3rd Grade Earth Sciences Resources (by date, oldest first)

Caring for ourselves, others, and our planet is important work.

Learn important yoga and mindfulness activities and concepts to embody kindness in many ways.

Download the free printable acts of kindness tree to do the attached activity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN1LRGYmCPF7lKmZHzy7kfZKf-YoYvIA/view?usp=sharing

Practice yoga poses, breathing, and mindfulness activities, conceptualize and practice caring for others and the planet, and most importantly, extend love to yourself.

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• states of matter
• solid
• liquid
• gas
• matter
• chemical property
• physical property
• classify
• mass

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• weathering
• soil
• erosion
• sedimentary rocks
• sediment
• fossils
• evidence
• fossil fuels
• geologic time

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• force
• motion
• work
• gravity
• friction
• spring scale
• simple machine
• pulley
• lever

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• scientific method
• hypothesis
• identify
• investigate
• record
• data
• interpret
• infer
• conclusion

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• trait
• adaptation
• inherited trait
• learned behavior
• genetic material
• structure
• function
• offspring
• habitat

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• metamorphosis
• insect
• complete metamorphosis
• incomplete metamorphosis
• egg
• larva
• pupa
• nymph
• life cycle

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• energy transfer
• interact
• food chain
• food web
• carbon-oxygen cycle
• photosynthesis
• overpopulation
• environmental
• disturbance
• cell respiration

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• energy
• mechanical energy
• light energy
• electrical energy
• sound energy
• thermal energy
• reflected light
• refracted light
• closed circuit

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• axis
• rotation
• sunrise
• sunset
• horizon
• day/night cycle
• cardinal directions
• noon
• illuminate

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• atmosphere
• meteorologist
• rain gauge
• anemometer
• weather front
• barometer
• wind / weathervane
• weather forecast
• Fahrenheit

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• freezing point
• boiling point
• Celsius scale
• ingredients
• phase change
• observe
• heating
• cooling
• predict

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• float
• density
• solution
• compare
• magnetism
• sink
• conductor
• insulator
• mixture

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• alternative energy
• wind energy
• solar energy
• hydroelectric energy
• geothermal energy
• ethanol
• recycle
• non-renewable energy
• renewable energy

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• tilt
• revolve
• seasons
• elliptical
• tides
• high tide
• low tide
• direct sunlight
• indirect sunlight

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Terms included:

• landform
• delta
• canyon
• sand dune
• natural disaster
• landslide
• earthquake
• mountain
• volcanic eruption

Matter & Energy: card sorts 1-3 (27 terms)

Force, Motion, & Energy: card sorts 1-2 (18 terms)

Organisms & Environments: card sorts 1-6 (54 terms)

Earth & Space: card sorts 1-9 (81 terms)

Force, Motion, & Energy: card sorts 1-2 (18 terms)

Earth & Space: card sorts 1-9 (81 terms)

Each Card Sorts consists of 27 cards: 9 vocabulary terms, 9 full color images, and 9 student-friendly descriptions/definitions.

Organisms & Environments: card sorts 1-6 (54 terms)