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3rd grade Science
FRAME THE LESSON
Week 2 (contd. from week 1)
Teaching Points & Activities
Student Expectations Bundled in
Lesson
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3.5A - measure, test, and record physical
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Engage:
Stemscopes - Classifying Matter - Engage, Starters, Science Rock Click here to enter text.
Matter; Brainpop jr. - Magnets, Temperature, Heat
Explore:
Stemscopes - Classifying Matter - Explore; Time and Temperature
(AIMS); (Optional) What Do You Sink Will Float? (AIMS)
properties of matter, including temperature,
mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or
float.
Explain:
Stemscopes - Classify Matter - Stemscopedia, Content Connections
Elaborate:
Stemscopes - Classify Matter - Reading Science (A, B, C), Engineering
Connections - (Don't Sink the Boat), Concept Builder
Evaluate:
Stemscopes - Classifying Matter - Pre-assessment, Progress
Monitoring, Post-assessment, Concept Attainment Quiz
Objective/Key Understanding:
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Resources/Materials:
Stemscopes
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Brainpop jr.
open containers for water (large and small)
6 - 9oz. plastic cups
6 - pint sized plastic baggies
18 thermometers
2 liter bottle
Reusable
Large spoon or ladle (per class)
Large container (per class)
2 new crayons (per class)
Ping-Pong ball and golf or rubber bouncy ball (per
class)
Glass marble and equal-diameter wooden bead
(per class)
Plastic clothespin and wooden clothespin (per
class)
Plastic paper clip and metal paper clip (per class)
Rubber band and tied loop of string (per class)
Wood and plastic 12-inch ruler (2 sets)
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Stop & Check for Understanding—High Level Questions
magnetism, and the ability to sink or float.
You tested similar items to see if they sank or float. Why did some objects float and
some
sink?
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What did you discover about the temperature of the different parts of the room?
What objects do you predict would float in pancake syrup?
How could you classify, or group, the items in your refrigerator?
Small Group Purposeful Talk Question Stems:
Closing Product/ Question/ Informal
Assessment:
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properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism,
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What does texture mean?
Design a test for another property of matter.
What are you measuring with the balance?
Find a way to temporarily float one of the objects that sank.
What type of objects were attracted to the magnet?
Vocabulary:
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physical properties, magnetic, nonmagnetic, matter, mass, attract, repel, balance How would you describe the
textures of the materials you felt?
The tests you conducted had to do with physical properties. What are physical
properties?
6 fruits or vegetables, e.g., grape, blueberry, What materials around your
house are magnetic? strawberry,Clickherewatermelon,toentertextorange,. potato,
The classroom? How are magnets helpful? What cucumber, apple (per class)
are some ways you have used magnets before?
Safety goggles (per student)
Consumable
Chart paper (per class)
How did you test the physical property of sinking
and floating?
Paper towels (per class)
Water (per class)
Reusable
Rigor&Relevance: (Real World Connection)
MStattertionisA:everywhereMassstationandmatwerialsneed to understand
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how it works. Double
pan balance
Flotation4smallobjectsdevices(small. chapter book,
rock, eraser, clothespin, etc.)
UsingGram mstackgnetirsm and buoyancy to help
separate something from a mixture.
Station B: Texture station materials
How to measure temperature and mass during
cooking4brown. paper lunch bags
4 objects with different textures (sand paper, Howcottontoballs,read
aluminumthermometerfoil,modeling. clay, etc.)
HowStationto recordC:Temperaturedata. station materials
4 thermometers