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Science — Grade 3
Goal 1, Objective 1.03
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Amazing Amaryllis Activities
- Students will use an amaryllis started from a bulb to explore the growth of the plant, measure, record and compare the growth of the leaves and the flower. They will enter the data on a spreadsheet and convert it into a graph.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)
- By Mary Rizzo.
- Beans and how they grow
- The students will incorporate computer skills, math, and literature with books such as: Miss Rumphius and The Reason for a Flower.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)
- By Betty Black.
- The life cycle of a seed
- This lesson integrates science into the language arts block. Students will read about plant life cycle events and then write their own books about the life cycle of a plant.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Joni Kight.
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
- 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
