Energy and Forces Essential Activities for Grade 3
Videos
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Invisible Energy
In this instructional video, students continue to learn about energy with a focus on wind energy. At the beginning of the video, two children fly a kite. The kite is flying beautifully in the air, but after a time it falls to the ground. Ask your students why that happened.
The teacher reminds students that energy is the ability to move or do work and that wind energy would help the children fly the kite. He explains that there are different kinds of energy, and in this video, he explains that wind energy is invisible. You can’t see wind, but you can see what wind does.
The teacher demonstrates two experiments with wind that parents and teachers can easily replicate in the classroom. Watch the teacher begin the experiment. Pause the video. Ask your students to predict what is going to happen when wind energy is used to move an object or do work.
This video is a great resource for science classes. Students will enjoy the experiments and be ready to try some of their own!
Worksheets
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Balanced Forces Worksheet
Get ready for a fun-filled game of tug of war with this exciting balanced forces worksheet! Force must be equal on both sides of the rope to be balanced. Help your little learner decide which kids are most likely to win their game of tug of war based upon the number of kids on either side of the rope!
Take a look at the kids on the worksheet; is the force at play equal, or is it unbalanced? This balanced or unbalanced science worksheet will task little learners with evaluating forces. Help your little learner understand the forces behind movement with this fun-filled physics worksheet!
From the sun to batteries, energy fuels the world around us! Introduce the concept of energy sources to your mini scientist with this colorful, catchy energy sources worksheet PDF.
Using bright and engaging pictures, your child will evaluate the source of energy for each picture!
Put your child’s physics knowledge to the test with this colorful forces and interactions printable worksheet! While completing, little learners review and demonstrate what they’ve learned so far about the types of forces. Read through each example and check the boxes to show what you know!
Is it static or magnetic? Does it attract or pull? Let’s review with this forces and interactions worksheet for 3rd grade! Before moving on to other fun-filled physics topics, recall everything your child has learned using similar illustrations from previous worksheets for needed repetition.
Electricity is a form of energy that relies on power sources to send electrical signals. Help kids understand electricity using this fascinating forms of energy worksheet for 3rd grade! While completing, kids pick out all the pictures of objects that use power sources like batteries and outlets!
Magnets are fascinating for kids! This magnetic or not worksheet will help uncover the magic behind magnetism by offering your child valuable practice identifying objects that are and are not magnetic!
Help your child navigate through the worksheet identifying objects that are made of metal, and finding the ones that aren’t!
Let’s talk about magnets using this fascinating magnet poles attract or repel worksheet!
Completing this worksheet helps kids learn about the north and south poles of magnets that attract and repel. Your child will look at pictures of magnets to see if they would repel or attract based on polarity!
From the stove in the house, to the sun outside, there are forms of heat energy all around us, but only some of them are natural.
This sources of heat energy worksheet helps kids identify the types of energy that heat themselves! While working, kids discover the natural sources of heat!
Is it static or magnetic? Have these situations ever happened to you? Explore these two types of fascinating forces with this static or magnetic printable worksheet! Read through the scenarios and look over the relatable illustrations to decide which force is at play for each!
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