Severe Weather PBL Links
School Plan for Severe Weather Safety
Listen to Reading Choices
Diaper Derby- multiplication game
http://www.speedtypingonline.com/typing-test
Writing Fun- Writing templates
Dance Mat Typing - BBC
Fun Kids Online Math - Activities at all levels. Also time and money.
http://www.world-english.org/wordgames5.htm
Sept-October
Internet Safety
Growing Plants -BBC
Helping Plants Grow Well - BBC
Life Cycles - BBC
Trees Are Terriffic - Travel with Pierre
Tech Skill: Parts of a plant. PowerPoint. Multiple slides, copy and paste, WordArt, insert slide, animation.
Smokey the Bear - Fire Safety Week
Place Value - AAA Math
Place Value - Fun Brain
Fire Safety- http://www.sparky.org/
Tech Skill: MS Word Basics
November
United States Miliatry
Michigan
Map Skills
Measurement
Measurement - Fun Brain
Measures - BBC
Michigan World Atlas - Michigan Map Quiz on Michigan Landforms
Tech Skill: Spreadsheets: cell recognition
Tech Skill: MS Word Big, Bigger, Biggest
December - January
Write a letter to Santa - Letter Generator
Anishinaabemowin - the language of the Anishinaabe nation
Michigan Towns with Indian Names
Classification of Animals
What Kind of Animal Is It? - Classify animals in their habitats.
Classification - What animal is it? - Guess the name of the animal by its characteristics.
Classification of Animals - Use this site for information to add to your presentation.
Animal Photo Gallery- Use this site for animal reports. Information, fast facts and picture. From the National Zoo.
Animal Photos for Presentation - Use this site to see pictures of animals by classification.
Infrared Zoo - See which animals are warm or cold blooded.
Animal Adaptations and Comaflauge - 3 lessons l.OL.03.12
What Where When and Why? - Characteristics of animals
Tech Skill: Classification of animals presentation: note taking, copy and paste, titles, bullets, backgrounds, format text, animation and sound
February
Natural Resources
Tech Skill: Create a 3 page PowerPoint presentation with pictures demonstrating renewable, nonrenewable and nonexhaustible resources.
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resource Quiz
The Environment - BBC
Adventure of the Garbage Gremlin
Polution - Muck, Stink and Poison
EEkoWorld - Pollution Videos and Games
March
Tech Skill: Volcano PowerPoint presentation: note taking, insert, titles, bullets, backgrounds, format text, animation and sound, transitions, cite sources: 6 slides
Force
April-May
Michigan Before Statehood
Tech Skill: Copy, paste and resize images in Word. Add caption.
Light and Sound
Sound and Hearing - BBC
Changing Sounds - BBC
Light and Dark - BBC
Light and Shadows - BBC
How We See Things - BBC
Grade 3 Science Standards and Benchmarks
Changes in Motion MP3
Gravity – Earth pulls down on all objects with a force called gravity. With very few exceptions, objects fall to the ground no matter where the object is on the Earth.
Force – A force is either a push or a pull. The motion of objects can be changed by forces. The size of the change is related to the size of the force. The change is also related to the mass of the object on which the force is being exerted. When an object does not move in response to a force, it is because the environment is applying another force.
Speed – An object is in motion when its position is changing. The speed of an object is defined by how far it travels in a standard amount of time.
Force and Motion MP3
Gravity – Earth pulls down on all objects with a force called gravity. With very few exceptions, objects fall to the ground no matter where the object is on the Earth.
Force – A force is either a push or a pull. The motion of objects can be changed by forces. The size of the change is related to the size of the force. The change is also related to the mass of the object on which the force is being exerted. When an object does not move in response to a force, it is because the environment is applying another force.
Speed – An object is in motion when its position is changing. The speed of an object is defined by how far it travels in a standard amount of time.
Light and Sound MP4
Forms of Energy – Heat, electricity, light, and sound are forms of energy.
Light Properties – Light travels in straight lines. Shadows result from light not being able to pass through an object. When light travels at an angle from one substance to another (air and water), it changes directions.
Sound – Vibrating objects produce sound. The pitch of sound varies by changing the rate of vibration.
Conductive and Reflective Properties – Objects vary to the extent they absorb and reflect light energy and conduct heat and electricity.
Structures and Functions of Living Things MP1
Structures and Functions – Organisms have different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
Classification – Organisms can be classified on the basis of observable characteristics.
Environmental Adaptation – Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that help them to live in different environments.
Earth Materials, Change, and Resources MP2
Natural Resources – The supply of many natural resources is limited. Humans have devised methods for extending their use of natural resources through recycling, reuse, and renewal.
Human Impact – Humans depend on their natural and constructed environment. Humans change environments in ways that are helpful or harmful for themselves and other organisms.
Earth Materials – Earth materials that occur in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere. Earth materials have properties that sustain plant and animal life.
Surface Changes – The surface of the Earth changes. Some changes are due to slow processes, such as erosion and weathering, and some changes are due to rapid processes, such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
Using Earth Materials – Some earth materials have properties that make them useful either in their present form or designed and modified to solve human problems. They can enhance the quality of life as in the case of materials used for building or fuels used for heating and transportation.
Social Studies
Geography MP1
Native Americans MP1
Early History - statehoodMP2-3
Growth of Michigan - Industry (Lumbering) MP3
Michigan Gov MP4