3rd Grade Physical Science Unit Plans (by date, oldest first)
Third Grade Science: Motion, Stability, Forces and Interactions Unit
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?
This 3rd-grade physical science unit fits the bill!. We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
It comes with:
- 9 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.
Lesson 1 - Force and Motion
Lesson 2 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Lesson 3 - Energy Transfer
Lesson 4 - Gravity
Lesson 5 - Friction and Air Resistance
Lesson 6 - Magnetic Force
Lesson 7 - Electrostatic Force
Lesson 8 - Start Your Engines
Lesson 9 - Design Challenge Using Magnets
✅Please make sure that you have access to YouTube before purchasing this unit.
- Included within this resource are:
- the standards
- suggested YouTube Videos and Books
- Physicist Poster
* KLEWS Chart (KWL for Science)
- Energy Transfer Poster
- student worksheets for collecting data and recording observations
- push or pull task cards
- Simple Experiments for energy transfer and gravity
- Friction Experiment
- Paper Drop Experiment
- Magnet Stations and Recording Booklet
* Soda Can and Water Bending Experiments
STEM Activity *Start Your Engines Activity
- Maglev Trains Reading
* Forces and Motion Posters
* Forces and Motion Mini Booklet
- 20 colorful essential vocabulary cards with graphics and definitions
* Indicates other Science and STEAM Team resources that have been included in this unit.
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Third Grade Science: NGSS Aligned Bundle
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?
This 3rd-grade science bundle fits the bill!. We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
It comes with:
- The Standards and Lists of Materials needed (all inexpensive, practical suggestions)
- 23 Detailed Lesson Plans
- 68 Essential Vocabulary Cards
- Experiments
- Posters (with photos)
- Picture Sorts
- Mini Books
- STEAM Challenges
- Charts
- Nonfiction Articles
- Worksheets
- Suggestions of Books to Read
- Suggestions for YouTube Videos
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NGSS Kindergarten to Third Grade Units Mega Bundle
By Science and STEAM Team
- Are you looking for a teacher-friendly elementary science curriculum?
- This Next Generation Science resource will save you so much time and make planning your science lessons a snap!
- SAVE LOTS OF TIME, ENERGY, and MONEY when you buy this BUNDLE!
- All the ideas you need to teach Kindergarten to Third Grade NGSS are in these units.
- Check out the preview to see if this resource is right for you!
What others are saying about my science units:
❤️ "Makes science so easy!"
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✅Please make sure you have access to YouTube. There are many suggested videos.
Included within the units are:
- The Standards and Lists of Materials needed (all inexpensive, practical suggestions)
- Detailed Lesson Plans
- Essential Vocabulary Cards
- Experiments
- Posters (with photos)
- Picture Sorts
- Mini Books
- STEAM Challenges
- Charts
- Readings
- Worksheets
- Suggestions of Books to Read
- Suggestions for YouTube Videos
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Science Units Kindergarten to Grade 5 Bundle
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need help implementing the Next Generation Science Standards?
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?
- This kindergarten through fifth-grade science bundle of units fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.
- It includes detailed lesson plans, essential vocabulary cards with definitions and pictures, colorful posters and charts, reading passages, science experiments, STEM challenges, worksheets, rubrics, suggested books, YouTubes, and more!
These well-received resources will save you so much time and energy!
Check out the previews to make sure these units are right for you and your students.
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Custom Bundle for Nacyshia Mehring
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Solar System Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about the Solar System.
This product on the Solar System covers the following: energy from the sun and how it is received, how the sun warms up the land and water, how plants use energy to make food, how the uneven heating of the Earth causes wind, the water cycle and how the sun, water evaporating, water vapor, and rain make up the water cycle, photosynthesis, how plants store energy, how stored energy is passed onto animals, the Sun is a star, how the Sun makes its own light, what planets are, the path that Earth takes to travel around the Sun is called an orbit, where the Sun is located in the Solar System, students will be provided with a mnemonic device to help remember the names of the planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth - their diameter, mass, and information about the surface, inner planets - Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and how they are similar and different from one another, outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - their diameter, mass, rings and moons, and how they are called the gas giants, dwarf planet - Pluto and facts about Pluto, when it was discovered and became the 9th planet and when it was reclassified, a fact chart about each of the 8 planets are included and information regarding each of the 5 categories are reviewed about each planet - composition of atmosphere, average temperature, how many pounds a 65lb. person would weight on each planet, how many Earth days each planet speeds around the Sun, and an interesting fact about each planet, and students will use a key to label the planets that were learned.
Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions when provided with a key, review of the 8 planets where students will fill in the blanks using the notes that are included in this product, multiple choice questions, and will label diagrams to ensure comprehension as they are learning about the Solar System.
At the end of this product, students will choose a planet to research and will answer questions included in the product such as if the planet is hot or cold, when the planet was discovered, what color the planet is, the composition of the atmosphere, the average temperature, interesting facts that were learned, etc.
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Matter Adapted Notes and Review
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This product on the States of Matter focuses on the following - matter has different properties that are seen and unseen, what is used to magnify objects, atoms and how all objects have atoms, matter is made up of atoms that are combined with other atoms to make a molecule, what molecules are and how the smallest particle of water is a molecule that is made up of three atoms, students will learn about what scientists discovered, the rule about matter - when one object takes up space, nothing else can take up that same at the same exact time, what is a geyser and how the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas appear in a geyser, three states of water and how they are different and alike - they are all the same kind of matter, the molecules of water, ice, and water vapor are all different and how they are different from one another, properties of matter - the state of matter is an example of a physical property and what it a physical property, the properties of matter - size of matter, shape, and size chart, and examining the properties of matter on a tea kettle, measuring matter in cm, m, km, L, and kg, and how those metric units convert to mm, cm, m, mL, and g, what is used to measure matter - examples include rulers, tape measurer, cylinder, balance scale, and how they are used is discussed in detail, what is volume is learned and how all matter has volume, liters and milliliters are the metric units of volume, students will figure out the volume of a solid item after learning how to do so, students will figure out the volume of a rock using a graduated cylinder and will compare finding the volume of both of these objects, students will learn about mass and weight, what they are, how they are different from each other, mass never changes, and weight will fluctuate due to gravitational pull.
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