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Drip Drop - 3rd Grade
NGSS Standards Supported: NGSS 3-ESS2-1
Students will participate in hands-on activities and collaborate with their peers to find clues and uncover patterns to solve the mystery of water challenges in their community. Students will also compare and describe diverse weather and climate data from different regions in California and explore personal choices to protect our local water resources.
Rethink Resources - 3rd Grade
NGSS Standards Supported: K-ESS3-3, 3-LS4-4, 5-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, HS-ESS3-4
Is all of our trash really waste? Rethink Resources uses trash to explore the connection between humans and the natural world. Through hands-on activities that focus on the five R's: Refuse, Reuse, Rot, Repurpose, and Recycle, students will develop a deeper understanding of the importance of natural resources and how we can conserve them by producing less waste.
Magnets are Magnificent - 3rd Grade
NGSS Standards Supported: 3-PS2-3. and 3-PS2-4.
Magnetism magic is demystified as students investigate permanent, temporary and electromagnets. Working in cooperative teams, students visit various hands-on lab stations and complete experiments to gain a better understanding of magnetic interactions.
Amazing Animals - Prado Constructed Wetlands Traveling Nature Center - 3rd Grade
NGSS Standards Supported: 3-LS4.C
Your 3rd-grade students become biologists tasked with making a claim of whether the Prado Constructed Wetlands (PCW) successfully achieved its goal of restoring a critical habitat. Students will explore PCW through hands-on stations, and meet several native animal ambassadors to gather evidence to support or refute their claims.
To better support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) the programs listed above are the best programs for 3rd Grade.
