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Lesson Plans - 3rd Grade

Melted Oceans

Mix and blend melted crayon colors to create ocean in motion scenes.

Glittery Shell Fish

Compare and contrast various forms of ocean life, identify shellfish by their shell characteristics, and create ocean scenes inside shells.

Don’t Spill the Oil

Investigate the impact of oil spills and efforts made to prevent and clean up such environmental accidents.

Ocean Life Mural

Students draw pictures of marine life. Students work together to create a mural.

Let’s Make Waves

The most effective way to help children replace a misconception is to give them an experience that directly challenges it. In this simple set of activities children use wind to create waves and use marbles to model energy moving through water.