3rd Grade Science Assessment

All these products align with Alberta's curriculum shifts of 2023.

1. Use of Materials

2. Writing Instructions

3. Sound and Light

4. Earth Systems: Earth's Relationship with the Sun, Landforms, and Bodies of Water

5. Living Systems: Life Cycles and Relationships between Plants, Animals and Land.

If you need to teach states of matter to kids, search no more! This bundle contains all seven of our MATTER resources designed for 6 to 10-year-olds.

The activities were specifically designed for the NGSS second grade unit on Matter and Its Interactions but would make a great supplement to any unit about MATTER.

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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.

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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Computer Science: Creativity and Computational Thinking for Grade 3

Introduce your students to the exciting world of computer science with this fun activity pack!

This product is specifically designed to align with the curriculum shifts in Alberta, ensuring that your teaching is both relevant and effective.

Product Features:

• Workbook: Engaging activities and exercises that guide students through the key concepts of computational thinking and creativity.
• Assessment: Tools to evaluate students' understanding and progress, complete with answer keys.
• Research Templates: Structured templates to help students explore and document their findings.
• Cutouts: Interactive and visual aids to enhance learning.
• Teacher's Notes: Detailed notes to support educators in delivering the material effectively.

Key Concepts Covered:

• Decomposition: Breaking down tasks into smaller, manageable steps.
• Abstraction: Identifying and focusing on the important details.
• Algorithm Design: Finding patterns and creating step-by-step solutions.
• Debugging: Identifying and correcting errors.
• Creativity and Divergent Thinking: Encouraging innovative thinking and multiple approaches to problem-solving.

Special Features:

• Canadian Inventions: Explore the remarkable inventions by Canadians, demonstrating creativity and innovation.
• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Contributions: Learn about the significant contributions from Indigenous communities in Canada and their lasting impact on our world.

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Engage your students with this set of five reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of a butterfly, designed for 1st to 3rd graders. Each passage covers a different stage of the butterfly's life cycle: from the egg to the adult butterfly. Included are comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and promote critical thinking.

What's Included:

• 5 Reading Comprehension Passages:

1. The Egg
2. The Caterpillar
3. The Chrysalis
4. The Butterfly Emerges
5. The Adult Butterfly

• 5 Comprehension Questions for Each Passage
• Answer Key for All Questions
• 3 worksheets bonus

Engage your students with this set of five reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of a butterfly, designed for 1st to 3rd graders. Each passage covers a different stage of the butterfly's life cycle: from the egg to the adult butterfly. Included are comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and promote critical thinking.

What's Included:

• 5 Reading Comprehension Passages:

1. The Egg
2. The Caterpillar
3. The Chrysalis
4. The Butterfly Emerges
5. The Adult Butterfly

• 5 Comprehension Questions for Each Passage
• Answer Key for All Questions
• 3 worksheets bonus

This comprehensive 4-page worksheet is designed to introduce students to various weather instruments and their functions. Through a variety of engaging activities, students will learn about the tools used to measure and observe weather conditions.

This resource includes three reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of salmon, along with questions to assess understanding. Ideal for science and reading lessons.

Contents:

1. Passage 1: The Journey Begins

• Overview of where adult salmon lay their eggs and the early stages of salmon development.
• Key terms: eggs, roe, alevins.

1. Passage 2: Growing Up

• Description of the fry and smolt stages, including feeding habits and migration.
• Key terms: fry, smolts, brackish waters.

1. Passage 3: The Ocean Adventure

• Explanation of the ocean phase of salmon, including feeding and the spawning process.
• Key terms: marine organisms, spawning.

Questions:

• Five comprehension questions for each passage to reinforce understanding and critical thinking skills.

This resource includes three reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of salmon, along with questions to assess understanding. Ideal for science and reading lessons.

Contents:

1. Passage 1: The Journey Begins

• Overview of where adult salmon lay their eggs and the early stages of salmon development.
• Key terms: eggs, roe, alevins.

1. Passage 2: Growing Up

• Description of the fry and smolt stages, including feeding habits and migration.
• Key terms: fry, smolts, brackish waters.

1. Passage 3: The Ocean Adventure

• Explanation of the ocean phase of salmon, including feeding and the spawning process.
• Key terms: marine organisms, spawning.

Questions:

• Five comprehension questions for each passage to reinforce understanding and critical thinking skills.

This comprehensive 4-page worksheet is designed to introduce students to various weather instruments and their functions. Through a variety of engaging activities, students will learn about the tools used to measure and observe weather conditions.

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This set of 3 First Day of Spring/Equinox Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice Questions explores the significance of the Spring Equinox and its cultural and natural manifestations.

This educational resource is designed for grades 2, 3, 4, and 5 to learn about Spring Equinox and the changing of seasons.

The passages include:

• What is the Spring Equinox? This passage explains the astronomical event of the Spring Equinox which marks the first day of spring and the moment when day and night are approximately equal in length.
• Signs of Spring: This passage talks about the observable changes in nature during this season, such as budding flowers, chirping birds, and warmer weather, which mark the arrival of spring.
• Spring Traditions Around the World: This passage explores various cultural customs and celebrations associated with the arrival of spring to encourage cross-cultural understanding and awareness.

Each passage is complemented by 10 multiple-choice questions that assess comprehension, with answer keys provided for easy grading.

The material is versatile, and suitable for full-class instruction, group discussions, or individual study, making it a valuable addition to any classroom’s spring curriculum.

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This scoot game is designed to get your students up and moving while reviewing the structure and properties of Matter. This game is aligned to the second grade NGSS, it but serves as a good review for other grade levels as well.

Included are: directions for playing the game, 30 questions cards, students recording sheets, and an answer key.

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Are you in need of activities to help your students understand natural resources? Renewable and Non-Renewable worksheets are addressed.

What's Included?

2 Posters (1 Renewable, 1 Non-Renewable)

Natural Resources (Easy/Modified) Worksheet (Ideal for Exceptional Students)

Natural Resources WordFind

Renewable Energy Vocabulary Words

T-Chart for Renewable/Non-Renewable Resources

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz - Answer Key

This was created for high school students in a functional high school academic classroom. However , it is great for upper elementary or middle school.

Enjoy!

"Lost in the Forest" is an engaging digital resource designed for elementary students to apply their knowledge of light and sound in a fun and adventurous way. In this imaginary situation, students find themselves lost in the forest and must use light and sound items to communicate for help. They will encounter challenges requiring them to think critically and creatively to solve problems using light and sound.

Through this interactive experience, students will develop their critical thinking skills as they develop strategies for communication. They will also apply their knowledge of the properties of light and sound and how they can be used for communication in different ways. This digital resource is an excellent way to engage students in learning and help them to develop essential problem-solving skills that will serve them well in all areas of their education and beyond.

This product is best used with first and second-graders who are learning about sound and light. It can be used as a whole class activity or as a reflection assessment on critical thinking and knowledge of sound and light.

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Assess your students' knowledge of the planets in the solar system with these engaging no-prep solar system/planets digital memory/matching activities!

Students will play a digital version of the memory game, revealing two cards each turn to create a match. The following three activities are included in this Google Slides resource:

• Activity #1: Match the Planet Name with Its Picture
• Activity #2: Match the Planet Description with Its Name & Picture
• Activity #3: Match the Planet Description with Its Name & Picture

After "flipping" all the digital cards to create matches, students will drag the included digital letters to each set of matching cards. This part of the activity turns the game/activity into an assessment you can check directly through Google Classroom!

The following planets are included in this digital memory/matching activity**: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,** and Neptune.

This digital memory/matching activity can be assigned directly to students in Google Classroom or via the share link.

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Solar System Planets Digital Webquest Project-Based Learning Activity

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Human Body Systems Digital Memory Matching Game

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Copyright © Amy Pinkerton. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original purchaser only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

Assess your students' knowledge of human body systems with these engaging no-prep digital memory/matching activities!

Students will play a digital version of the memory game, revealing two cards each turn to create a match. The following three activities are included in this Google Slides resource:

• Activity #1: Match the Human Body System Name with Its Picture
• Activity #2: Match the Human Body System Description with Its Name & Picture
• Activity #3: Match the Human Body System Information with Its Name & Picture

After "flipping" all the digital cards to create matches, students will drag the included digital letters to each set of matching cards. This part of the activity turns the game/activity into an assessment you can check directly through Google Classroom!

The following human body systems are included in this digital memory/matching activity**: NERVOUS system, CIRCULATORY system, RESPIRATORY system, DIGESTIVE system, SKELETAL system,** and MUSCULAR system.

This digital memory/matching activity can be assigned directly to students in Google Classroom or via the share link.

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Pair this activity/assessment with...

Human Body Systems Webquest Digital Project-Based Learning Activity

Human Body Systems Fillable PDF & Printable Webquest and PBL Activity

View other digital memory/matching games...

Solar System Planets Digital Memory Matching Game

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Solar System Planets Digital Webquest Project-Based Learning Activity

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This activity is perfect for students interested in engineering, physics, or music. Students will learn about the science of sound waves and the properties of different materials. Students can also explore their creativity, develop their problem-solving skills, and gain hands-on experience in engineering and design.

This no prep activity allows students to show what they've learned in the Parts of an Insect Emergent Reader or use it alone or as part of your own insect unit.

Students will sort crawly creatures into two categories: Insects or Not! A paragraph is included at the top to make sure the students remember just what makes an insect an insect.

Also available- Parts of an Insect Labeling Activity

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