These emotions flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students name 18 feelings by reading children's faces. Fold-over cards show the face and the word. Answer key included.
These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
Matter word wall flash cards with 16 picture cards for solid, liquid, gas, melt, evaporate and more, for 2nd to 5th grade science. Answer key included for easy checking.
Learn fifteen landforms with these landforms flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade: painted picture fronts, words and meanings inside, a practice page and an answer key included.
Insect flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade with 24 lifelike bug pictures, names and fun facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to grow science vocabulary.
Land animal flash cards for preschool to 3rd grade with 30 colorful animal pictures, names and short facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to build science vocabulary.
Name twelve weather and earth events with these natural disasters flash cards for preschool to 4th grade. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
Post these force and motion word wall flash cards for 2nd to 5th grade: 16 science words with kid-friendly meanings, plus a vocabulary practice page, answer key included.
These insects word wall flash cards teach 1st-3rd grade students 12 science words about insect body parts and the butterfly life cycle, with a practice page and answer key included.
These rock word wall flash cards give 2nd to 4th grade students 16 rock words with pictures and meanings, from boulder to lava. Answer key included.
Plants we eat flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd grade children match 18 foods to the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit or seed we eat. Answer key included for quick, confident checking.
Space flash cards with bright pictures of the sun, moon, planets and more help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn space words and facts. An answer key is included.
These Mother's Day flash cards teach 15 holiday words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
These simple machines flash cards help 1st-3rd grade students learn the six simple machines with diagram cards and everyday object cards. Answer key included.
These apple theme flash cards teach 18 apple words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Mammals real life flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade with 30 lifelike animal pictures, names and fun facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to grow science vocabulary.
Simple and compound machines flash cards for 2nd to 4th grade: 16 fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key included, so students learn to spot the simple machines inside everyday tools.
Pushes, pulls, and big what-ifs
Third grade science gets kids testing like real scientists. They study forces and motion, pushes, pulls, gravity and friction, and predict what happens when one changes. They explore life cycles, how traits pass from parents to young, and how animals survive in their habitats. Many classes also study weather and climate, reading data to compare places. The click comes when kids run a fair test, change only one thing, and see that their prediction was right (or wonderfully wrong).
Third graders want to touch, test and argue about it. These moves give them all three.
Roll a toy car down a ramp on carpet, then on foil, then on sandpaper. Kids predict, test and record the distance each time. The friction lesson teaches itself, and so does the idea of a fair test.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withGravity or Friction Force WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →After a hands-on investigation, kids label a diagram of what they saw: the arrows for push and pull, or the parts of a flower. Connecting the real thing to the drawing locks in the vocabulary.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withLabeling Force and Motion WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Cycles have steps, and steps love a song. A water cycle song a few times that week helps kids remember evaporation, condensation and precipitation in order.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withWater Cycle Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Science is play with a notebook. Here are a few class favorites.
WorksheetsDrop two objects at once and vote on which lands first. Kids are shocked when the heavier one doesn't always win!
Open Falling Gravity Worksheet →
WorksheetsRead a climate map and pick the best place for a beach trip or a snowman.
Open Climate Map Worksheet →
WorksheetsFind levers, wheels and ramps around the school, then fill in where each one helps.
Open Simple Machines Fill in the Blanks Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Emotions Flash Cards, Birthday Flash Cards and Matter Word Wall.
Most 3rd grade classes cover forces and motion, life cycles, inherited traits, animal adaptations and habitats, and weather and climate. Some also include fossils, magnets, and plant parts.
Gravity is a pull that brings things toward Earth. It's why a dropped ball falls instead of floating away. Try dropping different objects and talk about why they all fall down.
A fair test changes only one thing at a time and keeps everything else the same. If you test which surface makes a car roll farthest, use the same car, ramp and push each time.
Ask lots of "what do you think will happen?" questions while cooking, playing or walking outside. Watch the weather together, plant seeds, or race toy cars on different floors. Curiosity is the biggest skill.
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