This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 3rd grade Science content.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade Science course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

Students will use engineering materials to create a topographic map then program Sphero to be a tour guide through the map.

Students use NASA photographs and hands-on activities to compare the amounts of land and water on our planet. They discover that the world has five oceans, and that they cover 70% of Earth's surface. Students learn how this affects the entire Earth system.

Students become aware that the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by water. They will also understand that water can exist in three states. Teacher Notes for the activity are in the database as a separate resource.

In this lesson, students will learn the different sources of freshwater, and the relative ratios of these water sources on the earth. Students will participate in a visual presentation involving five gallons of water that represents all the water on the earth.

Students will build a geotour using an online interactive map. The geotour will provide information about specific landforms in North America and Africa. This lesson was developed by Georgia Morrison as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will investigate the idea that gradual changes in landforms reflect changes in the Earth’s atmosphere caused by human activity and subsequent global warming. They will create classroom service announcements, detailing the possible causes of climate change and urging fellow students to take action, to become aware of the connections among their lifestyles and the preservation of landforms. Students will develop the perspective that daily activity in one place in the world can have an impact on the entire planet. This lesson was developed by Georgia Morrison as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will be introduced to Earth’s land features and participate in virtual explorations of North American and African landforms. This lesson was developed by Georgia Morrison as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will use their prior knowledge of land forms and water forms to identify and recognize land forms and water forms in Africa. Students will use a KWL chart to specifically describe what they know about land forms and water forms specific to Africa. Students will use the online resource of Google Earth and Epic Books and ask and answer questions while using informational texts and text features to gain an understanding of Africa's geography.This lesson was developed by Anjali Nair as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Students will use a safe search engine for kids on their own computers and work with a partner to gather information about an assigned land form or water form. Students will complete a graphic organizer in which they will use later to write an informational piece on their African topic.This lesson was developed by Anjali Nair as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy

Students will learn about the importance of water and the problems surrounding water globally and locally. Students will compare usability of fresh water and salt water. Students will research and promote water conservation. This lesson was developed by Julie Johnson as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

This can be used for assessment, extra practice, or even just for fun!This can also be modified to ask students to share more information. For example, they could also label each water feature with fresh, brackish, or salt water. Also, this resource is changing. I will be adding a rubric at a later date. But my students liked it last year when I left it with a sub. It was a good way to see if they could identify different land and water features!

This scientific article describes how glaciers are being created and how it ends in the sea, in rivers or in lakes. Additional information is provided about icebergs and why only the tip of an iceberg is visible. The text is written for native speakers 8 years and up.

This scientific article explains the phenomenon of high tide and low tide. It also compares the tide differences in oceans, the Mediterranean, and lakes. The text is written in child-friendly language for native speakers and appropriate for childen 8 years and up

Water covers 71% of the earth?s surface?does it get the instructional time it deserves in your busy curriculum? Students wade right in to the study of bodies of water as they read and discuss science trade books and work together to develop Readers Theater scripts based on selected titles.

This is a 36 slide powerpoint presentation providing information about landforms with vivid illustrations, geographic terms, and definitions provided.

In this activity, students research various landforms and compare and contrast them. Students will use art supplies to create a mobile to display the landforms they have learned about.

Students will explore landforms by identifying and comparing a variety of them. Students will also discover how landforms can change. Resources for this lesson can be found as separate entries in the collection. They are identified as "Looking at Landforms: Name of Resource."