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Studies Weekly

36 episodes

Studies Weekly's "Funky Facts" shorts: one or two minutes, five quick facts, done. The 36 here run heavy on animals (bison, octopuses, fireflies, cicadas and their years underground, hippos, sharks), with a side of everyday machines and objects like elevators, microwaves, airplanes, guitars, pizza, and avocados. A few go stranger, like the roundup of real and ridiculous car laws, or the one that sorts pirate legend from pirate fact. Nothing here carries a unit on its own. They are openers and closers. Use them for the two minutes before a science block, or the last two before dismissal.

what this series covers

What Studies Weekly covers

36 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Science, Social Studies and For Fun. Between them they line up with 9 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 18
1st: 20
2nd: 24
3rd: 31
4th: 32
5th: 28
6th: 24

Episodes per subject

Science: 14
Social Studies: 12
For Fun: 9
Music: 1

NGSS (Science) 3

1-ESS1-1Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
2-ESS1-1Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
3-LS1-1Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 6

D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.His.14.3-5Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.Civ.8.3-5Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide government, society, and communities.
D2.Geo.2.3-5Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.His.13.3-5Use information about a historical source, including the maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose to judge the extent to which the source is useful for studying a particular topic.

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