04/18 - 06/10
Forces, Motion, and Magnets Unit
Key Concepts Overview:
● Pushes and pulls are forces that cause things to change how they are moving.
● Magnets push and pull at a distance.
● Friction is a force that resists sliding motion between two objects.
● Different materials have different strengths and weaknesses when used to push or pull.
01/23-04/08
Stormy Skies
Weather, Climate, & Water Cycle
Unit Key Concepts Overview: In this unit, students investigate and make predictions about the weather through careful observation of the clouds and wind. Students also learn to differentiate between weather and climate and use models to reveal global climate patterns.
11/29/21-01/22/22
Power of Flowers
Plant Life Cycle and Hereditary
Unit Key Concepts Overview:
In this unit, students discover how plants reproduce by exploring the process of pollination and fruiting. They also investigate how plant traits are inherited from parent plants, and how favorable plant traits can be enhanced by humans via artificial selection.
10/25/21-11/05/21
The 3rd Graders will continue their work with animal adaptations and habitats this week.
Last week the 3rd graders learned that different animals have been created over time due to selection.
This week's focus question: Can selection happen without people.
The 3rd graders figured out that they could not outrun a dinosaur, they're strides could not keep up with how big a dinos stride is!
This week's focus question: What kind of animals might there be in the future?
This week's Focus Question: Can you outrun a dinosaur? AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
This week's focus question: How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?
This Week's Focus Question: Where can you find whale's in a desert?
This Week's Focus Question: A water-filled cave that contains footprints, fossils, and ancient fire pits. How can these things be found deep underwater?
In third grade the Learners will be investigating and answering the focus question, "What happens when magnets interact with other magnets or paper clips?" as we begin our motion and matter Unit to finish out the year!
The 3rd Graders are going to begin finalizing their Climate Trip Advisors to share with you all at Expo Night about their assigned Country!
Third graders have been answering the question, "How do we describe different climates?" They will use this knowledge to start their Trimester 2 projects about climates in different areas of the world.
The third graders are going to build upon their knowledge of the water cycle to continue answering the question, "what is weather?"
In 3rd grade we will be investigating the question, "what is weather?"
Third Graders will begin answering the question, "What is the water cycle?"
The 3rd Grade Learners will travel more into their Water and Climate Unit with the question, "What is temperature?"
The learners will be answering the question "What is Coding?" and explore coding.
Third graders will be finishing up learning about water falling on different surfaces. Then, the learners will be answering the question "What is Coding?" and explore coding.
"What happens when water falls on different surfaces?" is the first question we will investigate in our Water and Climate Unit.
The 3rd graders are going to finalize their studies of plant and insect structures.
In 3rd Grade we will continue to investigate how and why seeds disperse and move away from their parent plant.
How as an engineers can we create a seed dispersal system? Engineering Challenge
The 3rd Graders are going to begin studying the external parts of animals and how they help keep them alive!
In 3rd Grade we are working on finalizing our Biomimicry Projects and creating a document to share our findings at Expo Night. Check in with your Learner about their animal, adaptation, and invention!
The 3rd Graders have all picked an animal and an adaptation they like about that animal to create an invention that will help solve a problem!
As we start our Trimester 1 Interdisciplinary Project, the 3rd Graders will be studying the question, "What can we learn from animal adaptations to solve a problem or improve our lives?"
We have studied structures of plants and we are now moving into the structures of snails! We will be learning about how their structures help them survive and grow.
The 3rd Graders are learning more about germination with the question, "What structures does a seedling have to help it grow and survive?"
Seeds have been planted and we're hoping they sprout so we can continue to explore the details of the external parts of a plant!
The 3rd Grade Learners are going to build upon their understanding of seeds and that they reproduce plants, vegetables, and fruits to answer the question, "What are the external parts of a plant?"
In 3rd Grade we will continue practicing identifying scientific properties by answering the Focus Question, "how are seeds alike and different?"
The 3rd graders are continuing to practice their Science Skills this week by investigating the question, "How do you describe properties and characteristics of a physical object?"
Our 3rd Graders started the year by exploring as Scientists! We practiced the steps of the scientific method to set up our first experiment with nasturtium seeds. We will continue to practice documenting our observations and to form our conclusion about how they grow.