This year in Science we will be following the Grade 3 Science Curriculum.
Scroll down to find out what we did each week.
Rocks and Minerals
Hearing and Sound
Building and Testing Designs with Various Materials
Animal Life Cycles
This week we learned about:
The Rock Cycle
Rocks and their Uses
Choose 1-2 rocks to fill in the blanks for in the activity here.
To find out more about your rock(s), check out the sites posted to Google Classroom.
This week we learned about:
Comparing Rock Types (Monday)
Weathering and Erosion Lab (Tuesday and Thursday)
Check out our Mystery Science Lab on Google Classroom.
This week we learned about:
Formation of Sedimentary Rocks Lab (Monday)
Check out the videos we watched below.
Properties of Minerals ONLINE Lab (Tuesday)
Properties of Soil
Check out the Brainpop video and quiz on soil
This week we learned about:
Layer of the Earth
We are finishing up our Power Point of the Layers of the Earth on Google Classroom.
Make sure to include pictures and a description of each layer, after competing your diagram of the layers of the Earth. (Watch the videos below to refresh your memory of the Layers of the Earth - feel free to use facts from these videos too!)
This week we learned about:
Hearing and Sound
Monday:
Mystery Sound Game - Listen to the video and identify the sounds. How are we able to tell what the sounds are? What makes them different or similar?
What do you know about hearing and sound? (we drew/recorded everything we knew on a blank paper).
We then watched "The Magic School Bus" and recorded things we learned about hearing and sound while we watched.
Tuesday:
We did a lab on Mystery Science. Check it out on Google Classroom.
(Look below for activities and resources)
Monday:
We did a lab on Mystery Science. Check it out on Google Classroom.
Check out the handouts below that go with our lab and follow along!
Tuesday: (No Science! We had a Google Meet Presentation!)
Wednesday:
We did a lab on the eardrum. (Check out page 15-17)
We then watched a video on BrainPop (and did the quiz).
Afterwards we filled in a diagram of the eardrum as a class (page 18-19)
We watched a video on BrainPop (and finished the quiz).
Afterwards we did Mystery Science Lab you can find on Google Classroom.
Username: 0099
Password: students
(Look below for activities and resources)
Monday:
We reviewed ears from last week with a BrainPop Jr. video/quiz. (the same username and password will work for this site too!)
We did a lab on "Amplifying Sounds" on page 24-25 of the booklet below. (Do not worry if you are unable to complete labs like this at home! You're welcome to take a look if you wish!)
Can we amplify sound using other objects?
Watch the two video below to review "Amplification of Sounds".
We did a lab on "Amplifying Sounds" on page 27 of the booklet below. (Do not worry if you are unable to complete labs like this at home! You're welcome to take a look if you wish still!)
Username: 0099
Password: students
Watch me first.
Watch me second.
Join the Google Meet (I will try to record and post here afterwards).
Watch videos to review (class discussion).
Read about each instrument and draw a picture of your favourite from each "Instrument Family". (handout in package)
Before next Science Class, have an idea which instrument you would like to build!
Username: 0099
Password: students
Go to Google Classroom to watch this video on frequency and pitch.
What does frequency and pitch mean?