3rd Grade Science

Simple Machines

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Learn the names and functions of the six simple machines
• Understand the functions well enough to make small models to illustrate
• Be able to give examples of real-life machines that use the simple machines principles

2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Science, Science

What’s the Matter?

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• That matter has three forms: Solid, liquid and gas
• That evaporation and melting are changes that occur when objects are heated
• To identify in which stage matter is, at the time

3rd Grade, Science

Shine On Moons

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand how the Earth blocks the sun, creating a certain amount of shadow on the moon
• Understand that the shadow amount is measured in moon phases, which have been identified and named
• Recognize the moon phases