Third+Grade+Finds


 * Social Studies**
 * **Cities, States & the Difference**
 * **GeoGames--**A geography game that helps students learn the difference (and location) of cities, states, countries, etc. @http://www.reachtheworld.org/geogames/Play-GeoGames.html
 * **Test your Geography Knowledge:** This may be too advanced for third graders, but may be worth a look: @http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
 * **Continent**
 * Oceans and Continent Quiz - Lizard point game
 * Ocean and Continent Hangman game
 * World Continents and Oceans game - choose your learning level
 * **Colonies **
 * **The Original 13 Web Site:** @http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
 * **JamesTown Adventure**: @http://www.historyglobe.com/index.html
 * **Teacher Idea** (low tech) for teaching students the difference between city state, continent, planet, etc. This would work well at a center. @http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/emints/resources/CityState.htm
 * **My Place in Space:** This teaching lesson is geared at 1st grade so it will need to be adapted, but it outlines the objectives that were mentioned at our meeting--students understanding the difference between a city, state, country, continent, planet, etc. You may want to teach the lesson and adapt it the first time and then create your own lesson at the 3rd grade level: @http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/where/
 * **Explorers **
 * The Journey of Christopher Columbus
 * Explorers of the 14th & 15th Century
 * **Tools of the Early Explorers:** http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/
 * **Immigrants **
 * **Scholastic's Stories of Yesterday & Today--Immigration:** @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.
 * **Economics ** & Natural Resources
 * An Economics & Literature Lesson - Geraldine, a goat, tells the story of a Navajo weaver who produces a rug using the goat's mohair.
 * From the Land - explore the riches that come from the land and how they are used.
 * The International Pencil - How are pencils produced, what natural resources are used, ideas and links are provided
 * Science**
 * **BitSize Science--Physical Processes**: @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/ This site contains interactive ideas related to the physical processes in science--the ones you will be interested in are sounds, forces, magnets & springs
 * **BitSize Science-Materials:** @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/ This site contains interactive activities related to changing states, gas, liquids, solids, etc.
 * **BitSize Science--Living Things:** http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/ This link on the BitSize Science site has links to interactive activities on food chains, life cycles, plants & animals, etc.
 * **PBS Site--What Are Ecosystems:** @http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/
 * Ecosystem--"We Are All In This Together" from Natureworks. This site focuses on how everything in an ecosystem depends on each other from the plants to the air, water, etc. This is the review site you were looking for!
 * **Study zone (**Targeted at 5th Grade)--this is a review/quiz site on the different ecosystems. (It might be worth a look) http://www.studyzone.org/
 * **Food Webs & Chains**
 * Experiment with a Pond Food Web
 * Food Chain a video and a quiz on the food chain that shares information at the 3rd graders level
 * Food Chains and Webs - Basic information regarding food webs is presented
 * Weather
 * Changes & Matter

Items needed for Science: changes & matter, hands on activities, chemical changes animal food web & chain natural resources, weather,

**Math**
 * **Fractions**
 * **Internet 4 Classroom Collection of Fractions Practice Web Sites:** interactive and instructional web sites on fractions tied to national math standards. This site is specifically targeted to 3rd grade students.
 * Geometry
 * **Measurement In Math:**
 * **AAA Math Resrouces on Measurement:** Add Feet and Inches  | Centimeters | Centimeters2  | Convert Metric | Divide Feet and Inches | Divide Gallons, Quarts, and Pints | Multiply Gallons, Quarts, and Pints | Multiply Feet and Inches  | Subtract Feet and Inches
 * Fish Tales : Measure fish with a ruler and sort them by their size. A fun activity to practice measurement.
 * **Fun Brain Resources on Measurement:** Inches | Inches2
 * Measure it : This site allows students to practice using a ruler that contains both inches and centimeters
 * Measurement Game : Measuring objects has never been so much fun!
 * Perimeter Practice : An ant helps find the perimeter of an object by walking around it
 * Perimeter of a Square : At this web site, students calculate the perimeter of a square when given dimensions.
 * Perimeter of a Rectangle : At this web site, students calculate the perimeter of a square with supplied dimensions.
 * The Ruler Game : Students learn to read a ruler at this web site (great review site or reference for home)
 * Shape Surveyor : Students can calculate the area or perimeter of a rectangle and receive puzzle pieces as rewards.
 * 2D, 3D
 * Shapes
 * Multiplication up to 50

**Language Arts**

**Commercials & Advertising Sites**
 * **YouTube:** http://www.youtube.com Using this web site run a search for the Clio Award Winners in the search tag. Clio is the award given for advertising each year. (You may want to give the students a Carriage Clio award for top 10 campaigns at Carriage!
 * **Searchable Database of Commercials**: @http://www.advertisementave.com/
 * **Student Created Videos from the University of Chicago**: @http://vimeo.com/6805218 (the students will not have seen these but most--all I viewed--were appropriate)
 * **Sample** Third Grade Commercial Examples

**Other sites of Interest**
 * **Wall wisher** (on-line post it notes for organizing ideas & thoughts) @http://www.wallwisher.com
 * **Big Huge Labs:** create all kinds of images--(I like the Motivator Posters for students of the week & poetry) @http://www.bighugelabs.com
 * **Quizlet:** Free on-line ightning fast way to memorize vocabulary lists. It's like flashcards, but much more fun and interactive @http://quizlet.com/
 * **SmartBoard Activities and Resources from Lee Summit School District:** @http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm