3rd Grade Lesson Plans
Daily Review Mathematics (Energy)
Aligned to Idaho ’s Content Standards Great ISAT Review! Easy to implement as pre-lesson refresher.
Wasting Energy at Home
The student will be able to identify ways energy is wasted, list ways to conserve energy in the home, and categorize home appliances as heavy, moderate, or light users of energy.
Energy Sources
The student will be able to observe different types of energy sources, where energy comes from, and conduct their own research reports on energy sources.
Energy Activites
The student will conduct experiments to learn about how energy works in our world, observe changes that occur due to the forces of energy, and work in groups to explain the phenomena they observe.
How much energy do you use
The student will be observe the items that use energy in their own homes, calculate the energy cost for their own homes, and compare this cost with others in their class and with the national average.
Cooling a House (Energy Lesson)
The student will learn how to change the temperature by adding an object to the model. Students will experiment with trying to find the best fit for changing the temperature.
A Bright Idea
The student will study an example of the potential energy converted to energy in the forms of heat and light.
Heat from Lights (Energy Lesson)
The student will learn how to change the temperature by adding an object to the model. Students will experiment with trying to find the best fit for changing the temperature.
Pringles Cooker (Solar Lesson)
The student will learn how to build a solar hot dog cooker and test its ability to function.
Making an Anemometer (Wind Lesson)
The student will be able to build a working model of an anemometer and test for Revolutions Per Minute.
Vertical Axis Turbine (Wind Lesson)
The student will be able to to follow multistep directions and be able to work within small group to complete construction of a vertical axis wind turbine
Energy to Grow On
The student will observe a natural conversion system.
