Third Grade Chemistry Plan

I played fast and loose with this plan and didn't really utilize all of it!

Chemistry Plan for Year 3

 

KEY:                                                                                                              

S&T = Visual Factfinder Science and Technology

SW= Reader's Digest How Science Works
FWAM I = Fun with Atoms and Molecules I
FWAM II = Fun with Atoms and Molecules II
Elements = Elements: Ingredients of the Universe

Week 1 - Day 1

Introduce Chemistry with reading from Visual Factfinder Science and Technology, pgs. 10-13 (Birth of Science/ Matter and Energy); and with Reader's Digest How Science Works, pgs. 13-15: Matter.

Day 2

SW pgs. 16-19 (What are Chemicals -- test for brittleness/hardness)

S&T pgs. 14-17 (What are Things Made Of/ Periodic Table)

Day 3

SW pgs. 20-25 (Solids, Liquids, Gasses -- test for size, boiling point, gas & volume, viscosity)

S&T pgs. 18-19

Day 4

Continue with tests

Day 5

Continue

Week 2 - Day 1

SW pgs. 26-29 (Inside Atom/Elements and Compounds)

Day 2

Model Atoms

Day 3

Play Elemento Game

Day 4

Continue with work on atoms; game

Day 5

Continue

Week 3 - Day 1

SW pgs. 30-33 (Chemical Reactions -- do burning test/ Mixtures -- separate solids and liquids; chromotography)

Day 2

SW pgs. 34-35 (Solutions and Crystals -- grow crystals/ Oil and Water Solutions)

Day 3

Continue with Experiments

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 4 - Day 1

SW pgs. 36-37 (Acids and Bases/ Alkali Power/Acid Indicator)

Day 2

SW pgs. 38-39 (Salts and Soaps -- make bath salts / Water Hardness)

Day 3

Continue with projects and experiments

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 5 - Day 1

SW pgs. 40-41 (Organic Chemistry -- make plastic/biological soap)

Day 2

Continue with projects

Day 3

Continue or play Elemento

Day 4

Play Elemento

Day 5

Play Elemento

Week 6 - Day 1

Read intro in Fun with Atoms and Molecules I, pgs. 1-5

Use Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia to write definitions of underlined words.

Day 2

Read:

Chemistry, The Birth of a Science, McGowen

First Chemistry Book for Boys and Girls, Morgan

Atoms and Molecules, Cox

Day 3

Read:

Hydrogen, Blashfield

Oxygen, Blashfield

The Story of Oxygen, Fitzgerals

Oxygen Keeps you Alive, Branley

Day 4

Continue with books

Day 5

Continue

Week 7 - Day 1

Continue books from last week

Day 2

Continue

Day 3

Continue

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 8 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 6-7

Read:

Atoms, Molecules and Quarks, Berger

Matter, Cooper

Science with Water, Edom

Day 2

Read:

A Drop of Water, Wick

Day 3

Continue with books

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 9 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 8-9

Read:

What's Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew? Wells

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 10-11

Read:

Molecules and Heat, Friedhoffer

All About Snow and Ice, Krewsky

Hot as an Ice Cube, Balestrina

Day 3

Continue with books

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 10 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 12-13

Read:

From Cane to Sugar, Braithwaite

From Maple Tree to Syrup, Mitchell

Day 2

Read:

From Flower to Honey, Nelson

Berries to Jelly, Snyder

From Fruit to Jelly, Zemilla

Day 3

Continue with books

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 11 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 14-15

Read:

Ozone, Gay

The Air we Breathe! Bloome

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 16-17

Read:

What Makes a Lemon Sour? Haines

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 18-19

Day 4

Continue with books, writing of definitions, etc., as needed

Day 5

Continue

Week 12 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 20-22

Add in Elements: Ingredients of the Universe, Chapter 1 to Activity #1

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 23-25

Elements Activity #2

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 26-27

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Elements #5

Week 13 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 28-30

Read:

Chemistry and Cooking, Carona

Grains to Bread, Snyder

From Wheat to Bread, Taus-Bolstad

Day 2

Elements #6

Day 3

Elements #7

Day 4

Continue with reading or activities

Day 5

Continue

Week 14 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 31-33

Read: Science, Biology of Color, Ardley

Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow

Day 2

What do You see and How do You see It? Lauber

Day 3

Continue with books

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 15 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 34-36

Elements Chapter 2 to Activity #1

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 37-38

Elements #2

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 39-40

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Continue with activities

Week 16 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 41-42

Elements Chapter 3 to Activity #1

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 43-44

Elements #2

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 45-47

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Elements #5

Week 17 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 48-50

Elements #6

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 51-53

Elements #7

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 54-55

Elements #8

Day 4

Continue with writing definitions, activities, etc.

Day 5

Continue

Week 18 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 56-58

Read:

Energy, Cahlloner

How Did we Learn About Electricity? Asimov

Day 2

Energy Makes Things Happen, Branley

Day 3

Continue with books

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 19 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 59-61

Elements Chapter 4 to Activity #1

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 62-63

Read:

Acid Rain, Edmonds

Elements #2

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 64-66

Elements #3

Day 4

Read:

Acid Rain, Edmonds

All About Electricity, Berger

Day 5

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip

Week 20 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 67-68

Elements #4

Day 2

If it Shines, Clangs and Bends, It's Metal, Smith

Metals, Parker

Metal, Llewellyn

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 69-71

Day 4

Read:

How did we Find out About Sunshine? Asimov

All About LIght, Berger

Light, Peacock

Day 5

Continue with books

Week 21 - Day 1

FWAM I, pgs. 72-73

Read:

Apples to Applesauce, Snyder

Day 2

FWAM I, pgs. 74-75

Day 3

FWAM I, pgs. 76-77

Read:

Carbon, Blashfield

Day 4

Continue with books, writing definitions, etc.

Day 5

Continue

Week 22 - Day 1

Begin FWAM II, pgs. 11-20, all week

Elements, Chapter 5 to Activity #1

Day 2

Elements #2

Continue with definitions, etc.

Day 3

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Elements #5

Week 23

FWAM II, pgs. 21-27, all week

Read:

How did we Learn About Superconductivity? Asimov

Day 2

Elements #6

Day 3

Elements #7

Day 4

Elements #8

Day 5

Continue with book, activities, definitions, etc.

Week 24 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 28-34, all week

Elements Chapter 6 to Activity 1

Day 2

Elements #2

Day 3

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Elements #5

Week 25 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 35-42, all week

Elements #6

Day 2

Elements #7

Day 3

Elements #8

Day 4

Continue with activities, definitions, etc.

Day 5

Continue

Week 26 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 43-49, all week

Elements Chapter 7 to Activity #1

Day 2

Elements #2

Day 3

Elements #3

Day 4

Elements #4

Day 5

Elements #5

Week 27 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 50-57, all week

Read:

Spotlight on Iron and Steel, Lambert

Day 2

Continue with book, definitions, experiments, etc.

Day 3

Continue

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 28 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 58-67, all week

Day 2

Read:

From Grass to Milk, Taus-Bolstad

From Milk to Ice Cream, Taus-Bolstad

Milk to Ice Cream, Snyder

Day 3

Continue with books, etc.

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 29 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 68-74, all week

Day 2

Continue

Day 3

Continue

Day 4

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Day 5

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Week 30 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 75-83, all week

Day 2

Read:

From Egg to Chicken, Nelson

Day 3

Continue

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Week 31 - Day 1

FWAM II, pgs. 84-94, all week

Day 2

Continue

Day 3

Continue

Day 4

Continue

Day 5

Continue

Weeks 32-36

Review or catch up, if behind in programs. May elect to work on Botany study as it incorporates some basic chemistry.