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Third Grade Technology Integration Resources - Science
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Trimester One Units of Study

Nutrition | Force and Motion

 Objectives: Nutrition Describe the basic components of a balanced diet.
Relate the importance fo physical activity, rest and sleep to maintaining good health.
 United Streaming Resources Food and Nutrition 1
Food and Nutrition 2
Daily Food Choices for Healthy Living
Why Exercise?
Lifetime Fitness
Food Smarts: MyPyramid for Kids
 SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources Learning About Nutrition
 Keynote Compatible Presentations and Resources
 Internet Resources My Pyramid Blastoff Game
Health and Growth
Pyramid Power
Food Pyramid Match Up
Nutrition Exploration
Dole 5 A Day
Cool Food Kidz
Nutrition Explorations
Nutrition and Diet Quiz
 KidPix Activities
 Kidspiration Activities Food Pyramid 1
Food Pyramid 2
Native American Food Pyramid
Balanced Meal
 Graph Club Activities
 Keynote Activities
 Pages Activities
 Word Processing Activities
 Classroom Suite Activities
 Other

 

 Objectives: Force and Motion
(Essential Understandings listed, not Objectives.)
The students will understand that . . .

1a.  A force makes an object move.
1b.  Different amounts of force are required to move an object.
1c.  Objects move in different directions

2a.  Friction affects a moving object

3a.  Things on or near the earth are pulled toward it by the earth’s gravity.

4a.  Magnetism can be a pushing or pulling.
4b.  Magnets attract and repel certain objects.

5a.  Work is done whenever a force makes an object move.

6a.  Simple machines help make work easier.

7a.  Animals may use parts of their bodies as simple machines.
 United Streaming Resources TLC Elementary School: Rules of Motion and Forces
Laws of Motion
How Things Move
Getting to Know Gravity
The Magic School Bus Gains Weight
TLC Elementary School: Rules of Motion and Forces
Discovering Simple Machines: Work and Energy
Magnets: A First Look
Magic of Magnetism
Simple Machines
Push and Pull: Simple Machines at Work (Rev)
Discovering Simple Machines: Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley
Discovering Simple Machines: Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw
Work, Energy, and the Simple Machine: Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw
Work, Energy, and the Simple Machine: Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley
Work, Energy, and the Simple Machine: Work and Energy
 SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources Simple Machines
Learning About Simple Machines
Simple Machines Review
May the Force of Push and Pull Be With You
 Keynote Compatible Presentations and Resources Force and Motion
Simple Machines
Simple Machines
Mavelous Magical Magnets
Simple Machines
 Internet Resources Edheads Simple Machines
Forces in Action
Friction
Magnets

Work from Science Court
Forces in Motion
Levers and Pulleys
More Simple Machines
Skateboard Science
Simple Machines
More Simple Machines
Simple Machine Quiz
Simple Machines Game
Dirtmeister, Simple machines
Pushing and Pulling
Simple Machines How Stuff Works
 KidPix Activities
 Kidspiration Activities ASSURED EXPERIENCE: Simple Machines
 Graph Club Activities
 Keynote Activities
 Pages Activities Simple Machines Poster: Lesson Plan | Template
 Word Processing Activities
 Classroom Suite Activities
 Other

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