They investigate wind, temperature, and the water cycle. After analyzing weather patterns, students make recommendations about outdoor activities as a service to other classrooms in the school. Return to top of page Grade 3 Butterflies and Moths Students observe the biological process of metamorphosis and learn to care for and feed butterflies. Students practice humane treatment of animals. Pollination Students grow Wisconsin Fast Plants, a variety of mustard, which can go through a complete life cycle in a little over forty days.
Students use dried honey bees to pollinate flowers to produce fruit.
Sound Students study sound by making various devices which produce sounds. Structures Students explore the properties of various building materials by constructing structures. Systems Students learn that a system is a group of objects that interact. Students work with mixtures, solutions and suspensions, and learn about filtration and evaporation. Several large wading pools need to be obtained locally.