The Five Kingdoms of Life

Hey Year 3,

The world around us is full of life and we all depend on each other to live.

Scientists always try to make our life easier by helping us understand the world around.

Now it's time to learn more about how scientists classify
living things into 5 different kingdoms.

So here is the link to the video we saw in class this week.

Watch it over and over to learn more about each kingdom of life!

Enjoy!

Hugs,

Ms Taty

Hi everyone,

Watch the video to learn more about living and non living things.
I hope you become an expert on the matter!
Hugs,
Ms Taty

Animals Building Structures

Watch the video and answer the following question:

“What are the differences between man-made structures and nature made structures?”

1- Bring your answer in an A4 sheet of paper. 

2- Write your ideas in a clear way. 

3-You may draw or glue pictures to illustrate your chart if necessary.

Hey Kids,

It's time to learn about parts of a plant.

Each parts plays an important role in the plants' life cycle. They allow plants to get nutrients from the soil, carry water and absorb sunlight to make their own food. 

To learn more about these parts check the links below.

1- Slideshow 'roots & stems' on StudyJams Science.

2- Investigate more on The Great Plant Escape Project .

Complete your plant part work and place it in your PYP journal.

Don't forget to write a little about each plant part and their functions in the PYP journal.

We'll talk more about plant parts next week.

See you then...

Green Hugs, 

Ms Taty

Classifying Organisms

Hey year 3,

Check out this wonderful lesson about the different living things on Earth. 

It's very important to understand about the way we all eat and also about our needs in order to understand how we interact around here!

So.. what are you waiting for? Just press play!

Enjoy!

Ms Taty

Environment, Ecosystems and more...

Hello Year 3,

It's time to learn more about the way living things interact and survive in our planet.

Use your PYP journal to answer the following questions:

1- What is an ecosystem?

2- What are biotic and abiotic factors?  

3- How do biotic and abiotic factors interact on Earth?

We'll be sharing our ideas with our friends tomorrow in class, ok?

Here are some interesting sites  and videos to help you research:

* Studyjams video about ecosystems

* http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0164-ecosystems.php

* http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/152248/

* http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-an-ecosystem.html

* http://forest.mtu.edu/kidscorner/ecosystems/definition.html

Enjoy!

Ms Taty

Plant Parts and Their Functions

Hey year 3!

Here is the video we watched today about plant parts and their functions.

Enjoy!

Hugs,

Ms Taty

Food Webs...

Hey year 3,

It's time to expand knowledge, checking how we all interact on planet EARTH.

People, animals, plants, bacterias, fungi, protists...we are all connected.

Check out studyjams FOOD WEB video to learn more!

Great viewing!!!

Ms Taty

Nature's Kingdoms

Hey kids,

Visit this LINK to learn more about the kingdoms of Nature.
Choose one of them to research about.
Write the information you found on your drawing notebook.
Glue pictures (or illustrate) the kingdom you chose to make your research more complete.

Have fun!

XOXO,

Ms Taty

Planet's Project

Guidelines and Information:

This is a big project. You will work both at home and in the school. You will be working in groups.

Your group will be researching details of an assigned planet and compiling the information as a Written Booklet, PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation. 

Each group will then present the most important details about the assigned planet to the class. 

As a class, everyone will be compiling the details of each planet and then performing comparitive analysis of the planets in our solar system.

Project Sequence

• Research - Planet Data Collection Worksheet
• Complete it in parts, bring information to class as requested.Check the blog daily for further information.

• Planet Research in a Written Booklet, PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation -
• Presentations will be starting on Nov.25th,2014 (next Tuesday)

Helpful Links:

Nine Planets

JPL Planets

Kids Astronomy

NASA Solar System

National Geographic Solar System

Your Weight in other planets

NASAS photojournal

Solar System...Here we go!

XOXO,

Ms Taty

Building with simples materials, but with STRONG shapes...

Check this experiment out and draw your own conclusions about which shape is best to build with.

Enjoy

XOXO,

Ms Taty 

PROJECT Time!!!!

How about making AWESOME structures out of recycling material?

Here is the challenge: 

1. You may use recycling materials to build your structure. 
2. It has to have posts in it. It cannot stand flat on the ground.
3. Your structure has to be STRONG and STABLE.
4. It has to hold a little weight for 1 minute (like ten marbles inside/on top of it).
5. It cannot bend or fall.
6. Adults can only help by holding the structure or gathering materials around. (Mom and Dad cannot make the structure to you, ok?)
7. All projects must be in class by MONDAY - September 29th, 2014.
8. Use your Creativity.
9. HAVE FUN!

Our research:

1- What are structures?
2- Make a list of structures you know.
3- Draw and color your favorite structures.

Use an A4 sized paper and bring your ideas to class tomorrow.

Use a dictionary as a helper! Try one online: www.webster.com

And remember... There are no wrong or right answers.

Be creative!

Hugs,

Ms  Taty

Hi everyone!

Seguem os sites para a pesquisa de hoje:

1- Camouflage 

2- Nature Works

3- Encyclopaedia Britannica

4- Animal Mimicry

5- National Geographic

Love,

Ms Taty

Systematic Inquiry

Os alunos do Year3 visitaram o cyber nesta sexta-feira 29/08 para buscar mais informações sobre os nossos animais fantásticos e os processos de "mimicry" e "camouflage". 

Utilizaram vídeos e texto disponibilizados no blog da turma para coletar informações mais detalhadas para compartilhar com a turma. 

Parabéns a todos pelo ótimo trabalho. Com certeza as trocas irão se enriquecer ainda mais após esta visita ao cyber!

Good Job!

Ms Taty

More about Camouflage/Mimicry... 

Now it's time to read a little more about these amazing animals!

You will find a lot of cool informations HERE.

After reading, complete your science file!

Hugs,
Ms Taty

FANTASTIC ANIMALS

Check out how MIMICRY and CAMOUFLAGE help these amazing creatures survive!

Aren't they AMAZING?

Photosynthesis

It's time to SING.

Have fun!

XOXO,

Ms Taty

PLANT WE EAT 

Homework Assignment

Here is an interesting  site to help you guys with your 

SCIENCE research on plant we eat!

Have FUN!!

Hugs,

Ms Taty

BRIDGES ARE FUN!!!

Os alunos do year 3 foram muito além dos skyscrappers na unidade de estruturas.

Eles contruíram PONTES!!! 

Como bons observadores de suas cidades e de seu país, cada um pode criar a sua ponte preferida, inspirada em pontes reais. 

As crianças utilizaram diversos materiais para dar asas a sua imaginação: palitos de picolé, palitos de churrasco, palito de dente, papel, isopor, papelão e até massa de modelar. 

As pontes e as pesquisas dos alunos foram expostas no hall do 3o. andar da escola para que outras turmas pudessem apreciar a criatividade do trabalho dos alunos do year 3.

Foi um show de design. Parabéns!

Hugs,

Ms Taty