Science Skill Sharpeners: Connecting School & Home Grade 3

Build your third grader’s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.
 
The simple experiments and hands-on activities, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.
 
Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following third grade topics:
 
 
Physical Science

• Forces and Motion
• Magnets
• Gravity

 
Life Science

• Life Cycles
• Growth and Change
• Animal Groups
• Offspring
• Fossils
• Dinosaurs
• Adaptations
• Ecosystems

 
Earth Science

• Weather
• Climate
• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes
• Floods

 
Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:

• provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills
• offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world
• is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
• includes an answer key