Third Grade Websites

Compiled By the Professional Development Team at TCCSA

For suggestions, additions or questions email Joanne Porr or Mary Barber

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Last updated on September 2004

 

Writing |  Economics | Ohio Indians | Government | Geography | Ohio History |  Nutrition | Health and Safety | Cycles | Simple Machines | Rocks and Minerals | Math | Money | Proficiency Websites

 

 

Writing

 

Poetry:

http://www.poetryteachers.com/  

  EXCELLENT teaching ideas for a unit on poetry

http://www.amalnet.k12.il/meida/english/engi2096.htm  

collection of sites for teaching poetry

 http://www.gardendigest.com/poetry/haiku4.htm  

 Haiku poetry

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html   ideas for teaching writing. Includes:  

General Ideas for Teaching Writing Six Trait Writing Model
Teaching the Writing Process Teaching the Modes of Writing
Teaching Ideas and Content Teaching Organization
Teaching Voice Teaching Word Choice
Teaching Sentence Fluency Teaching Writing Conventions

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SOCIAL STUDIES

Economics

Teaching Supply and demand

This site: http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/demand.htm   has an excellent simulation with great discussion questions.  After you finish there go to:

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/supply.htm  and learn about the supply and entrepreneurship 

http://www.wviz.org/edsvcs/k_12/Correl/prof6thcit.htm   Each of the sixth grade Citizenship proficiency standards are here and each is linked to websites with ideas for teaching. Great resource!!!

 http://www.kcee.wichita.edu/Documents/KCEE/HANDS%20on%20economics%20by%20Ken%20Garwick.htm    My sixth grade students spend the school year learning various economic concepts with a hands-on approach.  Many situations are created where my students get first hand practical experience.  I feel that by using this approach to teaching economics students can more easily understand the concepts I am trying to teach.

Factors of Production:

... Fourth-Grade Proficiency Test Citizenship Learning Outcomes related to Economics.
Identify the factors of production (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship ...

http://www2.lakotaonline.com/east/leh_davish/leh_4thgradeques.html

4th Grade Proficiency Economics test items, questions, answers and key words

http://www2.lakotaonline.com/east/leh_davish/leh_6thgradeques.html

6th Grade Proficiency Economics test items, questions, answers and key words

 

Entrepreneurship

Factors of Production

  http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/educ/decmr.htm 

This selection of resources may be useful supplements for social studies discussions about the social and economic impacts of industrialization, tradeoffs of historic preservation and economic development as well asenvironmental issues accompanying industrialization in port cities.

 http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901/

 

 

 Complete site for teaching and having students experience the factors of economics.

WOW, What a great site designed for grades 3-5. This will make your job SOOO much easier

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Ohio Indians

http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/PPF/ohioans/indians/links.html  WOW-really neat links to famous Ohio Indians

http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/history/h_indian/tribes/shawnee.html  Shawnees and their history

http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/history/h_indian/tribes/delaware.html   Delaware Indians and their history

http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/

Provided by Ohio Historical Society. Contains info on prehistoric Ohio Indians (13000 BC -1843 AD) and historic Ohio Indians (1641-1843), where you can search for Indian traditions, artifacts, images, maps and much more

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/Cultures/Native_Americans/Tribes/  long list of tribes by name with number of sites listed for each one

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Government Websites

Systems of Government

Detailed US/Chile Congressional Comparison (Lesson)
Modern Local Government: Town Meeting Simulation
In Congress Assembled (Continuity and Change, less ons)
Congress Link

PBS Kids Democracy Project (How does the government affect me?)

Constitution &  Bill of Rights

The Documents
The U.S.Constitution
Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights) - list
Amendments 11-27 - list

Lesson Plans & Activities
Creating Classroom Constitutions - Opening Lesson Plan
Rights & Freedoms (4-6) UNIT
The Constitution: Principles & Structures of American Democracy  
The United States Constitution
The Constitution Game: Lesson Plan
Constitution and Economy Lesson Plan
The Constitution in American History Lesson Plans
The Constitution: Debate on Ratification (lesson activity)
The Constitution - A Living Document (6th-8th)
Creating a Bill of Rights - Opening lesson plan

Freedom of the Press Lesson Plan (Freedom of Speech)
School Violence and the Second Amendment
4th Amendment: Search & Seizure Lesson Plan
4th Amendment - Do I have a right to privacy?
Reworking the Bill of Rights Lesson Plan
Students' Rights (Role Play)
14th Amendment UNIT (6th)
Women's Suffrage Movement - 19th amendment
More Lesson Plans
Constitution Day & lesson plan
Constitutional Community (35 lesson plans)

Lesson Ideas

Rewrite the Declaration of Independence.  After the kids try to do this, ask Is it your meaning? Justify your answer!

Write an amendment to the Constitution about which you feel strongly today. Use the language of the existing Constitution.

Give examples of what you can do today in your everyday life that are protected by the Bill of Rights.


Law Units & Lesson Plans

Law UNITS (middle school)
A Child's Rights in the Eyes of the Law UNIT (6th)
How a Bill Become s a Law (Civil Rights Act 1964)
The Civic Mind (lesson plans about the legal system)
Kids Privacy Act - Teachers Guide

General Sites Designed to teach kids about the Government :

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Whitehouse for kids

  http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html

ThinkQuest Government site

http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/constitution.html

Lesson plan for teaching government: 

  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

lesson plans for government by grade level

  http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5873/

Government Site for kids

  Government Sites and teaching ideas:

http://teachers.teachnology.com/themes/social/consit/

  http://www.dowslane.org/government.htm

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Geography

Landforms

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/search?key=landforms

http://www.geocities.com/monte7dco/

Shaving Cream Landforms

http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/1997/landforms.htm

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/slaymaker/Geol10L/landforms.htm

Build a Prarie-on-line simulation

http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/prairie/build/index.html

http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/watershed/watershed2.html

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Ohio History

http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/ohiodefined/  

http://www.superkidz.com/ohio.html  LOTS of Ohio Resources in one place!

http://www.ohiokids.org/games/ctynames.html how Ohio counties got their names

http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm Facts page

http://www.webtest.state.oh.us/drafts/government.htm shows all of the branches of government ...just click on each one to get more info

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/ links to parts of government

http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/nature/geograph/intro/look.html geographical facts

http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/OCA/map.cfm county almanac...Click on county and get info about it

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/  Ben's Guide to Government for Kids. This is an EXCELLENT site for teaching U.S. government. Just choose the grade level (K-8) and it will take you to the appropriate sites for those grade levels.

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SCIENCE

 

Food and Nutrition

 

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/nutrition/nutrition.html

 

http://www.nal.usda.gov/kids/fandn.htm

 

http://www.kidshealth.org/Search01.jsp

 

 

Using Food
Addie's Wonderful Watermelon Unit (first day of school)
Popcorn, Peanuts & Pumpkins
Strawberries & Other Fruits & Veggies
Apples & Johnny Appleseed

 

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Health/Safety

 

 

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/

Confused, sad, mad, glad? Check out this section to learn about these emotions and many more - and how to deal with them.


The Safety Game Lesson Plan
Safety Lessons for Children
Safe Kids are No Accident
 

Fire Prevention Week: Oct 7-14, 2001
Fire Safety Kids Page (with teachers guide)
Free Stuff from Fema for Classrooms(place your order by August 20th if possible)
Smokey the Bear

All About Me & The Five Senses
Primary UNITS (K-3)
5 Senses, All About Me & other PK-2nd-grade UNITS

 

http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/index.html

http://www.kidshealth.org/Search01.jsp

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Cycles-easily explained and with diagrams  

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/EBpdfs/EB.IM5.L4.pdf 

carbon-oxygen cycle

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/science/mhscience/teachres/blm/pdf/gr3/practice/G3U6T3.pdf  

http://www.alken-murray.com/Nitrogen.html

 Nitrogen Cycle Diagram

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111040/Informative/Popups/pop_dia_nitro.htm  

Life Cycles WQ

http://www.biopoint.com/gvsu/projectlifecycles.html

http://www.nwf.org/wildalive/lifecycles/ This an EXCELLENT site where you can simply click on the species and see and read about its life cycle

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Simple Machines

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ This is the BEST! Interactive, easy to understand. The kids and YOU will LOVE it!

List of sites for kids: http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html

Integrated Unit-NOT requiring the web   http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/simp-mach/default.htm  

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/machinessimple.htm

Simple Machine Page for kids:   http://www.san-marino.k12.ca.us/~summer1/machines/simplemachines.html

Simple Machines WebQuest:   http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/sthroop/webquest.htm

Simple Machines WebQuest:  http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq8/jjquest.htm

Simple Machines WebQuest:  http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/simp_mach/

Simple Machines Invention WebQuest:   http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/ab/el/simplemachines.html   would be neat to use with Mousetrap game!

 Simple Machines WebQuest:  http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/ccarothers/wquest.htm 

Exploring Simple Machines- a WebQuest for fourth Grade: http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Machines/Machines.htm

 

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Rocks and Minerals

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html  WebQuest

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rock.htm  LOTS of cool sites dealing with this topic

http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/rocks.htm   TONS of helpful resources

   

Rocks & fossils

Crystal Gardens

http://www.melborponsti.com/crafts/craft093.shtml  Recipe for creating crystals

 

Everybody Needs a Rock

http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci080.html  Lesson plan for selecting and identifying the attributes of a rock, estimating its mass, determining its volume, etc.

 

Geo Mysteries (7/26/01)

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html Help solve mysteries of rocks and fossils. Geological Timeline. Fast FAQs about rocks and minerals.

 

Junior Rockhound Magazine

http://www.canadianrockhound.com/junior.html

 

Largest Fossils in Utah (Dinosaurs)

http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/l4.hts?id=139&core=3&course_num=3040&std=4

 

Make a Rock Activity

http://nesen.unl.edu/teacher/activities/geology/wattnr.htm

 

Minerals & Gems

http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/rocks.htm

 

Minerals, Crystals, & Gems: Stepping-Stones to Inquiry

http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/gems/start.html

 

Minerals in Fossil Formation

http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/l4.hts?id=136&core=3&course_num=3040&std=4

 

Rock Classification

http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/Resources/Lessons/Rocks/lesson.html

 

Rock Hounds - WebQuest

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/lesson.htm

 

Rocks & Minerals Detectives - WebQuest

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html

 

Telling the Story of a Rock

http://nesen.unl.edu/teacher/activities/geology/storyrock.html

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MATH

Sites with sounds for math 

SchoolHouse Rock - Multiplication Rock[*]- lots of catchy tunes here help you learn about grammar, America, mathematics, science, and computers. You'll need RealPlayer for the audio and video files. 

Audio Math Table Generator - enter any number into this calculator and get its written and spoken multiplication table. 

Kostur's Postulate - hear and see counting from 1 to 15, for toddlers and Preschool age children. 

LiteracyCenter.Net - check out these multimedia early reading, writing, colors, and math lessons in English, French, German, and Spanish.

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/http://www.quia.com/dir/math/
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~g_games/MMGaA.html   math games and activities that don't need a computer

http://www.mikids.com/math.html   great primary math ideas

http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/edkluk/public_html/ViElMath/ViElMath.html   visualizing math-addition, fractions, multiplication

http://funbrain.com/ lots of math games-you choose the grade level and subject has games for other subject areas too

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.aaamath.com/

http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/math/Games_and_Puzzles/

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Math/math.htm

http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm

 

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Money Sites

Index of Resources

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Money/MoneyHome.html

Kid Sense with games, lessons, and links

http://www.kids.sco.ca.gov/default.asp

Change Maker, demonstrates counting money in a game format.
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/

Also demonstrates counting money in a game format.
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

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Proficiency Websites

  http://www.chuh.org/Standards/  

 Go to this site and click on Ohio Proficiency on the left side of the page. It will take you here:

From here you can search for the grade level, the subject, the strand…OR you can just go to the whole area like Citizenship. Each Outcome is listed separately with a link or links to web based lessons dealing with that outcome.

Other Websites that are Proficiency Related:

 http://www.wbeducation.com/oh_4th_citizenship.html

www.libraryvideo.com/servlet/pdfmaker/cc/14324/D6825ohio.pdf

 http://www.mcrel.org/standards

 http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/activities/output.asp?Activity=220

 http://cc.ysu.edu/~triley/EconEd.htm

 

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