Skill Sharpeners Science, Grade 3: Connecting School and Home, Vocabulary, Experiments, Comprehension

Build your third grader s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards. The simple experiments and hands-on activities, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way. Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following third grade topics: Physical Science -Forces and Motion -Magnets -Gravity Life Science -Life Cycles -Growth and Change -Animal Groups -Offspring -Fossils -Dinosaurs -Adaptations -Ecosystems Earth Science -Weather -Climate -Hurricanes -Tornadoes -Floods Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science: -provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills -offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world -is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards -includes an answer key