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Science — Grade 3
Goal 1, Objective 1.03
Resources aligned to this objective
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- 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.
- 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 Science)
- By Betty Black.
- 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 and Science)
- By Mary Rizzo.
Resources on the web
- Trees in art and nature
- In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students use the art of Vincent van Gogh as a point of reference to learn about trees by comparing those in Van Gogh's paintings to those in nature. After learning about the botany of trees, students create leaf rubbings as a culminating... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)
- Provided by: ArtsEdge
- 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)
- Provided by: 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/lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Science)
- Provided by: 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/lesson plan (grade K–5 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 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)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- The great plant escape
- Welcome to the Great Plant Escape. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
- Provided by: University of Ilinois Extension
