3rd Grade Earth Science Activities

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  • Explore Activity: Exploring Rocks Formed from Molten Rock

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    Explore Activity: Exploring Rocks Formed from Molten Rock

    Students compare the mass of samples of granite, obsidian, and pumice. Materials list, lab hints and tips, rubric,…

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  • Investigate Activity: Observing What Is in Soil

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    Investigate Activity: Observing What Is in Soil

    Students compare and contrast soil samples to make inferences about which soil would be best for growing plants.…

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  • Explore Activity: Exploring How Clouds Form

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    Explore Activity: Exploring How Clouds Form

    Students make a model cloud and observe how water vapor in warm air condenses when it is cooled. Materials list,…

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    Atmosphere and Air
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  • Investigate Activity: Making a Model Tornado

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    Investigate Activity: Making a Model Tornado

    Students use a plastic bottle with a cap, salt, dishwashing detergent, glitter, and food coloring to create a model…

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  • Mixing Soils and Liquid

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    Mixing Soils and Liquid

    In this lab, students are given several different types of soil. They are asked to predict and then observe how each…

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  • Water Sample Evaluation

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    Water Sample Evaluation

    Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates a students ability to check and measure the clarity and odor of two…

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  • Mineral Properties

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    Mineral Properties

    Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates students' understanding of mineral properties, including luster,…

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    Minerals
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  • Soil Samples

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    Soil Samples

    In this lab, students evaluate a soil sample in order to determine its suitability for planting. Students test nitrogen…

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  • A Puzzling World

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    A Puzzling World

    Long ago, the Earth's continents were all part of the same land mass.

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  • Have a Great Summer from Katie Kazoo

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    Have a Great Summer from Katie Kazoo

    The Katie Kazoo Crew offers students some ideas for summer vacation fun!

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    Summer Season
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  • Crystal Gardens

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    Crystal Gardens

    Learn the properties of crystals through practical experiments with different types of salt.

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  • Conserving Water: Bath or Shower?

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    Conserving Water: Bath or Shower?

    One way to conserve water is to take showers instead of baths. Find out why, by performing this experiment.

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    Natural Resources Conservation
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  • An Ecological Experiment

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    An Ecological Experiment

    Students examine and rate their lunch packaging in terms of its environmental friendliness.

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  • Making Your Own Recycled Paper

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    Making Your Own Recycled Paper

    Students follow these instructions to create recycled paper.

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    Recycling
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  • Winter Holiday Contract

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    Winter Holiday Contract

    Introduce elementary students to independent research with these winter holiday projects.

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    Winter Season
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  • Explaining the Winter Solstice

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    Explaining the Winter Solstice

    In this activity, children draw a diagram to explain what happens during the winter solstice.

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    Seasons
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  • May Baskets

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    May Baskets

    In this art activity, students celebrate spring by making their own flower baskets.

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    Spring Season
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  • "Inside the Earth" Game

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    "Inside the Earth" Game

    Students must recall geology facts to play a board game.

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  • Grand Canyon Rock Strata

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    Grand Canyon Rock Strata

    Students learn about the geologic layers in the Grand Canyon by recreating them in an art project.

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  • Create Your Own Geology Books

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    Create Your Own Geology Books

    Students make a book showcasing their geology writing activities.

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  • Magnetic Field Printable

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    Magnetic Field Printable

    Students demonstrate how the Earth's magnetic field works.

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  • Rock Collections

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    Rock Collections

    Use a printable that contains instructions for starting a rock collecting hobby.

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  • Rock Exploration Guidelines

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    Rock Exploration Guidelines

    Print a worksheet that details a rock collecting search.

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  • Metamorphic Rocks

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    Metamorphic Rocks

    Students match metamorphic rocks with igneous rocks from which they formed.

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