1. How can teamwork help in a difficult situation?
In this unit, you’ll explore how people from all walks of life work together in teams to meet challenges, some of which involve the ultimate challenge: survival. You’ll find out what it is like to be stranded in the icy seas of Antarctica, discover how people train to survive in space, learn how ordinary people can become heroes in times of need, and, a bit closer to home, find out how family members need to work together, whether playing an unexpectedly dangerous board game or going on a camping trip. When have you worked as a member of team? If you were facing danger, would you rather be alone or have others to rely on?
C. Thomas, 5th Grade, Fairmont Charter School

2. In what kinds of situations does a family work together as a team?

3. siblings relatives teamwork
Zathura takes a look at teamwork from a fictional perspective. With their parents away, two siblings who don’t quite get along as well as relatives should, find themselves caught up in a dangerous adventure when they play a mysterious board game. Will they survive? Teamwork is the best move they can make in this particular game.

4. robot Key Words A robot is programmed to
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robot
A robot is programmed to
do the jobs that a person usually does.
What could a robot do for you?

5. defective Key Words Something that is defective has
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defective
Something that is defective has
a flaw or weakness.
Tell about an object you had that
was defective.

6. meteor Key Words Meteors are pieces of rock from space.
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meteor
Meteors are pieces
of rock from space.
Describe meteors to someone who has never seen them.

7. rotated Key Words Rotated means
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rotated
Rotated means
turned around on an axis or a central point.
What other kinds of things can be rotated?

8. staggered Key Words Someone who
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staggered
Someone who
staggered would be said to have swayed or
walked unsteadily.
What is an antonym for staggered?

9. reversed Key Words Reversed means
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reversed
Reversed means
made something the opposite of what it was before.
Why is the room reversed?

10. dangling Key Words Something that is
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dangling
Something that is
dangling is hanging or swinging loosely.
What is a synonym for dangling?

11. tokens Key Words Tokens are things
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tokens
Tokens are things
that represent, or stand for, something else.
When have you used tokens?

12. end up looking like Function Words & Phrases In English, we use “end
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end up looking like
In English, we use “end
up looking like” to
describe a way that we sometimes look. End up looking like means “how we look after something else happens.”

13. less and less of Function Words & Phrases In English, we use
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less and less of
In English, we use
“less and less of” to describe how things decrease.
Less and less of means “not as much left.”

14. to freeze on (to stop at)
Function Words & Phrases
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to freeze on (to stop at)
In English, we use
“to freeze on” to describe what we do when we stop
suddenly. To freeze on means “to stop completely
and quickly.”

15. level out Function Words & Phrases In English, we use
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level out
In English, we use
“level out” to describe a
way that things change. Level out means “to become
less, or to become more even.”

16. Basic Words
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antenna

17. Basic Words
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flying saucer

18. Basic Words
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vessel

19. Basic Words
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alien (life form)

20. Basic Words
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spaceship

21. Basic Words
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black hole

22. Vocabulary Words robot defective meteor rotated staggered reversed
dangling tokens