Third Grade

Students will research the amount of severe weather events (hurricanes, tornadoes, snow storms, flooding etc.) that have happened in their region in each of the 4 seasons. They will use data from a 1, 2 or 3 year period and create a scaled bar graph for each season showing the number of times each type of severe weather happened. Students will also have the choice of creating a poster that will include a graph and information about why that weather event is dangerous. It will also tell what signs to look for before that weather event and what to do if it occurs.

Students will create a beautiful new park in their community that will feature plenty of space and includes a working ecosystem where producers, consumers, and decomposers will work together as a food chain. Students will become park designers and work with the mayor and other landscape architects to design and create this new community outdoor space. 

Students will publicly exhibit the following:

1. Illustrate and label a picture of a park.

2. Create a brochure that highlights all the parts of their park ecosystem.

3.  Write a letter to the local newspaper to inform them about the new park and its offer to the community.

4. Students will create a PowerPoint to inform the mayor about the importance of a working ecosystem in the new park with a partner. 

5. Create a diorama of a new park design and include some parts of the working ecosystem.

6. Write in a journal what they learned about the working parts of an ecosystem.