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Vocabulary Routine
Define:A body part or behavior that helps an
animal survive.
Example:A giraffe’s long neck is an adaptation.
Ask:Why is a giraffe’s long neck an
adaptation?
nonliving
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living
Vocabulary Routine
Define: Something that does not grow and
change, or need food, air, or water
to survive.
Example: A rock is a nonliving thing.
Ask: What are some other nonliving things?
Ask: What are some other living things?
Example: This girl is a living thing.
Define: Something that grows, changes, and
needs food, air, and water to survive.
Vocabulary Routine
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leaves
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nutrient
Vocabulary Routine
Define: Plant parts that use sunlight and air to
make food.
Example: Leaves come in different shapes and sizes.
Ask: What would happen if a plant lost all of
its leaves?
Ask: Where do you get nutrients from?
Example: Plant roots can get nutrients from soil.
Define: Something that living things need
to grow.
Vocabulary Routine
stem
stem
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root
root
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: Plant part that keeps the plant in
the ground.
Example: Roots hold a plant in the ground.
Ask: What would happen if a plant did not
have roots?
Ask: What would happen if a plant did not
have a stem?
Example: The stem holds up the flower.
Define: The part of a plant that holds up
the plant.
Vocabulary Routine
trunk
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flower
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: The thick stem of a tree.
Example: A trunk helps protect a tree from
weather and animals.
Ask: How are the stem of a flower and
the trunk of a tree the same?
Ask: Why is a flower important to a plant?
Example: Flowers come in many shapes and colors.
Define: A part of a plant that makes seeds.
Vocabulary Routine
seed
seed
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fruit
10
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A part of a plant that can grow into
a new plant.
Example: A seed inside a peach can grow a
peach tree.
Ask: What happens when you plant and
care for a seed?
Ask: What kinds of fruit do you like to eat?
Example: The peach fruit has a seed inside.
Define: The plant part that holds the seeds.
Vocabulary Routine
life cycle
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seedling
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: How a living thing grows, lives,
and dies.
Example: The life cycle of a bean plant starts
with a seed.
Ask: What happens in the life cycle of a
bean plant?
Ask: How can you tell when a seed has grown
into a seedling?
Example: A young bean plant is a seedling.
Define: A young plant.
Vocabulary Routine
desert
Grade 1
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rain forest
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A hot, wet place.
Example: A rain forest has many green plants.
Ask: What helps some plants survive in the
rain forest?
Ask: What helps cactus plants live in
the desert?
Example: Cactus plants can live in the desert.
Define: A hot and dry place.
Vocabulary Routine
arctic
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mammal
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: An icy and cold place near the North Pole.
Example: When arctic snow melts, small
flowers grow.
Ask: What would you wear if you lived in
the arctic?
Ask: What are some mammals you know?
Example: Most mammals give birth to live young.
Define: An animal with hair or fur.
Vocabulary Routine
bird
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reptile
18
Vocabulary Routine
Define: An animal that has dry skin covered
with scales.
Example: A snake is a reptile.
Ask: What is another kind of reptile?
Ask: What is another kind of bird?
Example: A duck is a bird.
Define: An animal that has two legs, two wings,
and feathers.
Vocabulary Routine
amphibian
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fish
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: An animal that lives in water and has
gills and fins.
Example: Fish use gills to breathe in water.
Ask: Where can fish live?
Ask: What is another kind of amphibian?
Example: A frog is an amphibian.
Define: An animal that lives on land and in water.
Vocabulary Routine
insect
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shelter
22
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A place where animals can live
and be safe.
Example: These raccoons find shelter in a log.
Ask: Where else could an animal find shelter?
Ask: What is another kind of insect?
Example: An ant is an insect.
Define: An animal with three body parts
and six legs.
Vocabulary Routine
lungs
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gills
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The part of a fish that takes in oxygen
from water.
Example: A fish uses its gills to breathe in water.
Ask: Why are gills important to a fish?
Ask: What other animals use lungs to breathe?
Example: Birds use lungs to breathe.
Define: Body parts used to breathe air.
Vocabulary Routine
carnivore
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herbivore
Vocabulary Routine
Define: An animal that eats other animals.
Example: A tiger is a carnivore.
Ask: What is another animal that is a
carnivore?
Ask: What is another animal that is
a herbivore?
Example: A rabbit is a herbivore.
Define: An animal that eats plants.
Vocabulary Routine
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tadpole
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hatch
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A baby animal breaking out of an egg.
Example: Birds hatch from eggs.
Ask: What is another animal that can hatch
from an egg?
Ask: How would you describe a tadpole?
Example: A tadpole grows into an adult frog.
Define: A young frog.
Vocabulary Routine
grassland
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habitat
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A place where plants and animals live.
Example: A forest is a habitat for many plants
and animals.
Ask: What is another kind of habitat?
Ask: What helps prairie dogs live on
a grassland?
Example: Prairie dogs live on a grassland.
Define: A large open place with a lot of grass.
Vocabulary Routine
adaptation
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forest
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A place where there are many tall trees.
Example: Many plants and animals live in
the forest.
Ask: What are some kinds of plants and
animals that live in the forest?
Ask: Why is a giraffe’s long neck an
adaptation?
Example: A giraffe’s long neck is an adaptation.
Define: A body part or behavior that helps an
animal survive.
Vocabulary Routine
lake
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ocean
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: Fresh water that has land all around it.
Example: A lake can be a home for many plants
and animals.
Ask: Which animals can live in a lake?
Ask: What other animals live in the ocean?
Example: Whales live in the ocean.
Define: Salty water that is very large and deep.
Vocabulary Routine
Sun gives plant energy.
Insect eats plant.
Frog eats insect.
Owl eats frog.
food chain
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extinct
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: The order in which living things get food
in a habitat.
Example: All animals are part of a food chain.
Ask: What is happening in this food chain?
Ask: What other animals are extinct?
Example: The woolly mammoth is an extinct
animal.
Define: When all of one kind of plant or
animal dies.
Vocabulary Routine
river
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continent
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A large piece of land on Earth.
Example: There are seven continents on Earth.
Ask: What do you know about the continents
on Earth?
Ask: How is a river different from an ocean?
Example: A river may flow into an ocean.
Define: Fresh water that moves.
Vocabulary Routine
mountain
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valley
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: Land that is very high.
Example: A mountain is the highest type of land.
Ask: How can you tell if you are on a
mountain?
Ask: Where can you find a valley?
Example: The valley is flat.
Define: Low land between mountains.
Vocabulary Routine
mineral
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plain
Vocabulary Routine
Define: Flat land that spreads out a long way.
Example: A plain is wide and flat.
Ask: How is a plain different from a valley?
Ask: Where can you find minerals?
Example: All rocks are made of minerals.
Define: A nonliving thing from the earth.
Vocabulary Routine
weathering
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soil
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The top layer of Earth.
Example: Soil is a mixture of tiny bits of rock, air,
water, dead plants, and dead animals.
Ask: What can you grow in soil?
Ask: How else can weathering change rocks?
Example: Weathering can make rocks crack.
Define: When water changes the shape and size
of rocks.
Vocabulary Routine
natural resource
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erosion
Vocabulary Routine
Define: When rock and soil are moved by wind or
water to a new place.
Example: Erosion slowly changes the shape of
the land.
Ask: How do you think erosion has changed
the shape of the land in this picture?
Ask: What is another natural resource?
Example: Rocks are a natural resource.
Define: Something that comes from Earth that
people use.
Vocabulary Routine
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conserve
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pollution
Vocabulary Routine
Define: To save, keep, or protect.
Example: You can conserve resources by not
wasting them.
Ask: What are some ways you can conserve
resources?
Ask: What are some other kinds of pollution?
Example: Water pollution can harm animals.
Define: Harmful things in the air, land, or water.
Vocabulary Routine
reuse
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reduce
50
Vocabulary Routine
Define: To use less of something.
Example: You can reduce how much water you use
by turning the water off when brushing
your teeth.
Ask: How can you reduce using other things?
Ask: What other things can you reuse?
Example: You can reuse cans and bottles.
Define: To use something again.
Vocabulary Routine
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weather
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recycle
Vocabulary Routine
Define: To make a new thing from an old thing.
Example: You can recycle paper, plastic, and glass.
Ask: Why should you recycle?
Ask: What are some other kinds of weather?
Example: The weather is rainy today.
Define: What the sky and air are like each day.
Vocabulary Routine
thermometer
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temperature
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A tool that measures temperature.
Example: The thermometer shows a temperature
of 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ask: Why would you use a thermometer?
Ask: What is the temperature today?
Example: In winter, the temperature can be
very cold.
Define: How hot or cold something is.
Vocabulary Routine
wind
vane
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rain
gauge
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A tool that measures how much rain falls.
Example: A rain gauge is a weather tool.
Ask: Why would you use a rain gauge?
Ask: Why would you use a wind vane?
Example: A wind vane is a weather tool.
Define: A tool that shows the direction of
the wind.
Vocabulary Routine
cloud
Grade 1
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water vapor
water vapor
rain
Sun
cloud
Vocabulary Routine
Define: Water that goes up into the air as a gas
and is too small to see.
Example: You can not see water vapor.
Ask: What happens to water vapor?
Ask: What makes a cloud?
Example: Rain or snow can fall from a cloud.
Define: Tiny drops of water and bits of ice that
collect in the sky.
Vocabulary Routine
season
Grade 1
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spring
60
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A time of year.
Example: Fall, winter, spring, and summer are
the four seasons.
Ask: How is each season different?
Ask: What else happens in spring?
Example: Many baby animals are born in spring.
Define: The season after winter.
Vocabulary Routine
fall
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summer
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The season after spring.
Example: Lemonade can cool you off in the hot
summer.
Ask: What do you like to do in summer?
Ask: What do you like to do in fall?
Example: Some leaves change colors in fall.
Define: The season after summer.
Vocabulary Routine
winter
Grade 1
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star
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: An object in the sky that makes its
own light.
Example: We can see many stars in the night sky.
Ask: What star can you see in the day sky?
Ask: What do you like to do in winter?
Example: It can snow in winter.
Define: The season after fall.
Vocabulary Routine
Sun
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rotate
day
Sun
You are here.
night
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: The star closest to Earth.
Example: The Sun gives light and heat to Earth.
Ask: Why do you think the Sun is important
to Earth?
Ask: What other things rotate?
Example: Earth turns, or rotates, every 24 hours.
Define: To spin.
Vocabulary Routine
phases
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Moon
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The different Moon shapes we see
each month.
Example: A crescent Moon is one of the
Moon’s phases.
Ask: What do some other phases of the
Moon look like?
Ask: When can you see the Moon?
Example: The Moon does not make its own light.
Define: A ball of rock that moves around Earth.
Vocabulary Routine
property
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planet
Saturn
Vocabulary Routine
Define: How something looks, feels, smells, tastes,
or sounds.
Example: Color is a property of the puppets.
Ask: What is another property of the puppets?
Ask: What is the name of another planet?
Example: Saturn is a planet.
Define: A very large object that moves around
the Sun.
Vocabulary Routine
mass
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matter
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The amount of matter in an object.
Example: A metal bird has more mass than a
sponge bird.
Ask: How do you know a metal bird has more
mass than a sponge bird?
Ask: What else is made of matter?
Example: A kite is made of matter.
Define: What all things are made of.
Vocabulary Routine
balance
Grade 1
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solid
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A tool used to measure mass.
Example: The side of a balance with more mass
will go down.
Ask: What does a balance do?
Ask: What is another solid?
Example: A block is a solid.
Define: A state of matter that has a shape
of its own.
Vocabulary Routine
liquid
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gas
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A state of matter that does not have
its own shape.
Example: Gas gives balloons their shape.
Ask: How can you fill a balloon with gas?
Ask: What else is a liquid?
Example: Milk is a liquid.
Define: A state of matter that flows and takes
the shape of its container.
Vocabulary Routine
burn
Grade 1
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mixture
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: Two or more different things put
together.
Example: A fruit salad is a mixture of different
fruits.
Ask: What is another kind of mixture you
can make?
Ask: What other things change when
they burn?
Example: When you burn paper, it changes
to ash.
Define: A way of changing matter using heat.
Vocabulary Routine
dissolve
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freeze
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: To change from a liquid to a solid.
Example: Water will freeze if it gets very cold.
Ask: What other liquids can freeze?
Ask: What else can dissolve into a liquid?
Example: Drink mix will dissolve in water.
Define: To completely mix into a liquid.
Vocabulary Routine
melt
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evaporate
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: To change from a liquid to a gas.
Example: Heat from the Sun made the water in this
pond evaporate.
Ask: What else can evaporate?
Ask: What other things can melt?
Example: Ice cubes can melt and become water.
Define: To change from a solid to a liquid.
Vocabulary Routine
motion
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position
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The place where something is located.
Example: You can find something if you know
its position.
Ask: What is your position in the classroom
right now?
Ask: How do you know when something
is in motion?
Example: The airplane is in motion.
Define: A change in an object’s position.
Vocabulary Routine
force
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speed
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A push or a pull that makes an
object move.
Example: It takes force, like a push, to move a ball.
Ask: How much force do you need to use to
move a ball?
Ask: What other things can move at a
fast speed?
Example: A rocket ship can move at a fast speed.
Define: How fast or slow something moves.
Vocabulary Routine
pull
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push
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A force that moves something away
from you.
Example: The girl pushes the basketball when she
throws it.
Ask: What kinds of things can you push?
Ask: Why would you need to pull something?
Example: The boy pulls the bag of basketballs.
Define: A force that moves something closer
to you.
Vocabulary Routine
gravity
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friction
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A force that slows things down.
Example: If you drag a rubber stopper on the
ground, friction makes you stop.
Ask: What are some ways you can
cause friction?
Ask: What would happen if there was no
gravity?
Example: Gravity keeps us from staying up in
the air.
Define: A force that pulls things toward Earth.
Vocabulary Routine
simple machine
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pulley
pulley
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A rope that moves over a wheel.
Example: A pulley can help raise a flag to the top of
a flagpole.
Ask: How can a pulley help you do work?
Ask: What is another kind of simple machine?
Example: A rake is a simple machine.
Define: A tool that can make it easier to
move things.
Vocabulary Routine
ramp
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lever
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A slanted surface that you can use to
move things up or down.
Example: A ramp makes it easier to go up to a
higher place.
Ask: When would you use a ramp?
Ask: What is another kind of lever?
Example: An oar is a lever.
Define: A bar that balances on a point and moves
like a seesaw.
Vocabulary Routine
poles
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magnet
Vocabulary Routine
Define: The places where a magnet’s pull
is strongest.
Example: A magnet has a North pole and a
South pole.
Ask: What happens to some metal objects
when they are near a magnet’s poles?
Ask: How could you use a magnet at home?
Example: A magnet can attract metal paper clips.
Define: Something that can pull, or attract, some
objects with metal in them.
Vocabulary Routine
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: To push away.
Example: Alike poles on magnets will repel
each other.
Ask: Can you use your hands to show what
happens when magnets repel each other?
Ask: What other things need energy to work
or change?
Example: Gasoline gives cars the energy to move.
Define: A force that makes things work or
change.
Vocabulary Routine
vibrate
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heat
Vocabulary Routine
Define: To move back and forth quickly.
Example: Sound is made when something vibrates.
Ask: What vibrates when you speak?
Ask: What else can heat do?
Example: Heat can make popcorn pop.
Define: A form of energy that makes things warm.
Vocabulary Routine
light
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pitch
Vocabulary Routine
Define: A form of energy that lets you see.
Example: Light from a flashlight can help you see
in the dark.
Ask: What would happen if there were
no light?
Ask: What other sounds have a high pitch?
Example: The sound of a siren has a high pitch.
Define: The lowness or highness of a sound.
Vocabulary Routine
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Vocabulary Routine
Define: A form of energy that gives some things
the power to work.
Example: Many things in your home need
electricity to work.
Ask: What do you have in your home that
needs electricity to work?