California Connections
Grade 1
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Unit A: Seeds Grow
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Seeds Grow
- Lesson 2: A Tree Is Alive and A Sugar Maple Tree
- Lesson 3: A Tree Is Alive and A Sugar Maple Tree
- Lesson 4: A Tree Is Alive and A Sugar Maple Tree
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: Feed Me!
- Lesson 2: Tricky Animals
- Lesson 3: Feed Me!
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Unit B: Day and Night in the Desert
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: Day and Night in the Desert
- Lesson 2: It's a Ball of Poop
- Lesson 3: Different Ways of Living
- Lesson 4: Swimming with the Pod
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Living Colors of a Coral Reef
- Lesson 2: Click and the Kids
- Lesson 3: Brrrr! Above the Tree Line!
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Unit C: Gifts of the Sun
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Meet a Meteorologist
- Lesson 2: Meet a Meteorologist
- Lesson 3: Gifts of the Sun
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: A Winter Walk in the Woods
- Lesson 2: Gifts of the Sun
- Lesson 3: Yo Wants to Know
- Lesson 4: Yo Wants to Know
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Unit D: Made of Mud
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope
- Lesson 2: The Weather Glass
- Lesson 3: Blowing in the Wind
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: Gifts of the Sun
- Lesson 2: Day and Night in the Desert
- Lesson 3: It's a Ball of Poop
- Lesson 4: Fossils: Clues to Earth Long Ago
Grade 2
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Unit A: Brrr! Above the Tree Line!
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Little School on the Prairie
- Lesson 2: Little School on the Prairie
- Lesson 3: A Garden in the City
- Lesson 4: Little School on the Prairie
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: Mystery of the Disappearing Mouse
- Lesson 2: Dino Eggs…And What's Inside
- Lesson 3: Wild in the City
- Lesson 4: If You Could Fly Like a Bird
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Unit B: Trees in the City
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: Backyard Treasures
- Lesson 2: Marvin and Friends
- Lesson 3: Made of Mud
- Lesson 4: Dino Eggs…And What's Inside
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Backyard Treasures
- Lesson 2: You Don't Need Dirt!
- Lesson 3: Made of Mud
- Lesson 4: Above the Earth
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Unit C: The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 2: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 2: Blowing in the Wind
- Lesson 3: Flying Stones
- Lesson 4: Flying Stones
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Unit D: Magnetic Fluids
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: Magnetic Fluids
- Lesson 2: Lost? Not If You're a Lobster
- Lesson 3: Magnetic Fluids
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: Music Comes from Everywhere
- Lesson 2: Herring Hellos
- Lesson 3: Echolocation Echo…What?
Grade 3
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Unit A: The Birch Aquarium
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Would You Survive in Antarctica?
- Lesson 2: Deserts—What and Where
- Lesson 3: Diving to Rescue Coral Reefs
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: Alien Invasion
- Lesson 2: Diving to Rescue Coral Reefs
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: First in Flight?
- Lesson 2: First in Flight?
- Lesson 3: Becoming the Horse
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Unit B: Science Scoops: Pluto: A Planet or Not?
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Blasting into Space
- Lesson 2: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 3: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 4: Science Scoops: Pluto: A Planet or Not?
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Dozens of Cousins, Trillions of Stars
- Lesson 2: Tidal Power…It's Out of This World!
- Lesson 3: Exploring Space
- Lesson 4: Click and the Kids
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Unit C: Building the Golden Gate Bridge
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 2: Snowballs in Summer
- Lesson 3: Snowballs in Summer
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 2: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
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Unit D: Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: Sailing to the Stars
- Lesson 2: Sailing to the Stars
- Lesson 3: Harpo's World
- Lesson 4: Surf's Up in San Diego
- Chapter 9:
- Lesson 1: What is Lightning?
- Lesson 2: Ask Jimmy & the Bug
- Lesson 3: Science Scoops: And…Reflections of Earth's Climate
Grade 4
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Unit A: What's the Fuss About Frogs?
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Life Below Zero
- Lesson 2: Life Below Zero
- Lesson 3: A Solution Takes Wing
- Lesson 4: Life Below Zero
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: Close Encounters in the Rainforest
- Lesson 2: A Solution Takes Wing
- Lesson 3: What's the Fuss about Frogs?
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Unit B: Biofuels: The Ultimate in Recycling
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: Close Encounters in the Rainforest
- Lesson 2: Crime Scene Insects
- Lesson 3: Diggin' Dirt
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: Crime Scene Insects
- Lesson 2: What's the Fuss about Frogs?
- Lesson 3: What's So Special about HEVs?
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Unit C: The Caverns of Calaveras County
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Fire and Ice
- Lesson 2: Fire and Ice
- Lesson 3: Science Scoops: Rocking the Earth
- Lesson 4: Diggin' Dirt
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: Loma Prieta, Landslides, and Liquefaction
- Lesson 2: Is Hawaii the Result of a Big Bang?
- Lesson 3: Loma Prieta, Landslides, and Liquefaction
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: Other Worlds, Other Storms
- Lesson 2: Floods
- Lesson 3: Glaciers: Incredible Frozen Time Machines
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Unit D: Power Bites: Personal Power
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: The Electric Kiss
- Lesson 2: Power Bites: Personal Power
- Lesson 3: Power Bites: Personal Power
- Chapter 9:
- Lesson 1: How Maglevs Work
- Lesson 2: Do Sharks Have a Sixth Sense?
- Lesson 3: How Maglevs Work
- Lesson 4: S'more Energy, Please!
Grade 5
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Unit A: The California Condor
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Borrowing from Biology—Nature's Nanotechnology
- Lesson 2: Mitochondria: Powerhouses of the Cell
- Lesson 3: Borrowing from Biology—Nature's Nanotechnology
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: One Ugly Plant!
- Lesson 2: Pipelines and Pressure: The Story of Maple Syrup
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: Burning Carbs
- Lesson 2: Burning Carbs
- Lesson 3: Jurassic Barf
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Unit B: Oceans of Energy
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Echoes of Greenland
- Lesson 2: Make It Snow!
- Lesson 3: Generous Geothermals
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Glaciers: Incredible Frozen Time Machines
- Lesson 2: Eye on Hurricanes
- Lesson 3: Eye on Hurricanes
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Unit C: Daniel Gropper Gauges the Weather
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: Going Up: Life in the Death Zone
- Lesson 2: Science Scoops: Killer Dust!
- Lesson 3: The Worst Weather, the Best Place
- Lesson 4: Daniel Gropper Gauges the Weather
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: The Great Eight
- Lesson 2: Spacecraft Snaps Record Image
- Lesson 3: Spacecraft Snaps Record Image
- Lesson 4: A Lumpy Planet
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Unit D: The Worst Weather, the Best Place
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: Slip-Sliding Away…No More
- Lesson 2: Science Scoops: The World's Tiniest Thermometer
- Lesson 3: Iceland: Where Hydrogen Energy Is Hot!
- Chapter 9:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: Slip-Sliding Away…No More
- Lesson 2: A Big Fat Italian Dinner
- Lesson 3: Animal Angles: Frogs' Friends
- Chapter 10:
- Lesson 1: The Great Ice-Skating Competition
- Lesson 2: Pipelines and Pressure: The Story of Maple Syrup
- Lesson 3: The Great Ice-Skating Competition
- Lesson 4: Freezing Physics
Grade 6
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Unit A: Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Chapter 1:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: A Huge Eruption on the Sun
- Lesson 2: A Lumpy Planet
- Lesson 3: Science Scoops: What's in Vesuvius' Belly
- Chapter 2:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: Mount Everest Tops Itself
- Lesson 2: The San Joaquin River
- Lesson 3: Amazing Migrations
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Unit B: From the Ground Up
- Chapter 3:
- Lesson 1: Volcano!
- Lesson 2: Making Mountains
- Lesson 3: The Big One
- Lesson 4: Making Mountains
- Chapter 4:
- Lesson 1: Science Scoops: What's in Vesuvius' Belly
- Lesson 2: The San Joaquin River
- Lesson 3: From the Ground Up
- Lesson 4: Science Scoops: What's in Vesuvius' Belly
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Unit C: Riding the Electromagnetic Wave
- Chapter 5:
- Lesson 1: Riding the Electromagnetic Wave
- Lesson 2: Science Scoops: Scientists Turn Down the Heat
- Lesson 3: Science Scoops: Killer Dust!
- Chapter 6:
- Lesson 1: Eye on Hurricanes
- Lesson 2: What Really Causes the Ice Ages?
- Lesson 3: The San Joaquin River
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Unit D: The Soil…It's Alive!
- Chapter 7:
- Lesson 1: Animal Angles: Frogs' Friends
- Lesson 2: Squeezed to the Extreme
- Lesson 3: What Really Causes the Ice Ages?
- Chapter 8:
- Lesson 1: Toad-ally Out of Control!
- Lesson 2: Animal Angles: Frogs' Friends
- Lesson 3: The Soil…It's Alive!
- Chapter 9:
- Lesson 1: Animal Angles: Prairie Dogs Under Pressure
- Lesson 2: Kilimanjaro Snowcap May Melt Soon
- Lesson 3: Animal Angles: Prairie Dogs Under Pressure
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Unit E: To Drill or Not to Drill
- Chapter 10:
- Lesson 1: Power Bites: Celestial “Black Out”
- Lesson 2: To Drill or Not to Drill
- Lesson 3: Oceans of Energy
- Chapter 11:
- Lesson 1: Fowl Fuel
- Lesson 2: Fowl Fuel
