Grade Level: 5th Six Weeks: 4th Overarching Concept: Balance and Stability Organizing Idea: It's a Balancing Act

Streaming Videos can only be viewed in the Plano ISD Network. What is Energy? Energy Converters: Releasing Potential Energy Static and Current Electricity, Converters and Insulators Balloons on the Wall Electricity: Diagramming the Circuit Exploring Circuits: The Importance of Energy Electrical Circuits Junior Electrician: Current Electricity Creating and Controlling Current Electricity The History of Magnetism Magnetism Around Us Electromagnetism: Electricity and Magnetism Working Together Electricity and Magnetism: The Magic of Magnets Electricity and Magnetism: The Generation of Electricity Sounds Like Understanding Sound: Vibrations What are Pitch and Frequency? The Movement of Heat Heat Energy Forces Move Things Friction: Opposing Movement Fossil Fuels Westward Expansion: A Glorious Story In The Beginning the West Lay in the East... Independence and the Louisiana Purchase Expansion The Lewis and Clark Expedition Part Two: The Oregon Trail The Westward Movement and the Oregon Trail The War of 1812 Intro to Industrial Revolution Factory Work Steam Power The U.S. in the Mid-1800's Northern Cities: Free Labor Southern Plantations: Slave Labor The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act The Confederate States of America A Virginia Family April 12, The First Shots Fired The War Begins Reconstruction

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