| welcome to Mr. R.'s science poems page! |
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science poems:
animals
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butterfly: (life cycle- metamorphosis) |
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| banana slug: (I'm no bug) |
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| bat: (the only mammal that flies) |
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| bird: (a flying vertebrate) |
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| blue whale: (the largest animal on Earth....ever) |
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| camels: (there's no water in their hump!) |
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| caterpillar: (and a giant butterfly) |
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| cheetah: (fastest land animal) |
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| earthworm: (where would we be without him?) |
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| elephant: (largest land animal) |
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| fish: (gills to breathe) |
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| giraffe: (tallest animal on Earth!) |
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| hummingbird: (the smallest of all birds) |
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| kangaroo: (marsupial) |
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| lion: (an acrostic poem) |
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| mosquito: parasite: (the deadliest living thing) |
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| octopus: (a tale of three broken hearts) |
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| octopus 2: (don't ask one for directions) |
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| shark: (the largest fish in the sea!) |
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| spider: (isn't an insect!) |
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| tadpoles: (metamorphosis of a frog) |
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| tiger: (largest of all cats) |
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| platypus: (an egg-laying mammal) |
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science poems:
plants & trees
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buds: (a long winter's sleep) |
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cactus: (a plant you shouldn't kiss) |
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| deciduous: (why are those trees bald?) |
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| epiphyte: (never touched that dirty ground!) |
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| leaf: (helps plants survive) |
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| photosynthesis: (plants make their own food!) |
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| redwoods: (tallest trees on Earth) |
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| roots: (part of a plant) |
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| seeds: (they can travel) |
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| trees: (let's protect them!) |
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science poems:
human body
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| bones: (the bone thief) |
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| brain: (I'm nervous about my nervous system) |
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| circulatory system: (heart, veins, and arteries are a part of me!) |
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| digestive system: (digestion prevents congestion!) |
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| heart: (the organ that never takes a rest) |
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| ligament: (holds bones to bones- better than glue!) |
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| muscles: (you need them to move) |
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| tendon: (connects our muscles to our bones!) |
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| respiratory system: (trachea, lungs, alveoli) |
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| teeth: (hardest part of our body) |
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| vein: (I know I'm the best) |
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5 senses
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| five senses: (for five body parts) |
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| ear: (my sense of hearing) |
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| eye: (my sense of sight) |
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| skin: (my sense of touch) |
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| nose: (my sense of smell) |
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| tongue: (my sense of taste) |
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science poems:
general biology
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| mammals: (they're not fish, frogs, or birds) |
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| adaptation: (why I make change) |
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| autotroph: (don't buy bread in a loaf!) |
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| basic needs: (of living things) |
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| chicken egg: (a chubby chicken laid no eggs!) |
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| extinction: (let's protect endangered species) |
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| food chain (what eats what and who eats who?) |
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| fungus: (on my pizza) |
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| hibernation: (a kid who slept too much) |
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| carnivore: (but Clyde never ate meat!) |
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| herbivore: (eating plants what they adore!) |
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| omnivore: (so easy to please) |
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| migration: (moving to new ground) |
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| diurnal: (I'll stay up all night!) |
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| nocturnal: (the sun goes down, I come out) |
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| parasite: (the day I bit a mosquito) |
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| predator: (I hunt for my food) |
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| prey: (I won't be a meal or a snack!) |
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science poems:
chemistry
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| evaporation: (it's quite the sensation!) |
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| condensation: (we got water for you) |
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| dissolve: (how I hid the sugar!) |
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| chemical change: (changing my molecules) |
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| physical change: (visual change) |
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| element: (the building blocks of everything!) |
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| helium: (who drank the glass of gas?) |
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| hydrogen: (I'm number one!) |
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| oxygen: (how long can I hold my breath?) |
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| periodic table: (elements for sale) |
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| oxidation/rust: (about a ladder you shouldn't trust) |
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| H2O/water: (an oxygen atom that liked to cut school) |
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| covalent bond: (sharing's nice!) |
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| ionic bond: (it's really quite an ironic bond) |
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science poems:
earth science
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| antarctica (the coldest place on Earth!) |
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| climate: (weather, you like it or not!) |
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| earthquake: (tectonic plate) |
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| equator: (and the silly little ladybug) |
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| everest: (the highest mountain on Earth!) |
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| rocks: (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) |
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| volcano: (magnificent magma) |
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| water cycle: (keeping it fresh) |
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biomes 
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| alpine biome: (what's at the top of the mountain?) |
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| desert: (hot or cold, they're always dry) |
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| rainforest (tropical): (forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent) |
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| savannah (african): (A special type of grassland) |
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| tundra (arctic): (Aunt Sue lives in a block of ice!) |
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landforms
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| archipelago: (when one island's not enough!) |
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| island: (water's all around me) |
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| isthmus: (miss wishfish gave me an isthmus for christmas!) |
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| peninsula: (starts with a pen but not filled with ink!) |
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| strait: (links up two bodies of water) |
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weather |
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| air: (suck me up through your nose!) |
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| climate: (weather, you like it or not!) |
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| clouds: (too bad they can't talk...) |
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humidity: (a bad hair day for spider!)
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| hurricane: (lotsa' wind, lotsa' rain!) |
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| lightning: (why does electricity have to fly?) |
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| rain: (you just can't blow it away!) |
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| wind: (dude called wind blew through town) |
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4 seasons 
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| spring: (spring has sprung) |
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| summer: (trees and bees) |
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| fall: (winged things fly south) |
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| winter: (skiing, sledding, leafless trees) |
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science poems:
physics
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| magnets: (they're not for eating!) |
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| colors and light: (wavelengths) |
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| force: (makes things move) |
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| gravity: (why it hurts when I fall) |
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| position words: (above, below, in front, behind) |
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| sound: (vibrations make sound) |
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| volume: (enormous water) |
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science poems:
astronomy &
solar system
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| the sun: (no life without my energy) |
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| mercury: (closest to the Sun) |
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| venus: (spins the other way!) |
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| earth: (the planet we all share) |
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| mars: (martians are coming!) |
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| jupiter: (big bully of the sky!) |
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| saturn: (rings for sale!) |
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| uranus: (I spin on my side!) |
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| neptune: (I don't want to be last!) |
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| pluto: (I used to be a planet, but now I'm a dwarf!) |
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| solar eclipse: (the Sun is gone!) |
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| meteor: (I want to be a star! (a shooting star)) |
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| milky way: (not just a chocolate bar) |
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