3rd Grade Laboratory

Science comes to life in the lab! Engage your students in exploring heat energy, thermal energy, convection, and conduction with this set of interactive science labs. This product contains 5 lessons for thermal energy and heat. Each lesson introduces a concept and outlines a lab to provide the students with experiential learning to support the understanding of the concept. Each lesson contains a concept poster, background knowledge for the teacher, materials list, lab procedures, ½ page lab report pages for Science INBs, and full-size lab report pages. The lab reports include 4 sections: question; hypothesis; experiment-observe-collect data; and conclusion

Lesson 1: Heat is a form of energy called thermal energy.

Lab 1: Using heat to inflate a balloon

Lesson 2: Thermal energy moves by conduction when one solid touches another.

Lab 2: Conducting heat between cups

Lesson 3: Thermal energy moves by convection through liquids and gasses.

Lab 3: Color coded convection cups

Lesson 4: Radiation is the thermal energy given off by heat producing objects.

Lab 4: Sun vs. Shade

Lesson 5: Other forms of energy such as light, chemical and kinetic can be changed into thermal energy.

Lab 5: Energy changing stations

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Science comes to life in the lab! Engage your students in exploring electricity and circuits with this set of interactive science labs. This product contains 6 lab investigations for electricity and 1 final project. Each lesson introduces a concept and outlines a lab to provide the students with experiential learning to support the understanding of the concept. Each lesson contains a concept poster, background knowledge for the teacher, materials list, lab procedures, ½ page lab report pages for Science INBs, and full-size lab report pages. The lab reports include 4 sections: question; hypothesis; experiment-observe-collect data; and conclusion

These labs use wire, batteries, light bulbs, and switches. While you can purchase all the lab equipment materials individually, the easiest way solution is have some circuit kits for your classroom. There is basic circuit kit on Amazon for #13.21 as of this writing (09/2017)

Lesson 1: Electricity is a form of energy that flows in circuits.

Lab 1: Light a bulb

Lesson 2: Some materials conduct electricity while other materials insulate it.

Lab 2: Human conductor test

Lesson 3: Switches can open and close electrical circuits.

Lab 3: Turn it off and turn it on

Lesson 4: Electrical energy is shared in a series circuit.

Lab 4: A series of bulbs

Lesson 5: In a parallel circuit, the electrical energy flowing to each component is maintained.

Lab 5: Turn off 1/3 of the lights.

Lesson 6: Electrical energy energy can be transformed into other forms of energy.

Lab 6: Make an electromagnet

Final Project: Make a light up quiz board

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Are you searching for a unique way to engage young minds in the world of science? Our Scientific Experiments Journal is the perfect tool to awaken curiosity and a spirit of inquiry in your students.

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• Interactive Learning: Our journal provides students with a dedicated space to document each scientific experiment conducted in class. From recording materials to analyzing results, students will immerse themselves in the scientific process practically and enjoyably.
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• Creative Visual Expression: Does a picture speak a thousand words? Students can capture their ideas and discoveries through detailed drawings and diagrams. This strengthens their understanding of scientific concepts and develops visual representation skills.
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1. Preparation: Before starting an experiment, students can write objectives and anticipate what they will discover.
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Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for  Earth Science? This identifying minerals unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to identifying minerals. 

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for teaching students to identify minerals. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, interactive lab instructions, a student lab report, a reading passage about rocks and minerals, an interactive science notebook page, and games with minerals.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A Peek Inside the Identifying Minerals earth science unit:

• describing minerals and properties
• scratch test lab
• guess my rule
• gemstone bar graph
• all about minerals reading passage
• all about minerals interactive science notebook page
• make mineral trading cards

Your students will love this hands-on identifying minerals unit from the identification lab to the graphing. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating mineral trading card activity.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your identifying minerals unit planning is done!

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Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This rock cycle unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to the cycle of rocks and rock formation.

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for investigating the rock cycle. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, web-based investigations, a rock cycle simulation,  a reading passage about the rock cylce, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock cycle game.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A peek inside the Rock Cylce unit

• video or reading response
• crayon rock simulation
• web-based interactive lesson
• rock cycle reading passage 
• rock cycle interactive science notebook page
• ride the rock cycle game

Your students will love this hands-on classifying rock cycle unit from the rock cycle simulation to the web investigation. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating rock cylcle game.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your rock cycle unit planning is done!

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Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for  Earth Science? This classifying types of rocks unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to classifying rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks.

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for classifying different types of rocks. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, interactive lab instructions, student lab reports, a reading passage about igneous, sedimentary & metamorphic rocks, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock-type game.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A peek inside the Classifying Rock Types unit

• rock properties lab
• detecting calcite lab
• modeling rock layers
• types of rocks reading passage 
• types of rocks interactive science notebook page
• rock type logic line-up game

Your students will love this hands-on classifying rock types unit from the properties labs to the rock modeling activity. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating logic game.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your classifying rock types unit planning is done!

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