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Science — Grade 3
Goal 1, Objective 1.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Nature's Checks and Balances
- This Unit introduces students to several essential understandings. They will learn that plants and animals depend on one another for survival and organisms interact within nature to create a balance. They will also learn that humans can influence and manipulate nature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Nicolette Heise.
Lesson plans on the web
- The great plant escape
- Welcome to the Great Plant Escape. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
- Provider: University of Ilinois Extension
- Introducing biodiversity
- In this Science NetLinks lesson, students use online resources to identify the basic components necessary for biodiversity and the critical and countless benefits of habitats, as well as the serious present and future threats to their ongoing existence. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Paperbag paleontology
- Cornell Paleontologist John Chiment enlists the aid of younger school children in sorting through materials collected at a dig site and, in the process, demonstrates that anyone can “do science.” (Learn more)
- Format: activity (grade K–5 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Poison ivy
- This lesson focuses on plant defense mechanisms, helping students gain a greater understanding of poison ivy's chemical defenses. (Learn more)
- Format: activity (grade 3 and 5 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Red Maple takeover
- In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about the growing preponderance of Red Maples in forests of the eastern United States. (Learn more)
- Format: activity (grade 3 and 5 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Social trade-offs
- The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to make and evaluate decisions by weighing the benefits and drawbacks of each alternative. In the lesson, students practice the skill of decision-making through role-playing. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
