Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

Third Grade

Science and Health

Third grade students cover a wide range of topics in the areas of science and health. The text is utilized as well as many hands-on activities and projects to enhance student learning. The topics covered include: Rocks and Minerals, Matter and its Chemical and Physical Changes, Machines and Work, The Moon, Dental Health, Nutrition, The Human Body, Drugs and Alcohol, Living Things Around Us.

Some useful and interesting websites:

New Science Series: Textbook Resource Page (summaries and quizzes here)

Creature Feature: Use this site to learn about mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles from the National Geographic Kids web site.

Fish, Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles

Arctic Animals

More Arctic Animals

Even More Arctic Animals

- Machines and Work

• How Stuff Works: a great place to learn about how machines work in the world around you.
• Inventions - from A to Z: a kid-friendly index to all manner of inventions and inventors.

  Simple Machine Sites

  http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ -- This a fun interactive web site activity for the class that quizzes the kids on each simple machine.
  
  www.harcourtschool.com/activity/machines/simple_machines.htm

  
   

- Nutrition

• Nutrition for Kids: from 24 Carrot Press; links to dozens of sites that have information about nutrition.

- The Moon and Planets

• Moon Site
• The Galieleo Moon Images
• The Apollo Program: a history of the Apollo Lunar Missions from 1963-1972; includes dozens of links to other Apollo sites.
• Far Out Internet Hunt - Look for information on all planted, the moon and the sun. A packet can be run off to go with this site.
• NASAKIDS by Liftoff to Space Exploration
• Constellation Site -
• http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/  - Resource for the nine planets
• http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/index.shtml  - Nasa's space place for kids
• http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/solar-main.html  - Exploring the solar system
• Kids Astronomy Page - There is great information on planets and fun games to play.
• Information on Planets and other things in our solar system.

- Rocks and Minerals

• Collecting Rocks: lots of information and no pictures from the United States Geological Service.
• Rocks and Minerals: from Philadelphia's Franklin Institute; information, photographs, links, etc.; an interesting website.
• Rock Collecting: photos of one family's rock collection; links to other Internet resources.
• Rock Hounds: explore this fun site and learn how rocks are formed; includes some games (crossword puzzle, word search) about rocks.

  Rock Scavenger Hunt (papers in the lab)

Energy And Matter Information

- The Body (Student papers for the following hunts are located in the lab.)

• Body Scavenger Hunt
• Let's visit and learn about our bodies (Scavenger Hunt)
• Skeleton Scavenger Hunt

Weather Unit:

Scavenger Hunt

Catastrophes:

Earthquakes - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

Hurricanes - http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html

Volcanoe - http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_250_,00.html

Floods- http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_240_,00.html

 Tornado-

Volcanoe Information - http://www.field-trips.org/sci/volcano/index.htm