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 * __ Grade 3 Earth Science Resources __** **Standard 5.4 Earth Systems Science** Earth operates as a set of complex, dynamic, and interconnected systems, and is a part of the all-encompassing system of the universe.﻿﻿ [[file:Gr. 3 CAD 5.4 Earth Systems.doc]] Classroom Application Document- Provides sample lessons, activities, resources, and assessments aligned to strand and CPI.

**Strand F Climate and Weather** Earth's weather and climate systems are the result of complex interactions between land, ocean, ice, and atmosphere. **Enduring Understanding:** Weather changes that occur from day to day and across the seasons can be measured and documented using basic instruments such as a thermometer, wind vane, anemometer, and rain guage. **Students should be able to:** Identify patterns in data collected from basic weather instruments. (5.4.4.F.1)

**RESOURCES:﻿** [|Weather Wiz Kids] Website designed by meteorologist Crystal Wicker. The website was designed especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents to give them the right tools to explain the different types of weather to children. [|Reference Material] CLICK THE LINK TO SEE 20+ EXCELLENT RESOURCES DEALING WITH WEATHER. [|WeatherBug] Login page to access current and past weather data collected by weather station located at Ramsey High School. Also available are lesson plans, activities, and digital tools for use in the classroom. Resources are delinated by topic and grade level. [|Weather 1: Weather Patterns]A Science NetLinks lesson focused on helping students to understand how the weather changes some from day to day. [|Weather 2: What's the Season?] A Science NetLinks lesson focused on helping students to understand how weather can change from season to season. [|WeatherScope] From CIESE (Center for Innovation and Enginnering in Science Educatation) a project of Stevens Insistitute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate is an Internet-based multidisciplinary project which will enrich a student's learning experience through "Unique and Compelling" applications of instructional technology. In particular, this project taps into some of the exciting applications of the Internet in education by having students access real time weather data, interact with experts online, and publish their own work to the project web site. This standards-based Real Time Data Module has been created for use by students in the elementary and middle school grades to allow them to investigate weather phenomena both locally and in other places around the world. Lessons and activities can be adapted for use in grade three. **NJDOE Suggested Activity for accomplishing 5.4.4.F.1 and 5.1.4.B.2: **
 * Collect data using classroom-developed weather instruments and compare the data collected from the classroom instruments to real-time weather data collected using professional instrumentation. [|www.weather.gov]
 * Create and analyze graphs of the weather data in order to identify relationships among variables such as temperature, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and relative humidity.
 * Relate local weather to published weather maps, satellite imagery, and trends in student generated data.
 * Share weather findings with another classroom in the school, district, state, nation or another country. Compare how the weather is similar or different depending on the location.

Ramsey Weather Unit Plan

**Strand G Biogeochemical Cycles** The biogeochemical cycles in the Earth systems include the flow of microscopic and macroscopic resources from one reservoir in the hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, or biosphere to another, are driven by Earth's internal and external sources of energy, and are impacted by human activity. **Enduring Understandings:**
 * Clouds and fog are made of tiny droplets of water and, at times, tiny particles of ice.
 * Rain, snow, and other forms of precipitation come from clouds; not all clouds produce precipitation.
 * Most of Earth's surface is covered by water. Water circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the water cycle.
 * Properties of water depend on where the water is located (oceans, rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers).


 * Students should be able to:**
 * Explain how clouds form.(5.4.4.G.1)
 * Observe daily cloud patterns, types of precipitation, and temperature, and categorize the clouds by the conditions that form precipitation.(5.4.4.G.2)
 * Trace a path a drop of water might follow through the water cycle.(5.4.4.G.3)
 * Model how the properties of water can change as water moves through the water cycle.(5.4.4.G.4)


 * [|FOSS Water]** Click to access online support site for water kit.
 * correlates to 5.4.G Biogeochemical Cycles as well as to 5.2.A Properties of Matter and 5.2.B Changes in Matter

Water Module Summary PDF Water Module Duplication Masters

[|The Water Cycle] A Science NetLinks lesson that is focused on helping students to understand the continuous cycle that water undergoes as it changes form. [|Measuring Cloud Coverage]A Science NetLinks lesson that is focused on helping to review what clouds are and then use fractions to describe cloud coverage.