3rd Grade Science Assessment

This bundle of interactive solar system projects and activities will get your grade 3-6 students excited about space! Perfect for teaching the planets of the solar system in a fun and meaningful way, these digital resources bring science to life through hands-on learning and project-based activities.

What’s Included in This Solar System Bundle:

1. Solar System Planets Digital WebQuest Project-Based Learning Activity

Embark on a journey through the planets of the solar system with Dr. Serena Twinkletoepoot, an astronaut searching for NASA interns! In this solar system project, students will research each planet of the solar system to help identify the home planets of three space creatures. They’ll also create a solar system map to guide these creatures back home. Using provided research links and activity pages, students complete one solar system activity per planet, discovering if they’re ready for a role with NASA.

2. Solar System Planets Digital Memory Matching Game

Test your students' knowledge of the planets of the solar system with this fun, no-prep solar system activity! This memory matching game is perfect for reviewing key facts and reinforcing learning about the solar system in an engaging way.

3. Solar System Planets Kaboom Game

This exciting solar system activity will keep students asking to play! While they enjoy the game, they’ll be reviewing their knowledge of the planets of the solar system. This KABOOM game is an ideal solar system activity for reviews, centers, and even sub plans.

Ways to Use This Resource:

• Independent Study: Students can work through each solar system project at their own pace, diving deep into research on the planets of the solar system and building their understanding independently.
• Perfect for Substitute Plans: With clear instructions and engaging activities, this bundle is ready to go for sub plans, keeping students involved in meaningful solar system activities.
• Homework or Extra Practice: Each solar system activity is digital, making it easy to assign as a space-themed homework project.
• Centers and Small Group Work: Use these solar system projects as rotating centers where students collaborate and discuss the planets of the solar system.
• Early Finishers: Keep early finishers challenged and engaged with hands-on solar system activities they can complete on their own.

Why You’ll Love This Solar System Bundle:

• Perfect for Digital Classrooms: Each solar system activity is designed for easy use with Google Slides, making it simple to assign and manage.
• Engaging for Students: With each solar system project, students dive deep into space science, learning important facts about the planets of the solar system.
• Versatile Use: These resources work for independent study, group projects, or as a go-to solar system activity for substitute plans.

Your students will be thrilled to explore Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune while mastering essential information about the planets of the solar system!

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➡️ You may also like our other Solar System Resources

• Solar System Planets Review Game (KABOOM!)
• Solar System Planets Digital Memory Matching Game

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This comprehensive resource focuses on natural and processed materials, exploring their properties and how they relate to different purposes. It also includes the a workbook with information about the uses of natural materials by FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, and INUIT PEOPLES.

All concepts are broken down for easy understanding, focusing and key vocabulary and main ideas. With over 200 pages, this product offers engaging reading materials, multiple hands-on activities, 8 lab experiments, and a Google slides show.

Additionally, it includes 8 lab worksheets for conducting experiments, teacher notes for guidance and formal assessment worksheets. A step-by-step how to build your own TREVOIS.

All products come with their corresponding answer key.

I am confident that this booklet will provide your students with a rich and interactive learning experience.

Properties of Materials explored:

•Size and Texture

•Transparency

•Absorbency

•Hardness

•Flexibility

•Malleability

•Buoyancy

•Reflection

•Durability

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples:

• Traditional Knowledge
• Sustainable Practices
• Availability of materials
• Use of birch bark
• Trevois
• Ulu

Activities included:

•Crack the Code

•Matching

•Cutting and Pasting

•Tracing

•Comparing and Contrasting

•Graphing

•Word searching

•Planning

Experiments:

•The Cracker Lab

•The Transparency Lab

•The Absorbency Lab

•The Rainbow Lab

•Keeping Teddy Dry Lab

•The Flexibility Lab

•The Cookie Dunk Lab

•The Reflection Lab

***This product aligns with Alberta's curriculum shifts for 2023.

This comprehensive resource focuses on natural and processed materials, exploring their properties and how they relate to different purposes. All concepts are broken down for easy understanding, focusing and key vocabulary and main ideas. With a total of 163 pages, this product offers 44 pages of engaging reading materials, multiple hands-on activities, 8 lab experiments, and a Google slides show.

Additionally, it includes 8 lab worksheets for conducting experiments, teacher notes for guidance and formal assessment worksheets. All products come with their corresponding answer key.

I am confident that this booklet will provide your students with a rich and interactive learning experience.

Properties of Materials explored:

•Size and Texture

•Transparency

•Absorbency

•Hardness

•Flexibility

•Malleability

•Buoyancy

•Reflection

•Durability

Activities included:

•Crack the Code

•Matching

•Cutting and Pasting

•Tracing

•Comparing and Contrasting

•Graphing

•Word searching

•Planning

Experiments:

•The Cracker Lab

•The Transparency Lab

•The Absorbency Lab

•The Rainbow Lab

•Keeping Teddy Dry Lab

•The Flexibility Lab

•The Cookie Dunk Lab

•The Reflection Lab

***This product aligns with Alberta's curriculum shifts for 2023.