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Free 3rd grade science webquests
Solar Eclipse Webquest
This webquest is the perfect resource to use to discuss solar eclipses with your class. This webquest contains 20 questions about solar eclipses as well as 9 reasons that this one on August 21, 2017 is such a big deal.
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3rd - 6th
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Taiga Forest Biome Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity
Looking for a way to introduce or review the taiga forest biome in your classroom? Check out this internet scavenger hunt! Students will use the scaffolded notes to guide their research throughout the website!Includes:- 4 page internet scavenger hunt- answer keyThis internet scavenger hunt covers Georgia Performance Standards:S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.a. Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Plant Structure Webquest
Plant structure webquest is a worksheet to help introduce your students to the different structures of a plant or help them review the different structures of a plant. Students go to the website listed on the webquest worksheet to complete the webquest. The students read the website and find the answers to their worksheets. You can decide how you would like to grade the webquest. I give a point for each blank that is filled in on the worksheet.
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- scavenger hunt
- answer key
Meets t
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3rd - 6th
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Landforms Hunt
This is a great activity to introduce students to the different types of land forms. Each land form has a hyperlink. The hyperlink takes the students to informational videos on youtube. See my land forms journal for an easy way for students to record their findings.
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2nd - 7th
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The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits
Andy Thelwell created an amazing electrical circuits virtual lab complete with interactive sections and quizzes. I have created a student guide for exploring electrical circuits with his webpage. With this guide, you can be sure that your students get the most out of the time they spend investigating electric circuits when you are in the computer lab or at a tech station.
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3rd - 8th
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Savanna Biome Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity
Looking for a way to introduce or review the savanna biome in your classroom? Check out this internet scavenger hunt! Students will use the scaffolded notes to guide their research throughout the website!Includes:- 5 page internet scavenger hunt- answer keyThis internet scavenger hunt covers Georgia Performance Standards:S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.a. Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.b. D
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Internet Scavenger Hunt - Ecology - Distance Learning
This scavenger hunt allows students to explore websites using links, or QR codes, in order to answer questions about the basics of ecology including: energy and water conservation, reducing, reusing and recycling, as well as renewable and non-renewable resources. This can be done at school, or at home, independently, in groups, with a teacher or parent, or in many other different ways to fit the needs of your classroom and your students. This .zip folder includes a variety of formats of the in
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Third Grade - Distance Learning
The Great Paper Airplane Experiment
Even though my students can use a computer, they still don't understand the process of research. In order for them to build their research skills, this project/experiment is a great place to start! They will have to research the best type of paper for an airplane, and explain why. Then, they will research the best design, and explain why they think it is the best design. Once all the research is done, they get to build their airplane! After all students are done, the students will get to see whi
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
The Scientific Method webquest, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade science
This webquest helps students review the Scientific Method, as covered in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade science. Students simply scan the QR code with a tablet, smartphone, or other smart device, read the article online, and complete the worksheet. This is a helpful review at the end of a chapter, as a spiral review, or preparing for the end-of-year test. This is also available in a packet of 17 webquests by clicking here. This packet is designed to help students review many topics toward the end o
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3rd - 5th
3 LS4-1 Fossils Data: Webquest
3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include type, size, and distributions of fossil organisms. Examples of fossils and environments could include marine fossils found on dry land, tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas, and fossils of extinct organisms.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or p
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3rd
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Food and Nutrition Internet Guide
This internet assignment of 15 questions leads students through a website focusing on details regarding fat, carbohydrates, protein and vitamins. This could be used as a introductory activity or a review activity. There is also an extra time activity included for early finishers. This addresses North Carolina's Essential Standard 4.L.2.2.
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3rd - 5th
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*Freebie* Amazon Rainforest Conservation WebQuest
*Freebie* Amazon Rainforest Conservation WebQuestLooking to engage your students in creating opinions about meaningful world problems? WebQuests are excellent and engaging learning opportunities that promote independence and self-guided learning. In this WebQuest, students will explore the reasons behind rainforest deforestation to create an opinion that answers the essential question: Should the Amazon Rainforest be conserved? Over 10 resources are provided to guide students to create an opin
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3rd - 6th
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Digital / Traditional Scientific Method Activity/Steps of the Scientific Process
First Week of Science, check! Read Lance Vance the Science Champ Book 1 Lance Vance Picks a Topic and use this Official Lance Vance the Science Champ Activity. Students can read the Article “What is the Scientific Method?”, watch the short videos and then do the cut and paste activity. You may also use and assign the activity through google classroom and do a drag and drop, rather than the cut and paste. If your kids are loving it, you can finish the book and do the book 1 science investigation
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1st - 5th
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Moon & Sun PebbleGo.com Webquest
**You must have access to PebbleGo.com to use this webquest.**I created this webquest to go along with our study of the Moon and Sun, Stars, the Planets, the Solar System, and Space. The log-in directions are at the top of the page (you may want to edit it to include your username and password). Students read the information and fill in the blanks from the webquest.This is a great tool to teach note-taking and to provide scaffolding to students for reading comprehension. The students LOVE gettin
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1st - 3rd
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PebbleGo.com Painted Lady Butterfly Webquest
**You must have access to PebbleGo.com to use this webquest.**I created this webquest to go along with our study of Painted Lady Butterflies. The log-in directions are at the top of the page (please make sure your students have the username and password to pebblego.com). Students read the information and fill in the blanks from the webquest.This is a great tool to teach note-taking and to provide scaffolding to students for reading comprehension. The students LOVE getting to use the computers fo
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1st - 3rd
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Monarch Butterfly Web Quest (Editable)
This editable Web Quest will engage your students in the amazing world of the monarch butterfly. Using the interactive web site, www.monarchbutterflyusa.com, your class will see a tiny egg turn into a very hungry caterpillar, who grows and grows and grows until it does the "wiggle, jiggle dance," turning itself into a chrysalis. Finally, be amazed as the monarch emerges from its chrysalis and takes flight. This web quest guides your students through the life cycle of the monarch, while holding
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3rd - 5th
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Webquest About Sea Turtles
This webquest allows the students to learn more about sea turtles. They can easily find the information and it even includes an answer key!
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1st - 4th
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Plants Webquest
This graphic organizer is great for research and teaching students to read for details. Students have to use the internet or other resources to complete the organizer. Can be used for writing or other projects. Links are not provided.
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1st - 8th
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Zoo Virtual Field Trip- The San Diego Zoo
Can't make it to the zoo during your unit on animals and classification? Take a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo! Your students will tour the zoo at their own pace in this self directed web quest!
The pages of this product can be copied back to back and folded to form a booklet.
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3rd - 8th
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WebQuest to Space
This PowerPoint is a WebQuest that allows students to research space through child-friendly websites. It is accompanied by a WebQuest Packet and a Planet Research Packet.
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3rd - 4th
Plants PebbleGo Webquest
**You must have access to PebbleGo.com to use this webquest.**I created this webquest to go along with our study of plants, flowers, gardens, and living things. The log-in directions are at the top of the page (you may want to edit it to include your username and password). Students read the information and fill in the blanks from the webquest.This is a great tool to teach note-taking and to provide scaffolding to students for reading comprehension. The students LOVE getting to use the computers
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1st - 3rd
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Animal Adaptation Webquest
This interactive powerpoint lesson designed to be a project based WebQuest dedicated to learning about animal adaptations. It includes an engaging introduction as well as a step by step guide on how to instruct students to complete the assignment using the internet (links to websites provided). Additionally, I have provided a rubric to score the assignment.
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3rd - 5th
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Watermelon Integrated Unit
Complete watermelon unit that integrates ELA, math, and science common core standards. Lessons include "Watermelon Facts," "Watermelon Life Cycle," "Sink or Float," "Watermelon Olympics," and "Wonderful Watermelon: Tasting, Art, and Writing." Thinking maps, webquests, creative projects, useful links, and literature extensions are all included! This unit is a combination of original ideas as well as a bundling of other fantastic resources found on the internet. (Appropriate for grades 1, 2, an
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1st - 3rd
Constellation Webquest
This webquest is designed for 2nd graders to research about different constellations. It includes all of the websites and a graphic organizer to take notes.
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2nd - 4th
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