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3rd Grade Basic Principles Projects

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Parts of a Plant Craft Spring Science Craftivity Interactive Notebook Sub Plans

Created by

This Parts of a Plant craft is a hands-on spring science activity that helps students understand plant structure and function in a visual, engaging way. Designed for 2nd grade science, it also works well for review or enrichment in upper elementary classrooms. Students create a lift-the-flaps flower to label each plant part and explain what it does. The format makes it easy to add to an interactive notebook or use as a standalone spring science craftivity during your plant unit. Two levels of p

2nd - 4th

Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences

Also included in: Parts of a Plant Flower Diagram Life Cycle Cut and Paste Science Summer School

What Is A Scientist Scientific Method Worksheet Easy Science Experiments Project

Created by

Grade School Giggles

What is a scientist? What do scientists do? How do they use the scientific method? These back to school science activities introduce kids to what scientists do, science tools, & the scientific method with easy science experiments, kid-friendly reading passages, & simple worksheets. You'll love these beginning of the year science activities! Use them as fun first week of school science activities, or any time to introduce your class to what scientists do. These fun science activities are perfect

1st - 3rd

Basic Principles, Science

Peeps STEM Activity Peep Drop Parachute Lesson

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Integrate STEM in your classroom during springtime and Easter Season!Get your students pumped up for Spring with the Peep Parachute Easter Activity! Design a parachute that will slow down the rate at which a cup falls after being dropped and allow the Peep to land safely. Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! Engage students with th

K - 5th

Basic Principles, Engineering, Science

NGSS

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

Also included in: Spring STEM Activities Bundle Pollination Science, Plastic Egg Drop, Peeps

Science Fair Project Guide - Grades 3-8 | PRINTABLE + DIGITAL + EDITABLE

Created by

Courtney Schermerhorn - Mommy is a Teacher

Looking for a comprehensive resource that scaffolds your students through the scientific process and preps them for the Science Fair? Look no further! This resource is everything you need to guide your students in rigorous investigations and help them create an informative, accurate science fair project! It breaks down the scientific process with detailed activity sheets that guide students through the process and keeps them organized with checklists and timelines. Worried about judging and grad

1st - 8th

Basic Principles, General Science, Other (Science)

Primary Science Fair Project - Editable - Dental Health Experiment with Eggs

Created by

Sharp in Second

*Prize Winning Project!!!* Bring the Scientific Method into your primary classroom. With this download you can conduct a fun experiment, have your students record their hypothesis and observations, and build a super cute science fair display board to present your class' findings. This download includes: A .zip file with PPT and PDF files - A title graphic for your project board - Labels/Headers for board - questions, purpose, materials, procedure, hypothesis, results, conclusion, we learned - L

K - 7th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Complete Science Fair Materials – Editable Science Inquiry Project for Grades 3-

Created by

Mrs Renz Class

Are you nervous about teaching Science Fair? Not sure where to begin? This science fair unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach the science inquiry process, it's got all of the planning sheets, lessons, calendar, student directions packet, and more for you to put on a great science fair with CONFIDENCE! It's editable so you can customize the project components to fit your needs! This would be a great at home distance learning project! The project is designed as a 4-6 week homework project

3rd - 5th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

STEM Favorites ULTIMATE BUNDLE - STEM Activities & Stations for the Entire Year

Created by

Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box

SAVE OVER $100! This HUGE Discounted Bundle has ALL of my Best-Selling STEM Activities all in one place! These favorite STEM Resources are standard-aligned, teacher designed, and student approved! STEM All Year Bundle – 36 seasonal STEM challengesSTEM BinsSTEM Bins Teambuilder Stations – 7 seasonal setsSTEM Bins Speed Builds – 19 setsIntroducing STEM & Back to School Activities + Read AloudsSTEM Classroom Management ToolkitHop Scotch CodingBot Basics Robot Stations

K - 5th

Basic Principles, Engineering

Solar System and Earth-Moon-Sun Models (English & Spanish)

Created by

Spring Girl

This fun and interactive resource is perfect for teaching your students about the solar system and the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon. With adorable planet illustrations and simple assembly using just paper and brads, your students will love building and exploring space! This set includes: A rotating Earth-Moon-Sun system Model (in both color and black & white) A colorful Solar System Model with all 8 planets and the Sun (in both color and black & white) Spanish version (black

1st - 4th

Astronomy, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

Science Fair Unit Bundle

Created by

Juli Cannon Science

This unit includes resources to help students create a science fair project. You could also give these mini lessons to review each portion of the scientific method without doing a full science fair project. Included are a student planning packet and 10 lessons with answer keys that cover the following topics: 1. Testable Question 2. Complete Research 3. Identify Variables 4. Generate Hypotheses 5. Write Procedures 6. Generate Materials List 7. Create Data Table 8. Graph Your Data 9. Write Co

3rd - 8th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Forces and Motion Lapbook {flip book}: for Science

Created by

Primary Paradise

I am so excited to bring you this fun, interactive lapbook that is perfect for teaching your students all about forces and motion! My students loved putting together lapbooks, and I know yours will too! This 28 page packet will certainly be a hit! Just add construction paper! After your students learn about the forces and motion, they can use this lapbook to show what they know! This packet covers the terms:-position -force -push -pull -motion -speed -friction -gravity -mass -weight I hope you

K - 3rd

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

Classifying objects by size, shape, texture & color - Booklet -English & Spanish

Created by

Maria Gaviria

English and Spanish!! This is an 8-page booklet made with two sheets of paper. The booklet size is a quarter of a page. On each page, students classify objects by size, relative weight, texture, shape, color, and material with which they are made. The last page is for students to color objects according to the instructions that describe their properties (color the heavy object gray). Besides, same activity but a full-page book - English and Spanish. The students will enjoy coloring the picture

K - 4th

Basic Principles, General Science, Spanish

Also included in: SCIENCE BOOKLETS BUNDLE - Plant Parts, Animal Sort, Motion, Magnets, and more

Growing Plants Observation Journal Activity Basic Needs of Plants and Growth

Created by

Brain Ninjas

Are you growing plants with your students? These no prep pages will help your students keep track of their observations while they watch their plants grow and change. This resource is part of our Plant Growth Unit.Ninja Note: This resource requires your students to grow actual plants. No plants, seeds, photos or videos are included in this resource.This hands-on resource comes with:a complete lesson plan to organize the plant observations.four styles of observation pages so you can differentiate

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Plant Growth and Changes Science Unit Lessons Basic Needs of Plants

STEM Scientific Method Experiment Labs Grades 3-4

Created by

That Teaching Spark

These STEM Labs are PERFECT for teaching the Scientific Method or just investigation scientific principles. Get students to LOVE science with these fun and highly engaging labs! ****Do NOT purchase this if you have purchased my Scientific Method Unit and Project product!!!! This is already included in that unit!! Included you will find eight STEM science experiments that can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or individually. The labs were designed to take students through the

3rd - 4th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Moon Phase Calendar - draw the moon every night and write the correct phase

Created by

Scienceisfun

Month long Moon log with space for the date and the correct phase. For more Moon lessons- check out these! Moon Phases Cut and Paste Practice Moon Basics reading for annotating with review questions embedded Review Moon Phases using your Birthday! Computers needed Moon Phase Calendar Cut and Paste Practice- how long is each Moon phase?

2nd - 8th

Astronomy, Basic Principles

Scientific classification of Living Things Project 6 Kingdoms of Life Poster

Created by

Inspiring Teaching Design

“Six Kingdoms of Life Poster Project” is a guideline for designing a poster displaying the scientific classification of life - six kingdoms of living things: animals, plants, fungi, protists, eubacteria, and archaebacteria. It is a cross-curricular activity to engage in project-based learning when building a strong foundation for the concept of classifying live organisms. Provide your students an opportunity to convey researched information in a creative yet accessible and understandable way.

3rd - 8th

Basic Principles, Biology, Science

Also included in: Science Projects Design a Poster Instructions, Grading Rubrics, Samples Included

Design a Plant Create Your Own Plant Living Systems Design Process Project STEM

Created by

Brain Ninjas

This is the perfect no-prep way to your plant or living systems unit. Your scientists get to be creative and show off everything they've learned in this creative thinking task. It takes minutes to prep and assign, but students will work for hours. Your students have just discovered a brand new type of plant and get to tell you everything about it. SAVE 30% with the Alberta Science Full Year Grade 4 of lessons!This engaging resource comes with:a creative thinking task that allows students to sh

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Alberta Science Living Systems Unit Grade 4 Parts of Plants and Organisms

Volcano Science Experiment | Hands-On STEM Activity | Print & Digital | Gr 2-3

Created by

Believe to Achieve by Anne Rozell

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to bring earth science to life? This Volcano Experiment resource is a student favorite! With clear teacher directions, visual supports, and lab sheets, your students will love building and erupting their own volcano models while learning about science in an engaging and memorable way. Whether you're teaching in person or virtually, this resource includes both printable and digital versions to support all learners. ⭐ What’s Included: ✔ Step-by-step teacher d

2nd - 3rd

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Animal Life Cycle & Spring Science Activities | Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle Craft

Created by

Jewel's School Gems

Animal Life Cycle Activities (Sea Turtle Life Cycle Craft) This Sea Turtle Life Cycle Wheel is the perfect activity to help your students review what they have learned about the life cycle of sea turtles. This sea turtle life cycle packet comes with *a colored cover *a colored wheel template with text and images *a black and white cover *a black and white wheel template with text and images *colored cover and wheel template on one page *black and white cover and wheel template on one page Te

K - 4th

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Animal Life Cycle Science Activities | Life Cycle of Animals Crafts BUNDLE

Eggshell Geode Crystal Growing Minerals Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL

Created by

LaFountaine of Knowledge

This hands on science lab activity walks students through an Earth science experiment to grow salt crystal "geodes" inside of eggshells. This is the perfect addition to any rocks and minerals unit or when learning about solutions. This resource includes:teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities 3 pages of background information about geodes and how they form from minerals dissolved in water9 pages of student directions, walking them through the experiment step-by-step w

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Chemistry, Earth Sciences

NGSS

5-PS1-3

, 5-PS1-4

, 4-ESS1-1

Also included in: Earth Science Hands-On Science Lab Experiments and STEM Challenges Bundle

Push and Pull STEM

Created by

Classroom Base Camp

This Pushes and Pulls engineering STEM activity engages students' problem solving skills, engineering thinking, and math skills for Force and Motion. They will love creating a way to successfully move the rocks! This STEM activity targets the NGSS Standards for Force and Motion. In this Pushes and Pulls Engineering challenge the truck broke down, but the rocks still need moved! Students will build a way to move the rocks using the available supplies, but be sure to stay on budget! Please

K - 3rd

Basic Principles, Engineering

Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle

Buoyancy Density Science Lab Boat STEM Activity Challenge Archimedes Principle

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

💧If you are studying buoyancy, density, or Great Explorers, this is the perfect complementary STEM and science activity for you. Students will first conduct a science experiment with aluminum foil and water, and then challenge themselves to design and create a boat. ✨ About This Challenge ✨ This STEM activity provides a great introduction to the Engineering Design Process. While learning about density, buoyancy, and the Archimedes' principle, your students will construct their own cargo s

3rd - 7th

Basic Principles, Engineering, Science

NGSS

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Engineering Design Challenges STEM Projects Buoyancy Light Properties Invention

Ice Cream in a Bag Experiment – Summer STEM Activity Science + Writing Grade 2-5

Created by

HappyKidsWS

Turn your classroom into a science kitchen with this exciting Ice Cream in a Bag Experiment! In this hands-on STEM activity, students learn about energy transfer, freezing point, and states of matter — all while making their own delicious ice cream (no freezer needed!). Perfect for summer science, end-of-year fun, or engaging lab days, this 7-page printable set guides students through predictions, procedures, data collection, vocabulary, and creative writing. Comes with an Answer Key for

2nd - 5th

Basic Principles, General Science, Writing

CCSS

W.2.8

, W.3.3

, W.3.8

Also included in: Summer STEM Bundle for Grades 2–5 | 6 Hands-On Science + Engineering Challenges

Dinosaur Science Unit - Mega Bundle - Nonfiction Passages, Activities, & more

Created by

Curious Jones

This bundle includes the following above. This is EVERYTHING YOU NEED! Nonfiction passages, text dependent questions, hands-on activities, worksheets and more.

2nd - 3rd

Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science

CCSS

W.2.2

, W.2.6

, W.2.7

Space: Model of Earth & Moon's orbit

Created by

More Time 2 Teach

One of the biggest misconceptions that students have is that they believe that the Sun travels around the Earth. My students were no exception... That is why I created this model that allows students to manipulate the Earth and the moon in order to gain a better understanding. With this activity, your students will be able to orbit the Earth around the Sun as well as move the moon around the Earth. After this craftivity your students will no longer have the same misconception. If you like this a

1st - 5th

Astronomy, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

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About 3rd grade science basic principles projects resources

On TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers), educators access a wide variety of resources focused on teaching 3rd grade science basic principles through hands-on projects, experiments, and activity guides. These materials include lesson plans, student worksheets, experiment instructions, and project templates that engage students in exploring physical, earth, and life science concepts. TPT sellers provide resources that make science instruction accessible, interactive, and fun for third-grade classrooms. Educators can leverage these materials to save planning time while providing structured learning experiences that promote inquiry, experimentation, and scientific thinking.

3rd Grade Science Basic Principles Projects Resources on TPT include a diverse collection of activity guides that support hands-on learning at this grade level. Resources feature projects such as building simple machines, creating weather stations, studying ecosystems, and exploring basic chemistry with vinegar volcanoes. Materials are designed to be easy to follow, promote regular experimentation, and align with educational standards to reinforce core science principles. Educators and parents can enhance engagement and reinforce scientific skills through these practical, educator-created resources.

This page helps teachers and parents find ready-to-use lesson plans, activity kits, and student sheets that bring 3rd grade science to life through playful, inquiry-based projects. Using this collection streamlines lesson planning, encourages experimentation, and provides engaging ways to explore scientific concepts while supporting students’ critical thinking and observation skills.