3rd grade Instructional Guide

GRADE3 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 4: Observing Weather

Lesson 1: Weather Patterns Lesson 2: Weather and Seasons

Lesson 3: Natural Hazards and the Environment Lesson 4: Prepare for Natural Hazards

● Make connections each day to the phenomenon. ● Explicitly teach the CER model to students for explaining phenomenon. ● Utilize the Leveled Library for additional background reading about content. ● Utilize the STEM career connections and other activities found in the Elaborate portion of the lesson. ● Map or Globe ● Graduated cylinder - purchased by ISD ● Ruler ● 3 pansy plants of the same size ● stream table - purchased by ISD ● Small gram cubes ● Books

Extension

MATERIALS NEEDED

● Phenomena Posters ● Vocabulary Cards

● Weather reports from accuweather.com ● Thermometer - purchased by ISD for all grade levels to use. ● Optional: Create your own anemometer ○ 4 small cups ○ Pencil ○ Thumbtack ○ 4 straws ○ Holepunch ● Optional:Create your own Sling Psychrometer ○ 2 thermometers ○ Cotton ball ○ Rubber band ○ Thumbtack ○ Pencil with eraser

WONDERS CONNECTIONS

ENVISION CONNECTIONS

● N/A

● Topic 5 STEM Project: Weather Information ● Topic 6 STEM Project: Design Solutions ● Topic 7 STEM Project: Seasons