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Grade 3 Resources

Cynthia Rylant :


Falcon - Learn all about Cynthia

Childrens books - Learn about the author at About.com

Kidsread - Let Kidsread tell you all about the author

Also check out BrainPOP Jr. for a movie about the author

Patricia Polacco :


Webquest! - Learn about the author!

Reading Rockets - Listen to author Patricia Polacco in her own words!

Storyline - Listen to members of the screen actors guild read 'My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother' and "Thank You Mr. Falkner'!

 

Internet Safety :


Netsmartz

Safety Land

PBS Web License

 

Water Cycle:


To The Mountains and Back! - The many adventures of drippy the raindrop!

Water Drop Adventure

Question and games

Word Search

Digestion:


Digestion - Follow food through the human digestive system!

Kids Heath - watch a movie or do activities.

Innerbody

Yucky and Cool Body

Enchanted Learning

Nutrition:


Nutrition Explorations - Learn all about nutrition!

Nutrition - Check out the new food pyramid!

Blast Off - An interactive computer game developed by the US Dept. of Agriculture where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid.

Keeping healthy - what the BBC has to say about a healthy lifestyle!

American Revolution:


Trading Cards - Make your patriot trading card!

Liberty - The American Revolution
PBS site providing Chronicles of the revolution, Perspectives on liberty
and Road to Revolution Games

The Shot Heard Around the World
A movie about the events of April 19, 1775

American Revolution History Makers -Investigate the personalities of the American Revolution!

Revolutionary People - Read brief biographies of some of the leading figures of the Revolution including the stories of some common soldiers and civilians.

American Revolution - Challenging reading level, but lots of information. You may find information on famous Massachusetts people under 'important people'.

Famous Moments in Early American History - Short Films of Noteworthy Events.

America Rock - A musical way to learn about American History

Mass Moments Links - Teachers!!  Easily find links from Mass Moments that are directly related to the third grade curriculum.  Text and audio information is provided!

Men and Women of Massachusetts :


Mrs. Weeks Biography page!


Quoteland - looking for a quote?  Check out quoteland

The Quotations Page -  check here for a quote!

Mass Moments —an electronic almanac of Massachusetts history

Paul Revere: Messenger of the Revolution - A movie about Paul Revere

 

Massachusetts Biography project

Mass Biography webquest - contains links to additional information about many famous people from Mass!

Mass Biographies Curriculum links

 


 

Pilgrims and Wampanoags :


Plimoth Plantation - You can be a historian by discovering clues on what really happened at the 1621 harvest celebration!

Listen! - How did the early pilgrims speak?  Click on the links on this page to find out!

The First Thanksgiving - Learn how the Pilgrims reached America and lived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving.

Pocahontas

Circuits, Conductors and Electricity:


Electrical Safety - Join Frankenstein on a journey of electrical safety tips!

Using Electricity - BBC activity and quiz

Circuits and Conductors - BBC activity and quiz

Changing Circuits - BBC activity and quiz

 

Magnets


Magnet Quiz - test your knowledge of magnets on Quia!

Planets:


Planet  research

Windows to the Universe- Click on the 'Planetary Facts' page for distance information for your planets! 

The Nine Planets Just for Kids - The Nine Eight Planets is a very comprehensive site, discover some interesting facts here!

Curious About Astronomy? - Find out the color of your planet!

Zoom Astronomy - all about Astronomy, the planets, the sun, the moon, the stars, galaxies, asteroids, etc!

StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

World Almanac for Kids- Facts, games and helpful stuff about the solar system

SSE: Planets - A Kid's Eye View Of Our Solar System:

Kidzone - Read some really neat facts about the planets in our solar system!


Exploring The Planets

The Earth's Moon

Planet Activities:

Google Sky

National Geographic/BrainPOP - Solar system movie

Solar System Simulator

Your Weight On Other Worlds

Earth, Sun and Moon - BBC explores our earth, sun and moon

Order The Planets - Order the planets by their distance from the sun, from nearest to farthest.

Good Info, but not updated regarding Pluto:

Powers of Ten - View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth!

Space Covers - planet facts

Iditarod:


Iditarod Update

 

City government :


Dunstable

Groton

Fractured Fairy Tales :


Read, Write and Think

Spelling:


Core Word Activities

50 States:



Explore The States
- America's Library

50 States - states and capitals

IPL Kidspace - Stately Knowledge

US Feature Map Puzzle

National Park Service - Learn more about your National Parks

First Gov For Kids
- States

State Folktales - Stories about each of our states!

USA Gov - who is the governor of your state?

Postcards From America Gallery - each postcard are links, such as Maps, Travel Tips, Stamps and Fun Facts about that state.

Enchanted Learning - Facts, map and state symbols for the 50 states, with links to related quizzes and printouts (use user: Swallowunion, password:rocks)

America’s Story - explore the states

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