with an analogy.
Study skills & advisory
Honey Bees at Work: Read, Check and Write in Chunks
Students learn four key words, read a short article in three chunks with a check after each, fill in a main-idea organizer, and write using sentence frames.