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.