INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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National Science Education Content Standards . . . . . . . .6
LIFE SCIENCE
Plants & Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Dissect Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
(Plant Growth and Life Cycle)
Inside an Egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
(Animal Growth and Development)
Mammal Match-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
(Animal Adaptations and Structures)
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Sampling Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
(Ecosystems)
From Grass to Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
(Food Webs, Ecosystems)
Pollution Dilution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
(Pollution)
Human Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Tricking the Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
(Senses)
Hand vs. Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
(Circulatory System, Muscular System)
How’s Your Diet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
(Nutrition)
EARTH SCIENCE
Rocks & Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
A Hard(ness) Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
(Properties of Rocks and Minerals)
What Kind of Rock? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
(Properties of Rocks and Minerals,
Rock Cycle)
Fading Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
(Chemical and Physical Weathering)
Easy Science Activity Journals © Mary Kay Carson, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Build an Eclipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
(Objects in the Solar System)
Journey of a Space Rock . . . . . . . . . . . .38
(Objects in the Solar System)
Sizing Up Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
(Planets and Moons)
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
From Water to Rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
(Precipitation, Water Cycle)
Chilly Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
(Windchill Factor)
Weather Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
(Weather Maps and Forecasting)
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Light & Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Reflection or Refraction? . . . . . . . . . . .50
(Light)
Color Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
(Light, Color)
I Can’t Hear You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
(Sound)
High and Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
(Sound)
Physics & Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Forces of Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
(Forces)
Creating Friction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
(Friction)
The Gravity of History . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
(Gravity)