3rd Grade NGSS Forces and Motion Unit

This forces and motion STEAM unit has everything you need to teach 3rd grade NGSS standards.

Included in this packet:

Resources for Input:

- Unit essential question

- Inquiry chart printable

- Observation chart photos

- Blank, printable cognitive content dictionary template and teacher samples

- I Just Thought You'd Like to Know About Forces and Motion Big Book

- Powerpoint version of the big book

- Super Scientist Awards

- Templates for pictorial and comparative input charts. Titles are:

• Balanced vs Unbalanced Forces
• Forces on a Rocket
• Permanent Magnets vs Electromagnets
• Static Electricity

- Forces chant

- Laws of motion chant

- Predictable motion chant

- 2 printable sentence pattern charts and teacher sample

- Types of Forces Expert Groups (set of 5) with mind map graphic organizer and process grid

• Applied Force
• Normal Force
• Weight
• Friction
• Air Resistance

- Cause/Effect Expert Groups (set of 5) with mind map graphic organizer and process grid

• Magnets/Distance
• Magnets/Orientation
• Electromagnets/Coils
• Pendulum/Length
• Static Electricity/Surface Area

- 3 writing prompts and writing paper

Close Reading Sets:

- 3 close reading sets with:

• essential question
• sample CCSS anchor charts
• leveled informational texts (available as articles or readers)
• 3 CCSS aligned questions sets
• 2 journal prompts (one to respond to the EQ, the other at DOK 4)

Titles:

• Newton's Laws of Motion
• Forces on a Rocket
• Forces at the Amusement Park (Roller Coasters/Drop Towers) - paired texts

Each of those titles is leveled, so there is a beginning, middle, and end of third grade reading level passage for each title.

The close readings are also available digitally as Google Slides presentations. Each leveled text and applicable questions sets/journal responses are in a Slides presentation. That's a total of 12 presentations (3 for each title - B, M, E).

Please note that these are the same readings that are in the Forces and Motion Close Reading Packet and the Close Reading Bundle.

Math Activities:

- 5 math activities (3 center-type activities and 2 printable activities)

• Objects, Mass, and Motion (printable)
• Magnetizing Fractions (game)
• Pendulum Elapsed Time (center)
• Magnetic Patterns (center)
• Lengthy Line Plots (center)

Science Labs:

- 6 science labs and a project with teacher directions and printable recording sheets

• Forces Scavenger Hunt
• Magnetic Force
• Rocket Science
• Pendulum Lab
• Electromagnets Lab
• Toy Car Design Challenge

Art Integration:

- Printable images of 7 works of art

- Discussion starter questions that relate art and science

- 1 Art Lesson

Assessments:

- Force and Motion assessment (13 questions)

- Magnetism and Electricity assessment (16 questions)

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