3rd Grade: Science

Plant Links

Day 1: Introduction to Plants

• Purple Coneflower:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRIXi4ALdU
  • http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/plants/purpleconeflower.htm
• Cattail:
  • http://www.arkive.org/bulrush/typha-latifolia/video-00.html
  • Read the provided article titled “Life Cycle of a Cattail”.
  • http://bayville.thinkport.org/printables/cattails.pdf

Day 2: Identifying Structures and Investigating Purpose

• Purple Coneflower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRIXi4ALdU
• Cattail:  http://www.arkive.org/bulrush/typha-latifolia/video-00.html

Day 3: Developing Questions to Drive Investigations

• Watch this with the sound turned OFF!     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCFstSMvAMI

Day 4: Investigating purple coneflower or cattail Behavior

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi3P3uJOsN4
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCFstSMvAMI
• Video of an experiment done by an actual third grader:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYOBi5gaVs
• Information Sheet: Read the provided information sheet.
• Article: https://readingtonscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ch.+5+Section+4+Text+Pages.pdf

Day 5: Purple Coneflower or Cattail And Their Territory

• Cattail Map: http://www.cattails.info/Types_of_cattail.html
• Cattail Habitat/Territory: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/critter/cattails
• Purple Coneflower Map: http://www.everwilde.com/BONAP-Wildflower-Maps/Echinacea-purpurea-Distribution-Map.gif
• Purple Coneflower Habitat/Territory: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/critter/purple_coneflower

Day 6: Comparing Life Cycles

• Plant Life Cycles: https://jr.brainpop.com/science/plants/plantlifecycle/preview.weml
• Purple Cone Flower Lifecycle:
  • https://southernruralroute.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/life-of-a-purple-coneflower/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRIXi4ALdU
• Cattail Life Cycle:
  • http://www.ehow.com/facts_5137348_life-cycle-cattail.html
  • http://www.arkive.org/bulrush/typha-latifolia/ (Make sure to examine all photographs and their captions!)

Mission 1: Ecosystems and Biomes

Go to www.schooltube.com:  The Commander In Chief (CIC) of the EPA (your teacher) wants you to type Real World Science:  Ecosystems and Biomes into the search bar.  Watch the video to begin to gather information on each biome.

You will also use the following sites to find necessary information:  

http://www.mbgnet.net

www.pebblego.com