3rd Grade Environment Activities (by date, oldest first)

This packet focuses on learning about the different kinds of animals that live in the grasslands. Included are writing pages, project instructions, center activities and wall posters. It can be a simple packet for talking about the animals in general or you can go further by learning about the animals in the tropical grasslands vs. the temperate grasslands as well as learning which ones live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Table of Contents Pages 3-5 – These pages are a sorting activity where students can sort the animals according to whether they are in a tropical grassland or in a temperate grassland. They can also sort animals to whether they live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Pages 6-17 – The pages are for drawing pictures of different kinds of grasslands and drawing animals that live there. Student will write the names for the animals they draw. There are pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Each type of grassland has 2 pages with different writing lines. Pages 18-23 – These are poster pages for each type of grassland and the animals that live there. There are poster pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Pages 24-29 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 30-35 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the Great Plains. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 36-41 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the tropical grassland or the temperate grassland. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Page 42 – This is a memory/concentration game. Print this sheet twice and cut them out to make the game! Pages 43-50 – Available in color and in black and white, these are Grassland picture cards. They can be used with page 40/41 as sorting mats or you can hang them for reference in your room. You can also combine these from other sets to create a habitat book. Pages 51-52 – Available in color and in black and white, they are small animal cards to use to sort on the grassland mats. Pages 53-55 - Instructions and templates for Grassland project. Pages 56-63 – True or False Task Cards: Print on Card stock and laminate. Have students circle whether what the cards say are true or false. Available in color and black and white. Has Answer Key!

Practice sorting solids, liquids and gases in this great science activity! There are 2 sets of sorting mats for each solid, liquid and gas for students to sort on.

When and how to use:

• Morning Tub Activity
• Science Center Activity
• Quick Assessment

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

These science sorts are perfect for a quick assessment or for letting students use in a science center.

The following sorts are available in this packet:

• Animal Classifications
• Animal Features
• Animal Habitats
• Carnivores and Herbivores
• Living and Nonliving Things
• Man Made and Natural Resources
• Needs and Wants
• Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals
• Recycling
• Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
• Solids, Liquids and Gases
• The Plants We Eat

Winter weather is coming. People and animals have many jobs to do to be ready before winter weather sets in. And, once prepared, we get to enjoy the winter season and all the changes it brings. This set includes:

• Getting Ready For Winter Two-Page Activity Set
• Getting Ready Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key vocabulary from Activity Set
• Winter Wonderland (Activities, Penguins, and Festivals) Two-Page Activity Set
• Wonderful Wintry Season Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key vocabulary from Activity Set
• Winter Rhyming Words Crossword Puzzle
• Winter Reading Log & Certificate

Concepts Explored: getting ready for winter | fall | autumn | animal behavior | hibernation | wildlife | migration | January | February | hibernating | skiing | snowboard | snowflakes | penguin | penguins | polar bears | winter festival | rhyming | rhymes | rhyme | winter words | winter vocabulary | hockey

Halloween Time! Bats are mysterious, fascinating and a bit scary. So, kids will love to learn more about them and to see how they live.

This packet of resources includes:

• Two-page Activity Set (Batty About Bats): with large crossword about characteristics of bats; idioms that relate to bats; second crossword about bat echolocation; fill-in puzzle about the benefits of bats; and true-false puzzle with bat facts.
• Word Search Puzzle – with 40 vocabulary words that reinforce words used in the Activity Set

FREE BONUSES

• Bat Life Cycle Poster – with original drawings and explanations
• Bat Ultrasound Poster – with graph and explanation of how bats "see" with sound
• Bat Flight Poster – with photos of Carlsbad Caverns, NM, and the amazing nightly bat flight
• Cavern and Bat Poster – with photos and original art (featuring Luray Caverns, VA)
• Famous Bats Poster – featuring the Vampire Bat and Golden-Crowned Flying Fox
• How Bats Help Humans Photo – intended for sharing on a screen (it is a very dark photo, so it might be difficult to print), this shows a bat pollinating a plant in the desert, a beautiful photo of nature

Fall is coming to an end. Winter is around the corner and people and animals get ready through a range of activities. This packet explores how families, pets and wild animals adapt to the changes that winter will bring.

This set includes:

• Getting Ready for Winter! Two-Page Activity Set – With themed crossword, maze, match-up, word search and match puzzle.
• Everyone’s Getting Ready for Winter! Word Search Puzzle – 50 words that reinforce the vocabulary used in the Activity Set.
• Things That Fall Puzzle – Explores the concept of gravity through a fun word search and “secret code” fill-in puzzle.
• Reading Log and Certificate Set – Themed set designed to encourage reading accomplishment.

Topics Covered: get ready for winter | winter | fall activities | autumn activities | leaves | gravity | Isaac Newton | math

Two fall gravity word puzzles and Sir Isaac Newton introduction: Things That Fall Puzzle page, which explores the concept of gravity through a fun word search and “secret code” fill-in puzzle.

SAVE – Buy our Getting Ready in the Fall for Winter Puzzle Pack for extra puzzles and resources!

Vocabulary Words Included:

acorns apples comets empires grades hail Humpty Dumpty leaves London Bridge meteors night olives parachutes peaches pears pecans people rain snowflakes stars sweat tears temperatures water balloons

CLICK HERE to follow us and to learn about our great freebies and deals!

A crossword puzzle with 9 terms about animals that live in the jungle habitat and the climate. An answer key is included. This would be a great activity to be used as a quick assessment, work for early finishers, and also something to keep your students busy after state testing. I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

A crossword puzzle with 12 terms about animals that live in the ocean habitat and some of their physical traits. An answer key is included. This would be a great activity to be used as a quick assessment, work for early finishers, and also something to keep your students busy after state testing. I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

A crossword puzzle with 9 terms about animals that live in the jungle habitat and the climate. An answer key is included. This would be a great activity to be used as a quick assessment, work for early finishers, and also something to keep your students busy after state testing. I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

Fall, foliage, autumn events and fall fun are here! You'll love to have this 54-page autumn puzzle bundle at hand this season to help children learn about a range of fall-related topics – learning while they have a ton of fun!

FREE BONUS Farmers Market Set (bundle price has been reduced accordingly)

Follow My Store

This is an activity to do during or after watching the Lorax! This is to go along with a science lesson about the process of photosynthesis, the parts of a plant, and the connection the movie has to photosynthesis.

Students will be putting together and labeling the process of photosynthesis and the parts of a plant. Then they will also describe how The Lorax Movie connects to the process of photosynthesis.

You can pace these activities in multiple ways but I would recommend having the students do the photosynthesis and parts of a plant activity before watching the movie. Then after they have watched the movie, have them complete the connect activity. But you can do it in many different ways.

This activity takes very little prep. Each student will need a copy of each sheet (they are labeled) and scissors, glue sticks/tape, colored pencils, and normal pencils. You could even have students work in groups!

This would be a great product to introduce and/or review photosynthesis and the parts of a plant. You could even use it as an assessment!

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

This is an activity with TWELVE Animal Homes puzzles for students to color and cut apart. My students absolutely love this type of puzzle! I've also included a color version of each puzzle to show as examples, or print and cut apart for a center activity.

Please FOLLOW my store as new resources are added daily. All of my followers get HALF OFF of NEW RESOURCES for the first 24 hours after they are added! WHAT A DEAL!!!

I used this resource to help to introduce our weather calendar to my second graders. This resource introduces students to the different weather and temperature symbols that will be used on our calendar and the duties of our class meteorologist.

The weather and temperature symbols I have created to go along with this resource can also be found in my store.

Thanks for stopping by! Please rate and comment on this resource!

Directions: This resource allows students to keep track of and describe the weather record the date, and describe the weather.

Includes:

+ Air and Weather Journal Cover Page Black and White

+ Air and Weather Journal Cover Page Color

+ Weather Observation Page Black and White

+ Weather Observation Page Color

Thanks for stopping by! Please rate and leave a comment for this resource.

I used this resource to help to introduce weather journals to my second graders. This resources helps students come up with weather words, through brainstorming and through the story Bringing The Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. This resource also introduces the two types of journaling, scientific and personal.

The weather journal I have created to go along with this resource is in my store.

Thanks for stopping by! Please rate and comment on this resource!

I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "I Survived: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011" by Lauren Tarshis. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 650L

Guided Reading Level: R

AR Level: 4.6

AR Quiz Number: 162034

Thanks for looking! Please rate and leave a comment.

Directions: These resources allow students to keep track of and describe the weather, record the date, and describe the weather.

Includes:

+ Weather Journaling Presentation

+ Air and Weather Journal Cover Page Black and White

+ Air and Weather Journal Cover Page Color

+ Weather Observation Page Black and White

+ Weather Observation Page Color

Thanks for stopping by! Please rate and leave a comment for this resource.

Includes:

+ Calendar Weather and Temperature Cards

+ Introduction Weather Calendar Presentation

This Under the Sea Ocean Bingo or Underwater Bingo activity resource offers an engaging way to enhance your marine animal unit and can also serve as an interactive icebreaker for Back to School activities.

The beautifully designed bingo boards and calling cards feature a variety of underwater creatures and items, making learning about marine life both educational and exciting.

Whether you're teaching biology, environmental science, or simply fostering a love for the ocean, this product provides a unique and enjoyable way to connect students with the marine world.

This product consists of:

• 7 Bingo boards
• 24 Calling cards

Once you purchase this resource, I would love to hear about your experience. Please leave feedback, and you will earn points toward free TeachShare purchases.

Also, follow me here to get notified when I upload new products.