Third Grade Videos
I hope you enjoy these videos from our school year.
2021 - 2022
On this page are videos from some of this year's science lessons. Students will be reflecting on inquiry-based observations, activities, investigations and experiments in order to increase their understanding of science instruction. Interpreting, analyzing, and interacting with science is a critical aspect in the classroom and can be seen in these videos. It is my intention that these videos spark conversations at home about science and what we are learning in the classroom.
*FYI - THIS WEB PAGE IS BEST VIEWED FROM A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP - WHEN VIEWING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE SOME IMAGES MAY APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF. Some formats that I use to create these videos give me control over the music volume when students are talking and some do not. I apologize if some students are harder to hear.
Science Topic: LIFE CYCLES
LEARNING GOAL: Throughout these lessons, students will learn about and be able to explain that all animals have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying. Students will understand that the details of life cycles vary from one organism to another, note changes that occur during the growth and development of some animals and plants, and be able to sequence the stages of life of selected plants and animals.
Stop Motion Clay Animation - Life Cycles
Third graders have been working in groups to create a stop motion clay animation video of the life cycle of an animal. There are 7 different videos below, one for each group's stop motion clay animation master piece. I am so proud of their hard work, determination, and creativity.
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Ozobot Coding- Life Cycles
The girls are learning about life cycles and they used their knowledge to program their Ozobot to travel through the life cycle of an animal or plant. They used color coding patterns to tell the robot how to move. Please watch and see how they demonstrated each of the stages with robotic movements. There are 2 videos one for each homeroom.
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Science Topic: ELECTRIC CIRCUITS
LEARNING GOAL: Throughout these lessons, students will learn about and be able to explain what electricity is and how electric current flows in a circuit. Students will be able to wire a basic circuit. Students will be able to explain the difference between series and parallel connections. Students will be able to build simple circuits to light a bulb and turn on a motor including an on / off switch.
Creating a Paper Circuit in a Light-Up Card for a Friend
The girls learned how to make a paper circuit with a battery, copper tape, and an LED lightbulb. They used their knowledge to create a card for a friend that lights up. (Watch out Hallmark!) Each student gave a card and each student received a card. The students presented their cards to their friends who were thrilled to receive these personal notes of kindness.
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Lighting a Lightbulb
We are learning about electric circuits. The girls learned about how circuits work, how batteries work, and how lightbulbs work and were then given the challenge to use ONLY 1 battery, 1 wire, and 1 lightbulb to create an electrical circuit that will light the lightbulb. I did not give them directions, just the information that they need to figure it out on their own. Like Thomas Edison, it took the girls many tries, but they were persistent and resilient! I love how you can see their expressions through their masks when the lightbulb turns on for the first time and how they cheered for their friends when they got it to work too. Wonderful work!
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Science Topic: SPACE
LEARNING GOAL: Throughout these lessons, students will discover the interconnection of our Earth, Moon and Sun as well as learn that our Earth is part of a large solar system. They will understand that there are 8 planets that orbit the sun in their own specific paths.
Bilingual Project about the Solar System:
SCIENCE, SPANISH, ART, & LIBRARY
The girls worked in groups in Science to research the planets in our solar system. Each group wrote about their planet using the facts they learned. They then wrote facts about their planet in Spanish during Spanish class and each student created beautiful artwork for their planet in art class. Photos with their art work are included in this video narrated by the students themselves. The girls worked hard on this multi-departmental project! We are all so proud of them!
*Please watch Part 2: The Solar System as well to see 3-D artwork students created of their planets in Spanish class.
Srta. Monste (Spanish), Ms. Siembora (Art), Mrs. Josef (Library), and Ms. Haines (Science).
Exploring Space Virtually
As a launch to our planet and constellation lessons in the space unit, the 3rd graders virtually explored space today using the SkyView app. We searched for planets, constellations, and other space objects such as satellites, the Hubble Telescope, the International Space Station, space junk and more! We will also use this app at the end of this portion of our unit. You can see the excitement on their faces even behind the masks! Now they are excited to learn more!!!! This is a free app that you are welcome to download at home as well. You may enjoy it for yourself! :)
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Solar Ovens
The girls learned about solar heat through this project based learning experience. After learning about the purpose for solar energy and how it works, the girls were given materials to build solar ovens in groups but they were NOT given directions. They needed to work together to create their own design. They tested their ovens by melting a Hershey's Kiss, they took the temperature of their oven every 5 minutes, and watched the temperature rise and soar well above the temperature outside. They recorded their data in their solar oven lab notebook then they brainstormed ways to improve their solar oven. The girls were ready to take on the next challenge to increase the temperature in their oven next time. They made adjustments and then "cooked" S'mores in their new and improved ovens. I am so proud of the enthusiasm, hard work, learning, and "energy" the girls put into this project. GREAT WORK! The first video in this section is from the entire project over several weeks. The second video is the girls' reflections. The third video is from the second testing day.
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Moon Craters
Students did an experiment that simulated how moon craters are made. They dropped different size, and weighted balls (to represent meteors) into a container of rice, flour, and cocoa powder that simulated the Moon's surface. The girls observed and measured the width and depth of the craters as well as the ejection rays that were formed. As you can see in the video, the students did a lot of the recording for this movie! The second video in this section has student reflections of their learning.
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Phases of the Moon
After learning about the phases of the moon, the girls used Oreo cookies to represent the different phases the moon goes through in a cycle of about 28 days. It begins as a new moon, and then gets bigger into a waxing crescent, then a first quarter moon, then a waxing gibbous, and then a full moon. At this point it begins to decrease into a waning gibbous, then a last quarter moon, a waning crescent, and then into a new moon to start the cycle again. Added bonus - the girls got to eat Oreos at the end. :)
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Science & Art SHADOWS
It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of sunshine for our shadow experiment. We began at 8:30 and traced our early morning shadows and saw that they are longer than our actual bodies. We came out at 11:00 or 11:30 to see what our shadows look like close to noon... Will they be longer, shorter, or the same? Will they move or be in the same spot? Watch the video and see what happened!
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Exploring Shadows/ Sundials
Students learned about how sundials work and they got a chance to see the AIS Sundial. The girls became human gnomons. (The stick part of the sundial.) Unfortunately it was not the most sunny day so we talked about what happens when it is not a sunny day and we could not see our shadows and how that demonstrates an imperfection in using a sundial to tell time. One video is of pictures from the lesson, the other video is of student reflections.
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First Day of Science:
Shrinky Dink Experiment
Question: What will happen when you put a sheet of plastic into an oven? Watch and find out!!! We used special shrinky dink paper for this experiment and we talked about how melting the plastic to make it smaller would be helpful in recycling. We also talked about single use plastic vs. multi-use plastic. The students watched as their creations twisted, curled, and shrank in the oven and they were able to take home their creations today. Please enjoy this video from our time in science .
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