Science Week 3
FOCUS STANDARD
ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT
MATERIALS / RESOURCESACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS
NOTES
3.E.2.1 Compare Earth’s saltwater and freshwater features (including oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and glaciers).
What are the characteristics of freshwater and saltwater?
What is an ocean, sea, lake, pond, stream and glacier?
How are the bodies of water alike and different?
Vocabulary:
SaltwaterFreshwaterOceanSeaRiverLakePondStreamGlacier
Experiments: Freshwater Saltwater Egg-
periment Steam Table Lesson Plan Landforms Bodies of Water
Song and Body Motion Activity Order Bodies of Water from
Greatest to Least in Size. (Can be done on paper or by giving children cards and moving)
Literature: Follow the Water from Brook to
Ocean by Arthur Dorros
Poem: Water, Water Everywhere
Online Resources: Essentially Science Wiki Page
Vocabulary Powerpoint.Assessments:
Picture Word Definition Sentence
Flow Map Bodies of Water from Greatest to Least in Size.
Quarter 3 Quiz and Study Guide (give at the end of the quarter)
There is an end of quarter study guide and quiz on the science concepts for the quarter.