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3rd grade biology thematic unit plans for Microsoft Word
Shark Week Unit (Class Project)
Shark Week Unit!
• 2 weeks long
• Integrates Science/Reading/Writing and Technology
• Adjustable to fit a variety of grade levels
• Fun focus around the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week!
This document includes:
• Shark Report Guidelines and Rubric
• List of sharks to choose from for report (with pictures)
• Shark Report example
• Shark Report Presentation date and sign up template
• Shark Articles for students to read
• Loads of shark facts for students to draw out and share daily
• Fun intro
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Summer Camp In The Classroom: Cross Curricular Lesson Plans
Summer Camp in the Classroom is a simulation in which you transform your classroom into a campground. It has many computer related and non-computer related activities.
Students will work with team mates to select a campsite and map a route. They will participate as a team in learning about:local wildlife; fishing regulations; constellations; campfire cooking; plant, insect, weather, and water safety; using an obstacle course.
Campers will keep logs and scrapbooks while engaging in reading, writ
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Seed Science Activities & Worksheets
Are teaching summer school? Or do you want to incorporate a unit about seeds into your classroom?
This thematic unit allows students to explore seed and plant growth with simple experiments and record sheets for their observations. They will practice all the skills of a scientist through out this unit. They will experiment, predict, record observations, and practice writing about their thinking and learning.
This packet includes:
1. Free Write: Seeds
2. Seed Hunt record sheet
3. Seed Experiment
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Endangered Animals Writing Unit (Expository and Narrative)
During this 4 ½ week unit, my students researched an endangered animal of their choice, wrote an expository paper about the animal, and then integrated their knowledge into a fictional narrative about the animal. You will receive the rubrics for expository and narrative, which were used by students as well as teachers to assess both formatively and summatively. You will also get the notetaking table/guide, a character study map, a narrative story map, and the editing guide we used to edit one a
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3rd - 6th
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Life Cycle of a Mealworm
I love having a real insects for children to watch go through their life cycle, but I hate all of the work that goes with tadpoles and caterpillars. Mealworms are clean and easy!
This unit features activities and investigations for students to complete as they watch a mealworm turn into a beetle right in the classroom! Includes cross-curricular lessons and printables aligned with Common Core.
Experiments/Investigations include:
Paper plate habitat with printable observation log
Mealworm Biopoe
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Gone Buggy Clip Art
Original watercolor paintings of various insects , bugs and flowers that may be used for clip art and spring or science themed units. This may accompany the A-Z Backyard Bug Hunt. Realistic/ Nonfiction insect images.
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PreK - 3rd
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Animal Unit by Design Lesson Plan
This document is an animal unit created for use in second grade, written in the "unit by design" style. The subjects covered in the unit are the basic types of animals (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects), habitats, animal needs, heredity, and the food chain. The lesson plans include the Common Core and Ohio state standards, and the basic understandings students should walk away with after the unit is finished. It also lists the essential questions students will answer durin
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Project-Based Learning - Raise Insects in the Classroom - Complete Unit
This is a hands-on unit full of activities relating to raising insects in the classroom. Students may choose from three insects which are easy to obtain from farm and garden supply websites, or even on Amazon. In the introduction, students are asked to do a little research on their insect, and then compose a persuasive paragraph to convince their teacher that their choice is best.There is a single-point rubric included for scoring second- and third-grade level writing. Once the choice has been d
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
3rd/4th Grade Biome/Habitat Thematic Unit
This Thematic Unit includes 11 pages of Project-Based Learning Activities for 3rd/4th Grade Students.
Included in this package are a Biome/Habitat WebQuest and Research Project. All websites and necessary materials are included. Students research includes the following Terrestrial Biomes: Desert, Rainforest, Wetlands, Grasslands and Tundra. Student research is correlated to Science Objectives for 3rd and 4th Grade. Directions for a Poster extension activity are included as well.
Students will
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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STATE BIRDS PACKAGE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH! (GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, ON SALE)
Note that in this STATE BIRDS PACKAGE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, the thumbnails pictures have colored backgrounds but the coloration was added for emphasis, so the pages are in fact with standard white backgrounds. This is great for reading comprehension, biology, social studies (i.e. birds tied to states), French, Spanish ESL / ELL, a science center etc.
This begins with a Reader or reading comprehension section called State Birds! having pictures of birds with short sentences, first in Engl
Grades:
3rd - 12th
"The Magic School Bus: Food Chain Frenzy" by Anne Capeci
In this book Ms. Frizzle and her class explores the food chain - starting with the sun to the plants to the herbivores/carnivores/omnivores in the animal world. This is a great way to combine language arts with biology!This unit includes the following: vocabulary/spelling words and activities, discussion questions, vocabulary tests, modified vocabulary/spelling tests, writing prompts, activities/worksheets, reading comprehension test, and answer key.This unit would also be ideal for homeschool
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â "The Magic School Bus Chapter Book Series" Units
Bats Thematic Unit
A complete thematic unit that could easily be adapted for a range of grade levels, containing:
Questions
Recommended books with summaries and evaluations
Vocabulary sheets with visuals
Graphic Organizers
Concept Circles
Deductive reasoning circles
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Cells to organisms (Science) Editable daily lesson plans for grade 4th on wards
Cells to organisms (Science) Editable daily lesson plans for grade 4th on wards. It is Rapid, Easy and Cool Lesson Plan Template. You can edit your own lesson on this word DOC to print it or just write it at page! This plan template includes all the essentials you require/desire to structure a great lesson plan including: ObjectivesMethodologyElicitation/IntroductionWarm-upMaterials/Resources HomeworkTime durationAssessmentEvaluation of TeachingEvaluation of student learningEtc. Make as many c
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
PHOTOSYNTHESIS WORD SEARCH
THIS SCIENCE WORD SEARCH IS GOOD FOR A SCIENCE CENTER, OR A SCIENCE UNIT ON BOTANY!
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Grades:
2nd - 7th
Potato Science/Language Arts Lesson
This is a brochure on ideas for interdisciplinary lessons on a unit on potatoes. Students can go through the process of planting the potatoes in the school garden, observe and study their growth, and eventually harvest them. In the introduction students will begin initial observations of their potato using the five senses and generate inquiry questions which we can explore throughout the unit.
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
ECVI Plant Systems Unit Plan
This unit plan outlines the order in which to use my plant system materials as outlined in the Explicit and Contextualized Vocabulary Instruction for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students research.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Staff
Missouri Agriculture and Crops Unit
A unit about Missouri Agriculture and Crops also designed to help students learn about climate and plant care.
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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