Grade 3 Science and Technology
-based student learning activities Growth and
Changes in Plants; Plant Parts
Plant Life Cycles Activity Fact Sheets Quiz - from BBC Schools
Helping Plants Grow Well Activity Fact Sheets Quiz - from BBC Schools
New Plants - click on "Watch It Grow" to help Farmer Jane plant your garden, and watch it grow!
Plant-Parts
Salad - "Eat roots? Eat stems? NO WAY!!! Leap into our plant-parts
salad." Students can play an interactive game that teaches the basic plant
parts.
Great Plant Escape Help Detective LePlant and his partners Bud
and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life!
Plant Explorer - explore information and quizzes about plant parts and growth and how we use plants
Exploring the Secret World of Trees - Learn all about the parts of a tree and why trees are important to us!
Trees Are Terrific! - Travel with Pierre as you learn all about how trees are important to us!
Magnetism; Activity
Fact
Sheet - from BBC Education's ReviseWise
Science.
Forces; Gravity/Friction - from BBC Education's ReviseWise Science
Forces and Movement - from BBC Schools
Stability - a web site created specifically for this grade 3 Science unit.
Build a Tipi! In
this Science Alberta Foundation resource, a young First Nations girl explains
the steps involved in erecting a Cree tipi. With the girl’s coaching, students
select materials, place poles, and insert stakes leading to the completion of
the tipi.
Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed! - from Edheads
Dirtmeister's Science Reporters Investigate and Report on Simple Machines - a challenge to learn about the six types of simple machines. Then find an example of one you've seen at school, home, or anywhere and write about it.
S.K. Worm Answers Your Questions About Soil and Stuff from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Very engaging and readable for grade 3. (link fixed Dec. 17, 2002)
Great Plant Escape Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. (includes a section on Soil)
Soil Science Education Home Page This page contains a lot of new, exciting, fun and informative material on the soil. There is a Soil Gallery, where you can see the Soil of the Month and read some soil stories in Once Upon a Sandy Loam. You can even sing some soil songs in Rock 'N Soil.
The Dirt on Soil - from DiscoverySchool.com - the reading level is challenging for grade 3, however there are excellent diagrams and explanations.