Third Grade

The Human Body

• Standard Connections
• Formative Assessments
• Summative Assessments / Scoring Guides
• LFS-KUD's / Curriculum Maps
• Website Links
  • The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
    Find out all about the human body with Wendell the Worm.  Fun facts to enrich and challenge student thinking.  Click the Teacher's Guide for activities, standards, scope and sequence.

Earth Materials

• Standard Connections
• Formative Assessments
• Summative Assessments / Scoring Guides
• LFS-KUD's / Curriculum Maps
• Website Links
  • Everything We Have and Everything We Use Comes From Our Natural Resources
    Great articles about minerals and ingredients of everyday things (pencils, toothpaste, etc.).  Great photos and descriptions/lists of uses of various minerals/common minerals and their uses/mineral information by state.  Simple list with links to information and map of each state.  Lessons and packets - free downloads for teachers.
  • Mineral Investigations
    Find out about testing hardness, color, streak, fracture, etc.  Has some good information to copy and paste.
  • Rock Hounds
    Good info for kids and teachers about how rocks are formed, rock collection safety and tips, great lesson plan ideas.
  • RocksForKids.com
    Find out stuff about rocks and minerals and where to go to find more.  Take a look at some super pictures of rocks, learn how to identify rocks and discover neat things you can do with rocks.  Good copying, pasting information and handouts.

Water

• Standard Connections
• Formative Assessments
• Summative Assessments / Scoring Guides
• LFS-KUD's / Curriculum Maps
• Website Links