Monday, July 24, 2017

Third Grade Science

Science
Who Was Charles Darwin? By Deborah Hopkinson
Rainforests by Lucy Bowman
Pagoo by Holling C. Holling  Chapters 1 - 13

Science Classes at South Florida Museum:  
Oct. 14 – went outside, identifying non-living and living things
Oct. 21 outdoors collecting flowers and rocks, describing, and classifying.  Used a microscope
Nov. 4 – Seneca made a list of science terms. She learned about cells.
Nov. 18 – Seneca learned about the differences between plant cells and animal cells.
December – Seneca dissected a flower. 
January 6 – Seneca learned about reptiles and amphibians.
January 20 – Class included a bit of scavenger hunt through the museum.
February 3 – Dissection Day! Seneca observed a frog dissection and identified frog-organ’s on a poster.
February 17 – Seneca learned about hammerhead sharks. Class included a visit to the museum’s aquarium.
March 2 – Comparisons of non-living things vs living things
March 16 – Observed a pregnant-shark dissection
April 6 – Eco-systems
May – Made a diorama of a habitat
Gills Club
August – Capturing sharks: taking blood samples, stress in sharks
October – Shark Tourism: Pros and Cons, collecting data from interviews, literature, and art
January – building a model shark
April – Plastics and pollution in the ocean
May – video conference with scientists aboard The Nautilus and exploration in the estuary
Nature Study
-Seneca attended 3 Nature Lab events at Emerson Park in September.
-Nature walk and birdwatching at Robinson’s Preserve.  Seneca watched a bird intently as she knew it was preparing to hunt.  Sure enough, it snatched up some food. She knew it was hunting from what she had learned on Wild Kratts.
Nov. 20 – Around The Bend presentation on limpkins and bird watching
Jan. 8 – Nature Lab: Seneca dissected owl pellets and learned the terms biotic and a-biotic. 
Feb. 5 – Nature Lab at Robinson’s Preserve: Seneca dissected a clam and was shown its abductor muscles, foot, gills, and digestive system. She also learned about estuaries, pollution, dry ice sublimation, and went on a nature hike.
April 1 – Nature Lab: Emerson Park: Theme: Insect communication
April 5 – Ranger guided field trip at Oscar Scherer State Park
April 8 – Nature Lab at Emerson Park: Bees






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