Third Grade Science Schedule 2006-2007 

 

Week     of

Week         #

Homeroom

Science lab

 

 

          UNIT  A

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           Chapter 1

 

 

9/4/06

   1

Lesson 1, p A6-A9 

What Plants Need

Intro, Seating, Rules,

Finding Directions Activity

9/11/06

   2

Lesson 2, p A 12-17

Growing Plants From Seeds

Leaf Length Graphs

Leaf Rubbings Activity

Set up Sprouting seeds.3/gp

9/18/06

   3

Lesson 3, p A20-A23

How Plants Make Food

Seed Length Graph (beans, apple, lemon, omato)Draw/label sprouted seeds from the previous week.

9/25/06

   4

Chapter 1 Review & Test

Food Factories Lab p A18-19

 

 

          Chapter 2

 

 

10/2/06

   5

Lesson 1, p A34-A39

Animals and Their Needs

Observe animals living in shelters outdoor activity

Use clipboards, go behind the daycare and complete the ws-look for animal homes

10/9/06

   6

Lesson 2, p A 42-A47

Mammals and Birds

Fur Helps Animals lab

 p A40-41

10/16/06

   7

Lesson 3 A50-A57

Amphibians, Fish and Reptiles.

What are The Parts of feather

 

10/23/06

   8

Lesson 4, p A60-67

Extinction

Inside an Egg Activity p A73

EW Reptiles

10/30/06

   9

Chapter 2 Review and Test

Read A 68-70

EW Endangered Species

 

 

         Chapter 3

 

11/6/06

  10

Lesson 1, p A 80- A83

Living Things and their Environment

Observing Trees on  Gomes campus activity

11/13/06

  11

Lesson 2, p A86-A91

Forest Ecosystem

MSB Rainforest

Read Predators In The Rainforest

11/20   -

25/06 

Thanksgiving Holiday

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

11/27/06

  12

Lesson 3, p A 94-97

Desert Ecosystem

Desert Habitat WSLabel Deserts on the world Map Act

12-/4/06

13

Lesson 4, p A100-105

Water Ecosystem

Deep Ocean Dive

WS

12/11/06

14

Chapter 3 Review & Test

EW Seashore

Describing/classifying shell into groups

 

 

        UNIT  B

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       Chapter 1

 

12/18-20/06

15

Lesson 1 p B6-B9

Water on Earth

Land or Water lab

p B4-B5

1 / 4-5/07

15

Lesson 1 p B6-B9

Water on Earth

Land or Water lab

p B4-B5

1/8/07

16

Lesson 2, p B10-B15

How the Moon and Earth Interact

The Moon’s Phases lab

P B8-B9

Phases of Moon WS

1/15/07

17

Lesson 3‘What Causes Earth’s Seasons? Chapter 1 Review & Test

A Look at Rotation Activity

P B 23/How the Sun Strikes The Earth” p B 16-17

 

 

 

       Chapter 2

The Solar System and Beyond

 

1/22/07

18

Lesson 1 p B 34-B41

The Solar System

Understanding Planetary Distance p B35

1/29/07

19

Lesson 2, p B44-B 49

The Way We See Stars

 

Star Pattern Lab p B42-B43

2/5/07

20

Lesson 3, p B52-B57

Telescope

My Place in Space activity

2/12/07

21

Chapter 2 Review & Test

MSB Solar System?

Science Fair Presentation

 

 

       UNIT  C

      Chapter 1

 

2/19/07

22

Lesson 1, p C6-C13

Physical Properties of Matter

Physical Properties lab

P C4-C5

2/26/07

23

Lesson 2, p C16-C19

How Can Matter be Measured

Read Oobleck

Make Oobleck

3/5/07

 

24

Lesson 3, p C 22-29

What Are Solids, Liquids, and Gases?

Measuring Mass nd Volume lab

P C 20

 

3/12/07

25

Unit C Ch. 1 Review and TEST

Read p C 30-31Classifying Matter Explain - Periodic Table

MSB Molecule

 

 

    

        Chapter 2

       Changes in Matter

 

3/19/07

26

 Lesson 1, Read p C 42 – 45

Physical Changes in Matter

Separate a Mixture lab

p C 40-41

3/26/07

27

 Lesson 2 p C 48- 51

 Chemical Changes in Matter

Chemical Changes lab

P C 46 -47

4/2/07

28

Chapter 2 Review and TEST

Making a Solution Lab

P C 55

4/9 -13/07

 

 

     SPRING

    

 

     BREAK!

 

 

   Chapter 3

           Energy 

     SPRING BREAK!

 

 

4/16/07

29

Lesson 1 – p C 62-65

What Energy Is

 

Twisting Up Energy lab

P C 60-61

4/23/07

30

Lesson  2- p C 74-83

Energy Can Move as Waves

Waves of Energy p C 72- 73

4/30/07

31

Lesson 3 – p C 86-89

Energy Can Change Forms

Lighting a Bulb lab

P C  84-85

5/7/07

32

Chapter Review and TEST

Inside a Flashlight activity

MSB Energy

 

 

       Chapter 4

         Light

 

5/14/07

33

Lesson 1- p C 100- 107

Light

How Light Travels lab

P C 98-99

Rubber band guitar or Tuning

Fork in Water activity

5/21/07

34

Lesson 2- p 110-113

Light and Color

Making a Rainbow using a prism

UV bead ring

5/28/07

35

Chapter Review and TEST

                       

 

Take One Mirror activity

MSB Color

6/4/07

36

Lesson 1- p E 6 -9

 Diversity of Life

Make a food Chain Model

P C5-6