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Grade 5 Science · Texas TEKS §112.7

Grade 5 Science

Critical Thinking Online Breakouts · a shadow-tracker STEM challenge · a picture word bank

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Round and Round: Day, Night, and Shadows

Solve why the Sun seems to cross the sky and why shadows move — it's all Earth's spin. Six clues and four locks. ~10–15 minutes.

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🧩 More breakouts (10) → 🛠️ STEM challenge 📖 Word bank 📊 Skills & TEKS 🔑 Answer key

🧑‍🏫 Teacher supports: UDL supports · ELPS supports · Lesson-plan guide

🧑‍🏫 Teacher note: the 10 concept breakouts each cover one key idea (separating mixtures, particles, forces, energy transformations, light, sedimentary rock & fossil fuels, landforms, ecosystem changes, human impact, and instinct vs. learned behavior). See Skills & TEKS for the standards. The answer key is password-protected.