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What is the Fifth Grade Science Program?

The fifth grade science program, Science Station, allows your child to practice with the science benchmarks for the elementary grades including all those tested on the 5th grade FCAT. In this program, your child will encounter an adventure story involving robot characters on a far-away planet called Nearth as they work through instructional content and practice questions based on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

What are the Program's Special Features?

  • 200 practice questions based on the benchmarks tested on FCAT 2.0
  • Adaptive navigation that directs struggling students to remediation
  • 15 lessons on key concepts in elementary science
  • Benchmark-based vocabulary instruction to build science fluency
  • Correct- and incorrect-answer feedback for all questions
  • Short- and extended-response questions that require student evaluation
  • Hints and interactive glossary for multiple-choice questions
  • Animated vocabulary games to reinforce key concepts
  • Colorful illustrations to stress key points and increase interest
  • Engaging outer-space interface with aliens and animated robots
 
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