Weather and Climate Third Grade Science NGSS BUNDLE | Print + Digital

This third grade weather and climate bundle is a comprehensive science resource carefully designed with literally everything you need to teach NGSS, TEKS, and many state science standards for weather and climate.

Each ready-to-teach lesson comes with an instructional PowerPoint, detailed, scripted lesson plans, response journal activities, differentiated quizzes, hands-on investigations, and simple lab activities that are actually do-able in your classroom.

The lessons also include vocabulary posters, guiding questions, and learning objectives display cards as well as related videos for each lesson. Literacy and math-based science centers make it easy to integrate science during your reading and math blocks if you wish to.

Science and engineering practices are woven into each lesson as students investigate real-world phenomena that require them to design solutions to weather-related problems.

This third grade weather unit is the second unit in the third grade science series. It includes 22 days of complete science lessons on weather, climate zones, seasonal weather changes, weather instruments, the water cycle, measuring temperature, comparing weather data, and more! These lessons will have your students begging you for science!

Assessing each lesson is easy to differentiate using one of two quiz formats: the fill-in-the-blank option or the short, written response format. At the end of the unit, students are assessed with a comprehensive unit test with questions modeled after standardized tests that allow students to practice important skills while you assess learning.

All of the activities are included in both a printable version and in digital format on Google Slides with narrated audio lessons.

The narrated audio lessons make it easy to differentiate and enable your students to listen and learn while working independently at school or virtually. The moveable, interactive digital activities make it easy and engaging for students to practice and apply what they are learning.

Included in the printable unit:

• A complete Teacher’s Guide with a 22-day Pacing Guide that can be shortened to fit your schedule
• Standards alignment pages with NGSS, TEKS, and CCSS for each lesson
• Teacher planning binder with cover and sections
• 22 Days of detailed, scripted lesson plans.
• 8 Hands-on investigations with guided lab procedures and step-by-step directions with photos.
• 8 Partner activity labs
• An in-depth Teaching PowerPoint to guide you through 22 engaging lessons with Turn and Talk partner discussion, Independent Activity slides, and a slide introducing the Investigation for each lesson
• Science focus wall with essential question posters and learning target cards
• Student science journal booklet with activity pages to reinforce each lesson
• Vocabulary cards + full-page vocabulary posters
• Quick Check/Exit Tickets in 2 formats for each lesson (short written response or fill-in-the-blank) with answer keys
• Final Unit Test & Answer Key
• 4 Literacy and math-based science centers
• Related videos for each lesson
• Weather and climate book list
• BONUS Weather bulletin board set

Included in the Digital Unit:

• Narrated audio lessons on Google Slides
• 10 Lesson response activities on Google Slides
• 5 Self-grading quizzes on Google Forms
• Unit test on Google Forms
• 4 Interactive science center games

Literacy & Math-Based Science Centers (in both print + digital)

These digital games and printable task cards are ideal to add to your literacy centers to reinforce science content as students practice these skills:

• Vocabulary
• Cause & Effect
• Classifying
• Mathematical Practice

Lesson topics:

· Lesson 1.1 Water and Weather

· Lesson 1.2 Impacts of Weather

· Lesson 1 Lab: How can water and temperature damage a home?

· Lesson 2.1 Seasonal Weather Changes

· Lesson 2.2 Weather Instruments

· Lesson 2.3 Measuring and Comparing Temperature

· Lesson 2 Lab: Designing Tools to Measure Rainfall

· Lesson 3.1 Hazardous Weather

· Lesson 3.2 Flood Simulation

· Lesson 3 Lab: Reduce the Impact of a Hurricane

· Lesson 4.1 Climates on Earth

· Lesson 4.2 How do mountains affect climate?

· Lesson 4.3 Climate Zones

· Lesson 4 Lab: Model how sunlight varies on Earth

· Lesson 5.1 Factors That Affect Climate

· Lesson 5.2 Climate Change

· Lesson 5.3 The Greenhouse Effect

· Lesson 5 Lab: Investigate Sea Level Rise

*Please see the preview for an in-depth unit overview plus details and pictures of all the labs and teaching materials included.

Click here to download a lab materials list.

Click here for all 3rd grade units and bundles.

Additional units in this series:

Inherited Traits

Force & Motion

Weather & Climate

Engineering Design

Scientists & The Scientific Method

Environment, Survival & Fossil Evidence

Third Grade Science Yearlong Curriculum BUNDLE

Click here for more DIGITAL science units.

Click here to see the 2nd grade science series.

Happy teaching!

Linda Kamp

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