[EL3] Grade 3 -- Curriculum Overview

umar.hassan · September 22, 2024, 12:07pm

Interactive stations with smaller group activities.
Simple equipment that allows students to manipulate objects and observe changes.
Experiments involving common classroom materials and gadgets.

Newton’s Cradle: Continue exploring energy transfer and motion through swinging spheres, reinforcing students’ understanding of momentum and kinetic energy.
Paper Swing: Demonstrate how fragile materials like paper can support weight, introducing students to the concept of tension, strength, and material properties.

Domino Chain Reactions: Build on previous lessons about chain reactions, showing how small actions can have large consequences in systems, related to energy transfer.
Fire in Water (Sodium Reaction): Revisit the explosive reaction between sodium and water, expanding on students’ understanding of chemical reactions and reactivity.

Reflection, Refraction, and Internal Reflection: Use colored lasers and water to visualize how light behaves when it interacts with different media, linking to lessons on light and optics.
Disappear in Lenses: Use convex lenses to show how objects can be magnified or made to “disappear,” teaching students about lenses and focal points.

Earth Simulator: This time, explore more complex processes like erosion, river formation, and delta creation, linking to classroom lessons on natural processes shaping the Earth.
Ripple Tank: Continue studying wave patterns in water to help students understand how waves behave in different environments, reinforcing energy transfer concepts.

Elephant Toothpaste: Revisit this exciting chemical reaction, diving deeper into catalysts and how they affect reaction rates, helping students link the experiment to classroom discussions about chemistry.
The Chemistry Show: Several interesting chemistry experiments (e.g., color-changing liquids and chemical gardens) will be demonstrated to showcase a wide range of chemical phenomena, reinforcing students’ knowledge of different chemical reactions.

Starch in Leaves: Investigate plant life and photosynthesis more thoroughly by testing different types of leaves for starch, reinforcing concepts around how plants make food.
Rate of Photosynthesis: Use different colored light to demonstrate how light wavelength affects the speed of photosynthesis, tying into lessons on plant biology and the environment.

Chladni Patterns: Show vibration patterns using sound and sand, helping students visualize sound waves and frequency, linking to lessons on sound and vibrations.
Rijke Tubes: Use heat to make metallic pipes create mysterious sounds, linking the principles of heat, sound, and wave propagation.

Levitating Balls: Use fast-blowing air to make ping pong balls float, demonstrating the principles of air pressure, fluid dynamics, and gravity.
Holography: Etch shapes on plastic tiles to create optical illusions, introducing students to holograms and the role of light diffraction in creating visual effects.

Maker’s Space: Encourage creativity and team-building by allowing students to design large structures using blocks, fostering an understanding of basic engineering and architectural principles.
Spirograph: Create more complex patterns using simple laws of reflection, blending art and science to help students understand geometric shapes and symmetry.

DIY Demonstrations: Students will prepare and present a demonstration of their choice from the previous sessions to the class, showcasing their understanding of scientific principles and their ability to communicate what they’ve learned.