3rd+Grade+Science

August/ September || What is our Moon Made of?
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials ||
 * The Moon || 1st Quarter

What are the Phases of the Moon?

How does the moon appear to change shape?

How does Moon's Gravity differ from Earth's Gravity? || Moon's Gravity affects Earth's Tides.

Earth's Position in space changes our view of the moon.

Earth has a greater gravitational pull than the moon. You weigh less on the moon. || Identify the phases of the Moon.

Understand the movements of Earth that affect our view of the moon. ||  || Moon Phases Cookie Project

Moon Phases Time Line ||
 * Electricity || October || What is Electricity?

How do people make electricity?

Can we store electricity?

What are the parts of a battery? || Concepts:

Electricity is a natural force that we can recreate scientifically.

Batteries are a way to create electricity through a chemical reactions. || Skills || Texts || Supplemental Materials || What makes sound?
 * Sound || November || Questions:

How do we hear sound? || Concepts:

Vibrations make sound waves.

Humans have a complex physiology system to allow them to hear. || Skills || Texts || Supplemental Materials || How do simple machines make work easier?
 * Simple Machines || January || Questions:
 * Simple Machines || January || Questions:
 * Simple Machines || January || Questions:

How can we measure whether the work has gotten easier or not? || Concept: Machines and inventions have simple beginnings. There are categories of simple machines:screw, inclined plane, pulley, lever, gears.

Vocabulary: work, force, fulcrum, load, Newton, kilograms, etc. || Skills:

We will work with a variety of simple machines in a lab setting to understand how each works and how they make work easier.

We will work on || Text || Supplemental ||
 * Science Expo Prep || February || Questions:
 * Science Expo Prep || February || Questions:

How do scientists learn from their failures?

How can we show the scientific method process. || Concept: Scientific Method

Engineering Process Method || Skills: Working cooperatively to create a science experiment that can be demonstrated at the Expo night. || Text || Supplemental ||
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