Students will listen to a close reading of The 3 Little Pigs over the course of 3 days.  (Many versions are accessible via NC Kids Digital Library.  Teacher discretion as to the story version.  Personal copy or online versions can be used.) After each read aloud, students will have the opportunity to engage in The Engineering Design Process to create a new dwelling using materials of varying physical properties.  Students will write to tell about their new dwelling design using sentence frames and an anchor chart for support.  Finally, students will present their new dwellings and read their informational writing to reflect their knowledge of physical properties.  Student informational writing should reflect physical properties such as size, color, shape, texture, weight and flexibility per the NC Kindergarten Science Standards.

After learning about the 3 States of Matter, students can be tested using a pop quiz to check for understanding of the subject, how they transfer from one state to another and also how they are able to illustrates the states of matter either through a drawing of a real life example of the state of matter or the state of matter as a particle. (3.P.2.1, 3.P.2.2, 3.P.2.3)

After learning about the 3 States of Matter, students can be tested using a pop quiz to check for understanding of the subject, how they transfer from one state to another and also how they are able to illustrates the states of matter either through a drawing of a real life example of the state of matter or the state of matter as a particle. (3.P.2.1, 3.P.2.2, 3.P.2.3)

Marshmallows are too big for Lego people to throw. Your kingdom has come under attack and must defend itself. Design a catapult using the WeDo kit and motors, that will launch a marshmallow with enough force to knock down your opponent’s wall, before they down yours.

 Eggbert has volunteered for the first egg-head mission to the Moon. The problem Eggbert faces is that the landing on the Moon’s surface will be very quick, and his space ship will crash. To ensure the success of this mission, your engineering team will need to design a safety restraint device that will withstand the crash.Your team has a budget of $800.00 to spend on the materials for the design. You must discuss what materials you will purchase, keeping within your budget, and record the items in a spreadsheet. You must also ALL agree on a team design. If Eggbert does not survive your first attempt, you may have time to redesign the restraint system. Your goal is to be the team that spends the least amount of money and keeps Eggbert from cracking.

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 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. 

This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and Plants.

This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and Plants.Profile image: soil by Creative Mania from the Noun Project

This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and Plants.

This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and Plants.This resource has been enhanced with a section of resources including activities and digital learning opportunities.

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

Students will learn the relative sizes of the planets in the solar system, as well as Pluto, asteroids, and comets, by using a scale model. They will learn that different solar system bodies are made of different materials and will consider different ways to classify them.

Design and build a sleigh using a WeDo kit, K’nex or similar, that will pull a specific measured weight.

A 3rd-grade lesson plan that covers: Newcomer Writing using the 8 phases of explicit instruction for writing by Calderon and Slakk (2018): 1) Pre-teach the most important vocabulary; 2) Use a Mentor text for reading before writing; 3) Present the text structure to use; 4) Model it (Model each phase of the writing process); 5) Memorize it (Ensure that students memorize the language and steps of the strategy); 6) Support it (Scaffold according to student need); 7) Ample use of student interaction (Collaborate and cooperative writing strategies with other students); and 8) Differentiated assessment

This animation illustrates the movement of the three basic waves associated with an earthquake and the effects of these waves on various locations. By measuring the travel time of the P and S waves, distances from the epicenter can be calculated.

As students study electricity and circuits, they can build their Operation games. Made from a few household materials, a makey-makey kit and the Scratch website, students can create and play their Operation game.

In this lesson, students will know the appearance of the moon changes in a specific pattern and repeat this sequence over the course of approximately 28 days. In addition, discuss that Earth’s rotation causes one side of planet Earth to receive light rays from the sun. Earth to receive light rays from the sun. This phenomenon is called day. (Understand, Key Concept 2). Discuss that Earth’s rotation causes one side of planet Earth not to receive light rays from the sun. This phenomenon causes darkness which is called night. Lesson integrates computer science using Bee-Bots

This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 4th 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.