| Animal Poems | butterfly poem |
| butterfly life cycle /metamorphosis |
| banana slug poem |
| bat poem (the only mammal that flies) |
| bird poem (a flying vertebrate) |
| blue whale poem (the largest animal on Earth) |
| camel poem (there is no water in those humps!) |
| caterpillar poem (a giant butterfly?) |
| cheetah poem (fastest land animal) |
| dinosaur poem (not sure I'd want to meet one) |
| earthworm poem (where would we be without them) |
| elephant poem (the largest land animal) |
| fish poem (gills to breathe) |
| giraffe poem (the tallest animal on Earth) |
| hummingbird poem (the smallest of all birds) |
| kangaroo Poem |
| lion (an acrostic poem) |
| mosquito poem: parasite (the deadliest animal on Earth) |
| octopus poem (a tale of 3 broken hearts) |
| octopus poem (don't ask one for directions) |
| penguin poem (if penguins could fly) |
| shark poem (the largest fish in the ocean) |
| spider poem (they aren't insects) |
| tadpole poem (metamorphosis of a frog) |
| tiger poem (largest of all cats) |
| platypus poem (an egg laying mammal) |
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| Plants and Trees | buds (a long winter's sleep) |
| cactus (a plant you shouldn't kiss) |
| deciduous (why are those trees bald?) |
| epiphyte (never touch that dirty ground) |
| leaf poem |
| photosynthesis (plants make their own food) |
| redwoods (tallest trees on Earth) |
| roots (absorbing water) |
| seeds (they can travel) |
| trees (let's protect them) |
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| Human Anatomy | bones: (the bone thief) |
| brain: (I'm nervous about my nervous system) |
| circulatory system: (heart, veins, and arteries are a part of me!) |
| digestive system: (digestion prevents congestion!) |
| heart: (the organ that never takes a rest) |
| ligament: (holds bones to bones- better than glue!) |
| muscles: (you need them to move) |
| tendon: (connects our muscles to our bones!) |
| respiratory system: (trachea, lungs, alveoli) |
| teeth: (hardest part of our body) |
| vein: (I know I'm the best) |
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| 5 Senses | five senses: (for five body parts) |
| ear: (my sense of hearing) |
| eye: (my sense of sight) |
| skin: (my sense of touch) |
| nose: (my sense of smell) |
| tongue: (my sense of taste) |
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| biology | mammals: (they're not fish, frogs, or birds) |
| adaptation: (why I make change) |
| autotroph: (don't buy bread in a loaf!) |
| basic needs: (of living things) |
| chicken egg: (a chubby chicken laid no eggs!) |
| extinction: (let's protect endangered species) |
| food chain (what eats what and who eats who?) |
| fungus: (on my pizza) |
| hibernation: (a kid who slept too much) |
| carnivore: (but Clyde never ate meat!) |
| herbivore: (eating plants what they adore!) |
omnivore: (so easy to please)
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| migration: (moving to new ground) |
| diurnal: (I'll stay up all night!) |
| nocturnal: (the sun goes down, I come out) |
| parasite: (the day I bit a mosquito) |
| predator: (I hunt for my food) |
| prey: (I won't be a meal or a snack!) |
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| Chemistry | evaporation: (it's quite the sensation!) |
| condensation: (we got water for you) |
| dissolve: (how I hid the sugar!) |
| chemical change: (changing my molecules) |
| physical change: (visual change) |
| element: (the building blocks of everything!) |
| helium: (who drank the glass of gas?) |
| hydrogen: (I'm number one!) |
| matter: (makes me feel fatter!) |
oxygen: (how long can I hold my breath?)
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| periodic table: (elements for sale) |
| oxidation/rust: (about a ladder you shouldn't trust) |
| H2O/water: (an oxygen atom that liked to cut school) |
| covalent bond: (sharing's nice!) |
| ionic bond: (it's really quite an ironic bond) |
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| Earth Science | air (suck me up through your nose!) |
| antarctica (the coldest place on Earth!) |
| climate: (weather, you like it or not!) |
| earthquake: (tectonic plate) |
| equator: (and the silly little ladybug) |
| everest: (the highest mountain on Earth!) |
| 3 types of rocks: (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) |
| volcano: (magnificent magma) |
| water cycle: (keeping it fresh) |
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| Biome Poems | alpine: (what's at the top of the mountain?) |
| desert: (hot or cold, they're always dry) |
| rainforest (tropical): (forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent) |
| savannah (african): (A special type of grassland) |
| tundra (arctic): (Aunt Sue lives in a block of ice!) |
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| Landform Poems | archipelago: (when one island's not enough!) |
| continents: (are there 6, 7, 8, or 9?) |
| island: (water's all around me) |
| isthmus: (miss wishfish gave me an isthmus for christmas!) |
| peninsula: (starts with a pen but not filled with ink!) |
| strait: (links up two bodies of water) |
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| weather poems | clouds: (too bad they can't talk...) |
| cumulus clouds: (cotton in the sky) |
| humidity: (a bad hair day for spider!) |
| hurricane: (lotsa' wind, lotsa' rain!) |
| lightning: (why does electricity have to fly?) |
| rain: (you just can't blow it away!) |
| wind: (dude called wind blew through town) |
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| 4 seasons poems | summer: (trees and bees) |
| fall: (winged things fly south) |
| winter: (skiing, sledding, leafless trees) |
| spring: (spring has sprung) |
| summer ACROSTIC poem: (summer sizzles) |
| fall ACROSTIC poem: (floating, falling leaves are flying) |
| winter ACROSTIC poem: (my freezing cold toes!) |
| spring ACROSTIC poem: (great to be here in sweet spring!) |
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| Earth's atmosphere | troposphere: (where weather lives) |
| stratosphere: (my fear of falling) |
| mesosphere: (meteors make a mess) |
| thermosphere: (a strange place to play) |
| exosphere: (the final frontier) |
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| Physics | magnets: (they're not for eating!) |
matter: (makes me feel fatter!)
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| colors and light: (wavelengths) |
| force: (makes things move) |
| gravity: (why it hurts when I fall) |
| position words: (above, below, in front, behind) |
| sound: (vibrations make sound) |
| volume: (enormous water) |
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| Solar System and Astronomy | the sun: (no life without my energy) |
| the order of the planets music video |
| mercury: (closest to the Sun) |
| venus: (spins the other way!) |
| earth: (the planet we all share) |
| mars: (martians are coming!) |
| jupiter: (big bully of the sky!) |
| saturn: (rings for sale!) |
| uranus: (I spin on my side!) |
| neptune: (I don't want to be last!) |
| pluto: (I used to be a planet, but now I'm a dwarf!) |
| solar eclipse: (the Sun is gone!) |
| lunar eclipse: (the moon is gone!) |
| meteor: (I want to be a star! (a shooting star)) |
| milky way: (not just a chocolate bar) |
| the moon: (lights my room) |
