Grade 3- Earth Science - Water - Resources
Water Curriculum

Massachusetts Science Technology Learning Standards:
* Compare and contrast solids, liquids and gases based on the basic properties of each of these states of matter.
* Describe how water can be changed from one state to another by adding or taking away heat.
* Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere.
Give examples of how the cycling of water, both in and out of the atmosphere, has an effect on climate.

Books and Videos in Union #38 School Libraries:

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

Water Dance Locker, Thomas
Travel with author-illustrator Thomas Locker and follow our planet's most precious resource--water--on its daily journey through our world.

Paddle to the Sea Holling C. Holling
A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.

A Drop Around the World Mckinney, Barbara Shaw
A clever poetic presentation of the water cycle.

Shapes in the Sky Sherman, Josepha
The book explains how clouds are formed, four basic cloud shapes (cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, and cirrus), and the effects clouds have on daily weather.

Splish Splash Book about Rain Sherman, Josepha
Find out why rain is so important. Find out what happens when it rains too much, when it rains too little, and learn what makes rain.

A Drop in My Drink Hopper, Meredith
Water is a part of your everyday life. But when you fill a glass with water, do you ever stop to wonder where it comes from? Water was present during the Earth's dramatic formation billions of years ago

Ducky Bunting, Eve
When a violent ocean storm causes a crate holding assorted plastic tub toys -- including one resilient little duck -- to wash overboard, the course of Ducky's life alters drastically. This engaging story based on a real event includes an author's note

3 Days on a River in a Red Canoe Williams, Vera
Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour

Drop of Water Wick, Walter
Learn about evaporation, condensation, snowflakes, how clouds form, and more amazing water tricks. Wick's other artfully composed photographs.

A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of Water Bailey, Jacqui
Follow a drop of water as it cycles from a droplet to vapor and back to water again.

More Web Sites for Teachers:

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ (Lessons, themes, printables, etc.)
http://www.solcomhouse.com/ (Index of Sites)
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/habitats.html (Index of Sites & Activities)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/ (USDA Agricultural Research Service)
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/core/5th/sciber/3/properti/default.htm (Water Everywhere)
http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/water.shtml (Water Cycles)
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/links/science.htm (another Index of Sites)
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/wc/index.html (Water Cycle)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sla/3/dripdrop.html (Drip Drop, Water's Journey)
http://www.kids.gov/k_science.htm (First Gov for Kids)
http://www.tryscience.org/teachers/teacherslbtopic.html (Try Science/Earth)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/earth-science-channel.htm (Search their Earth Science Library)
http://edugreen.teri.res.in/index.asp (Explore and Play sites/Environmental Learning)
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/default.htm (Science & Tech. Focus)
http://www.skewlsites.com/ethsp.htm (Site Index)

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