Your students will use Kitchen Chemistry to make a tasty treat as they learn about input and output devices and phases of matter! 

What do you think will happen to Peppermint Puffs that are put in warm water, cold water, oil, and vinegar?  Will they dissolve?  In which substance will they dissolve the fastest?  In this experiment, your students will find out!  Students will also record their data and use technology (a spreadsheet on their Chrome book) to analyze, graph and discuss their learning.

What materials dissolve in water?  How does water temperature affect this?  Your students will work in groups using a thermometer and timer to discover if salt, sugar, sand, and flour will dissolve best in hot or cold water.  Further, your class will learn to record and submit data on a Google form and create graphs.  This will allow you to have great class discussions to draw conclusions about the effect temperature has on dissolving matter. 

Technology has changed drastically - from smartphones to virtual reality. In this lesson, you will review the main types of Simple Machines.  Through class discussions, your students will compare how both technology and simple machines have changed and are used differently than they were in the past.   Your students will then explore and build examples of modern-day machinery. 

Students will design and create a miniature working chariot that can carry a passenger (Lego or Playmobil person) when a robot is coded to move around a designated track. Chariots must include a working wheel and axle, platform that holds the rider, hitch that will connect to the robot, and decorations on the chariot exterior that reflect the ancient culture of the students’ choice.

Students will design and create an aqueduct that will move water from a starting point to an ending point at least 1 foot away without leaks or spills.  The aqueduct must stand on its own, include at least one arch in the design,  and use the force of gravity to move the water.  Students must also design and create their own “castellum” or container to collect the water at the end of the aqueduct.

Students will use knowledge of cycles, specifically the water cycle, to connect to the function of programming loops.

Students will learn about how pixels make up images on a computer.  They will complete an unplugged activity to create a pixelated image using binary digits.  They will then create a pixelated image using more digits on an excel spreadsheet. 

Description: Students will be able to observe and provide evidence of soil erosion around the schoolyard, create and implement a plan to reduce erosion, and create a proposal for cost and resources needed to implement the plan.

Students will be able to observe and provide evidence of soil erosion around the schoolyard, create and implement a plan to reduce erosion, and create a proposal for cost and resources needed to implement the plan.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Students work in small groups to analyze compound machines in order to find simple machines which make them up.  

Students will be able to explore the different types of soil by planting and monitoring their own plants!  Using the soil book, soil kit, and different soil, the students will have hands-on experiences learning about soil.  Dive into the different soil types and allow your students access to expand their knowledge using creativity and hands on experiences! 

This lesson plan introduces SCRATCH based coding to help review the Solar System. Students will make a game for their peers to play. 

Grade 3 Science: Local alternative assessments, including performance assessments, are to be administered in place of the eliminated Standards of Learning test.  Appropriate testing conditions for the administration of local alternative assessments in Grade 3 Science are determined by the local school division. This resource is to support teachers in the use of the Scientific Investigation Common Rubric.

This lesson connects the invention of the x-ray by Tesla to the artwork of Austrailian Aboriginals.

The students will model the water cycle by pretending to be a water molecule and simulating the movement of water through the water cycle.  They will diagram and label the steps of the water cycle to demonstrate an understanding of algorithms by following the stages of the water cycle.