North Carolina Science Preview

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1st grade science preview

Forces and Motion

1.P.1.1 Explain the importance of a push or pull to changing the motion of an object.

1.P.1.2 Explain how some forces (pushes and pulls) can be used to make things move without touching them, such as magnets.

Earth in the Universe

1.E.1.1 Recognize differences in the features of the day and night sky and apparent movement of objects across the sky as observed from Earth.

Ecosystems

1.L.1.3 Summarize ways that humans protect their environment and/or improve conditions for the growth of the plants and animals that live there (e.g., reuse or recycle products to avoid littering).

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2nd grade science preview

Force and Motion

2.P.1-Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.

2.P.1.1 Illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.

Structures and Functions of Living Organisms

2.L.1.2 Compare life cycles of different animals such as, but not limited to, mealworms, ladybugs, crickets, guppies or frogs.

2.L.2.1 Identify ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance and ways they are different.

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3rd grade science preview

Forces and Motion

3.P.1.3 Explain the effect of earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the earth.

Earth in the Universe

3.E.1.1 Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons and the earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.

Matter: Properties and Change

3.P.2.2 Compare solids, liquids, and gases based on their basic properties.

Energy: Conservation and Transfer

3.P.3 Recognize how energy can be transferred from one object to another.

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4th grade science preview

Earth in the Universe

4.P.2.3 Classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous based on their composition, how they are formed and the processes that create them

4.E.1 Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon. Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.

4.E.1.2 Explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit around the Earth.

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5th grade science preview

 Matter Properties and Change

5.P.2.1 – Explain how the sun’s energy impacts the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff)

Structures and Functions of Living Organisms

5.L.1.1 Explain why some organisms are capable of surviving as a single cell while others require many cells that are specialized

5.L.1.2 Compare the major systems of the human body: Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory, Muscular, Skeletal, Cardiovascular in terms of their functions necessary for life.

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Teacher Tool Request - Empowering Educators to Customize Learning Materials

We are excited to introduce the Teacher Tool Request feature, designed to provide advanced customization capabilities for educators using our platform. This tool empowers educators with advanced access to tailor various learning materials, including lyrics to songs, videos, worksheets, and quizzes, ensuring a more personalized and effective learning experience for their students.

How It Works:

  1. Customization Opportunities: Educators with advanced access can personalize every aspect of the learning material. This includes the ability to customize lyrics for songs, videos, worksheets, and quizzes.

  2. Teacher Tool Request Button: The Teacher Tool Request button serves as the gateway for educators to request and upload information for specific topics or propose new ones. This feature enables educators to contribute to the continuous improvement of our educational resources.

  3. Simple Input Process: To make a request, educators need to input the following details:

    • Teacher Code or School Code
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    • Detailed outline of the points to be included in the material

  4. Subscription Grade Level: It is essential to note that all teacher requests must align with their subscription grade level(s). This ensures that the customized material remains relevant to the students’ educational needs.

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Our primary objective is to assist educators in enhancing their teaching methodologies and helping students retain information at an accelerated pace. By allowing customization, we aim to create a more engaging and tailored learning experience, fostering a deeper understanding of the subjects.

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  1. Click on the Teacher Tool Request button.
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  3. Provide a detailed outline for the topic customization.

We appreciate your commitment to education, and we are confident that this tool will be a valuable asset in your teaching toolkit.

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Motion Video

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Motion

[chorus]

If an object changes its position,

then a motion has occurred.

If it continuously changes its position,

then it’s in motion, then it’s in motion.

 

[verse]

Use a car as an example, and the car is parked at the curb.

Now, you move the car up 10 feet, then a motion has occurred.

Now, if you take the same parked car and put it on the highway,

then start coasting.

Its position is constantly changing.

Then, it’s in motion, then it’s in motion.

 

[chorus]

If an object changes its position,

then a motion has occurred.

If it continuously changes its position,

then it’s in motion, then it’s in motion.

If an object changes its position,

then a motion has occurred.

If it continuously changes its position,

then it’s in motion, then it’s in motion

 

 

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Force Video

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Force

 

(chorus)

If you give a push or give a pull,

that is force to an object.

If you give a push or give a pull,

that is force to an object.

 

(verse)

Force is a push or a pull that will

make an object stop.

Force is a push or a pull that will

change an objects speed.

Force is a push or a pull that will

change an objects direction.

Force is a push or a pull that will

change an objects direction.

 

(chorus)

If you give a push or give a pull,

that is force to an object.

If you give a push or give a pull,

that is force to an object.

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Night & Day Video

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Day And night Lyrics


Day and night, day and night, day and night, day and night

Night and day, night and day, night and day, night and day

 

(chorus)

In the daytime you see the light and it’s dark at night

Yeah, it’s dark at night,

Yeah, yeah, it’s dark at night

In the daytime you see the light and it’s dark at night

Yeah, it’s dark at night,

Yeah, yeah, it’s dark at night

 

(verse)

Because the earth spins around

Makes a full turn in 24 hours

The sun only lights up half of the earth at a time

The side with the light is daytime

The other side is dark that’s nighttime

As the earth spins daytime shifts to the other side

As the earth spins nighttime shifts to the other side

 

(chorus)

In the daytime you see the light and it’s dark at night

Yeah, it’s dark at night,

Yeah, yeah, it’s dark at night

In the daytime you see the light and it’s dark at night

Yeah, it’s dark at night,

Yeah, yeah, it’s dark at night




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Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle Video

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Reduce, reuse, and recycle


(chorus)

Reducing, reusing, and recycling protects your environment.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling protects your environment.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling can eliminate waste.

 

(verse)

You can reduce by refusing store bags.

Carry small items out in your hands.

You can reuse cups that’s washable

instead of foam cups that’s disposable.

You can recycle papers and plastics, papers, and plastics,

yup, yup, yup papers and plastics.

 

(chorus)

Reducing, reusing, and recycling protects your environment.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling protects your environment.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling can eliminate waste.




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Sound Vibration Video

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Sound vibration


(chorus)

If you did not know where sound came from well, now you know

It’s from the vibration, it’s from the vibration

If you did not know where sound came from well, now you know

It’s from the vibration, it’s from the vibration

 

(verse)

When you grab your guitar and pluck on the string

Listen to the sound it makes you want to sing

vibration, vibration

You can speak very soft or speak very loud

Your vocal cords vibrate producing sound

vibration, vibration

 

(chorus)

If you did not know where sound came from well, now you know

It’s from the vibration, it’s from the vibration

If you did not know where sound came from well, now you know

It’s from the vibration, it’s from the vibration

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Instruments Video

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Instruments


(verse)

What do we hear making that sound?

What do we hear making that sound?

It’s the guitar’s vibrating strings

that makes me want to sing.

 

What do we hear making that sound?

What do we hear making that sound?

It’s the violin’s vibrating strings

that makes me want to sing.

 

What do we hear making that sound?

What do we hear making that sound?

It’s the flute’s vibrating air,

that’s the sound I love to hear.

 

What do we hear making that sound?

What do we hear making that sound?

It’s the trumpet’s vibrating air,

that’s the sound I love to hear.

 

What do we hear making that sound?

What do we hear making that sound?

It’s the drum’s vibrating head

making me shake my head.




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Metamorphosis Video

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Metamorphosis


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Metamorphosis is the process

an animal takes when it changes shapes

Metamorphosis is the process

an animal takes when it changes shapes

 

(verse)

Let’s look at a frog when it’s born

The eggs hatch and the tadpole comes on

The tadpoles live in the pond

with a tail, no legs no arms

Then after a while the legs start to form

The tail starts to shrink till it’s all gone

The eyes bulge out the lungs finish developing

Now living on land, the frog is here

 

(chorus)

Metamorphosis is the process

an animal takes when it changes shapes

Metamorphosis is the process

an animal takes when it changes shapes

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Inherited Video

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Inherited

[chorus]

When animals are born,

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

Some are inherited, some are inherited.

when plants are born,

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

Some are inherited, some are inherited.

 

[verse]

Now animals can inherit some features from their parents

like, the color of their hair or the color of their eyes.

Animals can inherit some features from their parents

like, the completion of their skin or even their height.

Plants too, can inherit from their parents

their color, their size, and shape.

When genes are passed down from your parents

different features you take.

 

[chorus]

when animals are born

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

and some are inherited, some are inherited.

when plants are born

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

and some are inherited, some are inherited.

 

[verse]

Now animals can inherit some features from their parents

like, the color of their hair or the color of their eyes.

Animals can inherit some features from their parents

like, the completion of their skin or even their height.

Plants too, can inherit from their parents

their color, their size, and shape.

When genes are passed down from your parents

different features you take.

 

[chorus]

when animals are born

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

and some are inherited, some are inherited.

when plants are born

there are a lot of different features that they will take on

and some are inherited, some are inherited.




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Gravity Video

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Gravity

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Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun.

Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun,

because gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity,

because

 

(verse 1)

Everything is made up of matter.

The amount of matter is called mass.

Now some objects have great mass than others.

Some objects have little.

In space objects with greater mass

pull other objects together, together.

 

(chorus)

Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun.

Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun,

because gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity,

because

 

(verse 2)

Without gravity everything on earth

will go floating in the air.

Gravity pulling us towards earth’s center

keeps us here, keeps us here.

So, when you jump up, you go back down.

Throw a ball up and it comes right down.

That’s gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity,

because

 

(chorus)

Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun.

Earth is one of nine planets that go around the sun.

Asteroids, comets, and dust particles all go around the sun,

because gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity, gravity,

because

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Sun to Pluto Video

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Sun to pluto

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We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

 

(verse 1)

First stop is the Sun, some people call it Sol.

It provides energy for the life we know.

Next stop is Mercury, very little gravity.

First planet from the sun, spins very slowly.

Next stop:

Second planet from the sun, it’s Venus.

Hostile, thick clouds make Venus the meanest.

Next stop:

Third planet from the sun, yes, Earth.

It’s 70 percent water with one moon called Luna.

Next stop:

Fourth planet from the sun, its Mars.

Scientists believed it once had lakes and oceans.

Next stop is Jupiter, gravity will pull on you.

Add a hundred pounds to the weight on Jupiter.

 

(chorus)

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

 

(verse 2)

Next stop is Saturn, see the ring pattern.

Saturn has more moons than any other planet.

Next stop is Uranus, a planet very old.

22 moons, identical to Neptune.

Next stop is Neptune with 13 moons,

so far, that’s all we know of.

Next stop is Pluto with a new status.

Scientists now say Pluto is not a planet.

 

(chorus)

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.

We will start from the sun, then we’ll travel to the planets

one by one, one by one.




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Matter Rock Video

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Matter rock

[chorus]

Matter has mass and takes up space.

Matter has mass and takes up space.

Three states of matter,

solid, liquid and gas.

Three states of matter,

solid, liquid and gas.

 

[verse]

Solids, they keep their shape.

Solids, they keep their shape.

Particles are packed tightly in solids, vibrating.

Particles are packed tightly in solids, vibrating.

Liquids, take the shape of its container.

Liquids, take the shape of its container.

Particles are spread out a little, sliding past each other.

Particles are spread out a little, sliding past each other.

In gases, the shape will change with its container.

In gases, the volume will change with its container.

Particles are spread out and move very quickly.

Particles are spread out and move very quickly.

 

[chorus]

Matter has mass and takes up space.

Matter has mass and takes up space.

Three states of matter,

solid, liquid and gas.

Three states of matter,

solid, liquid and gas.




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Energy Transfer Video

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Energy transfer

 

(chorus)

Let’s transform that energy, transform that energy

transform that energy, transform that energy.

Let’s transform that energy, transform that energy

transform that energy, transform that energy.

 

(verse)

You can connect solar panels lots of things,

and it will change light energy into electrical energy,

and a TV changes electrical energy into light energy,

and a TV changes electrical energy into sound energy.

Let’s see what kind of energy makes a car move.

There’s chemical energy inside the fuel,

and it turns into thermal and mechanical energy,

The batteries in a flashlight have chemical energy,

and when it’s turned on, what do you see? You see the light energy.

Now, plain old wood has potential chemical energy.

Put fire to it and it turns into thermal energy for cooking and heat.

 

(chorus)

Let’s transform that energy, transform that energy

transform that energy, transform that energy.

Let’s transform that energy, transform that energy

transform that energy, transform that energy.

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My Three Rocks Video

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My three rocks

 

(chorus)

My three rocks

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

 

(verse)

Sedimentary rocks are formed in layers, formed in layers

Sedimentary rocks are found near water,

some have fossils and found near water

 

Igneous rocks were here since the beginning

Igneous rocks hot, lava cooled and hardened

 

When you transform sedimentary and igneous rocks

with pressure, they make metamorphic Rocks

When you transform sedimentary and igneous rocks

with heat, they make metamorphic rocks

 

(chorus)

My three rocks

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

My three rocks

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

 

 

 

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Earth's Revolution Video

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Earth's revolution


(verse)

A revolution is one year.
365 days is how long it takes
for the Earth to go around the Sun.
It takes one year, that’s a revolution.

(chorus)
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution.


(verse)

A revolution is one year.
365 days is how long it takes
for the Earth to go around the Sun.
It takes one year, that’s a revolution. 
 
(chorus)
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
  Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution, orbit of the Earth.
Earth’s revolution.

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Moon Phases Rap Video

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Moon phases Rap


(chorus)

Phases of the moon

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

Phases of the moon

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

 

(verse1)

When the moon is in the same direction of the sun

it’s called the new moon, new moon

When you don’t see no light coming from the moon

It is a dark moon, called the new moon

A crescent moon is in the next stage

When the moon is lit a quarter of the way

Less than half but more than zero

This is called a crescent moon, true

Now a quarter moons a half moon

You see a half moons a quarter moon, quarter moons a half moon

They call a half moon a quarter moon, word

because it made a quarter of its turn around the earth

You see half of the moon lit up

and I know what you’re thinking but

It’s a half moon, called a quarter moon

Half moons a quarter moon, quarter moons a half moon

 

(chorus)

Phases of the moon

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

Phases of the moon

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

 

(verse2)

Now the gibbous moon is a little more full

but not all the way full

The lit-up part is between a full moon

and a half moon called the gibbous moon

Now the full moon shine so bright

You see the full moon light up the night

Halfway through a circle, circle

You’ll see the full moon light up the night




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Moon Phases Rock Video

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Moon phases rock


(chorus)

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon

 

(verse1)

The moon is in the same direction of the sun

It’s a new moon, a new moon, a new moon

When there’s no light coming from the moon

It’s a new moon, a new moon, a new moon

The moon is lit a quarter of the way

It’s a crescent moon, crescent moon, crescent moon

The moon is lit half of the way

It’s a quarter moon, quarter moon, a quarter moon

The moon made a quarter of its turn around the earth

It’s a quarter moon, quarter moon, a quarter moon

 

(chorus)

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon

 

(verse2)

The next phase is between a half and a full moon

Gibbous moon, gibbous moon, third quarter almost full

Now the full moon shine so bright

You see the full moon light up the night

Halfway through a circle you’ll see the full moon

Light up the night, light up the night

 

(chorus)

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon

Full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent

Phases of the moon, phases of the moon




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Water Cycle Video

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Water cycle

[chorus]

It’s a circle, a circle, yup, a circle.

The water cycle goes in a circle.

Starts with evaporation.

Rise to precipitation.

Drops back down in the form of snow, sleet, or rain

 

[verse]

Water is one of the reasons why there’s life on earth.

Water covers 75 percent of the earth.

The equator is an imaginary line

that divides the earth into two sides.

Halfway between the north and south pole, yeah,

the northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere.

Now the water on earth goes in a cycle.

What a coincidence it’s called the water cycle.

Heat from the sun causes water from the lakes,

oceans and rivers to evaporate.

That evaporated water rises till it cools

then condenses into droplets or ice crystals.

Forming a cloud, the cloud lets the water back out

to the ground, rivers, and ponds

In the oceans and into the lakes

and starts all over when the water evaporates

 

[chorus]

It’s a circle, a circle, yup, a circle.

The water cycle goes in a circle.

Starts with evaporation.

Rise to precipitation.

Drops back down in the form of snow, sleet, or rain




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Cells Video

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Cells

(chorus)

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

 

(verse)

Animal Cells

Nucleus is the organelle

that controls the activity of a cell.

Chromosomes are the thread like structures

that keeps information on the characteristics.

Cell membrane is the thin covering.

Cytoplasm, a substance like jelly.

Vacuoles store waste, water or food.

Mitochondria release energy from the food.

 

(chorus)

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

 

(verse)

Plant Cells

Nucleus is the organelle

that controls the activity of a cell.

Chromosomes are the thread like structures

that keeps information on the characteristics.

Cell membrane is the thin covering.

Cytoplasm, a substance like jelly.

Vacuoles store waste, water, or food.

Mitochondria release energy from the food.

Cell wall protects the plant cell.

Chloroplast makes food for the plant cell.

 

(chorus)

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

Cells are the basic unit of structure.

Cells make all living things function.

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Skeletal System Video

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Skeletal System

(chorus)

It provides the shape for my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

It protects the organs in my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

With help from muscles, let me move my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

There’re 206 bones in my body

that makes up the skeletal system.

 

(verse)

The bone in your head is the skull.

Your collarbone is the clavicle.

Your breastbone is the sternum.

The humerus is where your upper arm is.

Rib cage is located in your chest.

Spine goes down the middle of your back.

The pelvis is in your hip, close to where you sit,

where you sit.

Ulnar and radius are on your forearm.

The femur is your thighbone.

Patella is your kneecap.

Where your phalanges at?  Fingers and your toes.

Tibia and fibula are in your lower legs.

These are my bones from my head to my toes.

 

(chorus)

It provides the shape for my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

It protects the organs in my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

With help from muscles, let me move my body.

My bones, my bones, my bones.

There’re 206 bones in my body

that makes up the skeletal system.




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Digestive System Video

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Digestive system

(chorus)

Come take a ride, come take a ride with me

Come take a ride through the digestive system

Come take a ride, come take a ride with me

Come take a ride through the digestive system

 

(verse1)

We enter through the mouth, through the mouth, yeah

Digestive process begins in the mouth, yeah

With salivary enzymes and the process of chewing,

we are partly broken down, we are partly broken down

All aboard we are going through the esophagus into the stomach,

where we take a bath in gastric acid,

mixed with chyme those are stomach acids

 

(chorus)

Come take a ride, come take a ride with me

Come take a ride through the digestive system

Come take a ride, come take a ride with me

Come take a ride through the digestive system

 

(verse2)

Next stop is the small intestines

We are broken down more in the small intestines

Sing along, the first part the duodenum

(d-u-o-d-e-n-u-m) (d-u-o-d-e-n-u-m)

Then we enter the jejunum

(j-e-j-u-n-u-m) (j-e-j-u-n-u-m)

and the ileum (i-l-e-u-m) (i-l-e-u-m)

Next stop is the large intestines

Here we go, entering the cecum

(c-e-c-u-m) (c-e-c-u-m)

Solid waste is stored in the rectum, true

Until we do a number two, eww



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