This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with …
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 3rd grade Science content. Within the folder you will access Parent Guide PDFs in FIVE Languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Vietnamese to help on-going communication with caregivers.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade Science course. It includes ideas …
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 work in groups to design a wheel-less vehicle that will …
Students will work in groups to design a wheel-less vehicle that will be sent across different surfaces to test what friction does to materials. The goal of the build will be to make a vehicle that will move as quickly as possible over different surfaces. By using different types of surfaces the student will have to test and decide which building materials are best to cause the best movement.
This scientific article explains the historic, social, and economic implications of the …
This scientific article explains the historic, social, and economic implications of the invention of the steam engine. It also discusses how the industrial revolution made manufacturing plants independent from locations next to rivers. The last part describes the nostalgic use of historic steam engines. The text is in child-friendly language and appropriate for children age 8 and up.
In this series of quick hands-on activities, students will demonstrate that heat …
In this series of quick hands-on activities, students will demonstrate that heat is produced when objects are rubbed together. As assessment, students will identify and draw examples that illustrate this concept.
The Heat Energy unit helps students understand what heat energy is, how …
The Heat Energy unit helps students understand what heat energy is, how it is transferred, how it is measured, and how insulation can keep heat in or out. In the introductory activity, students will investigate how heat energy is generated when they rub two things together.
In this lesson, students will participate in a variety of activities that …
In this lesson, students will participate in a variety of activities that produce varying levels of heat. They use a worksheet to record their observations and findings, then they share their findings with their classmates. Additional discussion questions are included. This lesson is part of a series of lessons dealing with energy transformations.
Students will investigate heat through demonstrations, discussions, and simple examples. Students will …
Students will investigate heat through demonstrations, discussions, and simple examples. Students will understand that the source of all energy for the earth comes solely from the sun. They will also be able to distinguish mechanical and electrical sources of energy in everyday life activities.
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