3rd Grade Ace: Science & Social Studies #1026

Some of the topics covered in pace #1026 For Science
Plants and seeds. Parts of a plant, crops. Pollination and seeds.

Many of these topics you can dig deeper into.

Here are some of the cute things I've found.

Science:

Parts of a Plant:
https://youtu.be/ql6OL7_qFgU
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/fascinating-Facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkFPyue5X3Q
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/grow.html

Polination:
https://youtu.be/V5yya4elRLw
http://www.arkive.org/honey-bee/apis-mellifera/video-00.html
http://www.arkive.org/common-dandelion/taraxacum-officinale-agg/video-09.html

Social Studies:

Natural Resources:
https://youtu.be/071lUxclTBw

https://youtu.be/zCheAcpFkL8
All about the Hoover Dam

There are so many youtube video's on Dam's that if you'd like to watch some with your children, just go to youtube and type in "All about dams"...The video's are ENDLESS!!!

There is one topic that I'm covering that isn't covered by A.C.E. and that's "Irrigation Systems".
There reason that i'm including it is because in Science, we're learning about plants , how they grow, etc and in Social Studies we're talking about Natural resources ....seems to me that Water and plants together = Irrigation systems. You can just skip this, I thought it might be something my kids would enjoy learning about.

Irrigation System: 
https://youtu.be/amrCMakolKA

Because we're talking about plants and natural resources...this led me to the Carbon and oxygen cycles...(Is my geek-I-ness starting to show?? )

https://youtu.be/j4Ah1jercqQ


Both the Science and Social Studies paces complimented each other with these topics. There is so much more I can add but i'll stop here.

Another great resource that I love are the Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedias. These are great , year after year. You can find most of the topics in one of their books. I am not an Usborne Rep, and I do not receive any compensation for my endorsement. If you have a local rep, I highly recommend starting a library of them. If you don't, here is a great mom that I use. She's helpful and quickly answers your questions. You can also find her on Facebook. Here is her link: Jennifer Mason

I can't imagine ANYONE saying that this is boring??

PS: I'm learning how to add descriptions as my links. That should make my next blog post even better!!

God Bless and Happy Learning,
Laura

3rd Grade ACE - Science and Social Studies #1025

It seems that there are many topics covered in both Science and Social Studies. Both of these subjects are a favorite of my daughters. I don't want her getting bored and I LOVE the idea of going deeper in certain areas that interest her.

I want to keep a running list of links that i'll be using to go deeper. These will be for fun and not all of them will be used. I just LOVE the idea of having them available. I thought others might too.

Now i'm pulling out *some* of the topics I think we're going to want to dig deeper in. There are other topics that I may add and there are some YOU may find more interesting. This is NOT a complete listing.

Lets get started.

Science Pace # 1025
The starts with Creation (Of course). We've done Creation many times. It seems like every curriculum likes to start with Creation. That said, ACE takes it slightly further with talking about scientific principles in Creation. Here are some links to go with some of those topics.

I love using YouTube for video's. Please keep in mind that I do not own any of the copyright on these video's. I'm simply sharing their links. (If there are any broken links, please let me know)

Air/Oxygen: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1-YnI6Z_Q
https://youtu.be/LM_CgtFORzw

Cloud/Types of Clouds
https://youtu.be/QAqeFSa60TE
https://youtu.be/pq9909eaqB0
https://youtu.be/Sf50chPQnZ0


Wind Energy
https://youtu.be/8PE69jcleKg
https://youtu.be/niZ_cvu9Fts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8Wv_iHrd8  (Experiment)
https://youtu.be/3pwPDj9H2mk (experiment)

Earth Movement
https://youtu.be/l64YwNl1wr0
https://youtu.be/pLl8sDZRSYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n04SEzuvXo

Oceans/Salt Water
https://youtu.be/L9dpXa_Iemo





Social Studies Pace # 1025
Ways of communication

Braille
https://youtu.be/9IQKqPaICKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyY7u95nxw
https://youtu.be/ojwhoUmjg9Q
**I thought it would be a good idea for my children to get an idea about what it's like to be blind.
https://youtu.be/ZDHJRCtv0WY
https://youtu.be/59YN8_lg6-U

ASL
*we are using ASL as our 2nd language.
For more information about ASL and deaf culture, I highly recommend www.Lifeprint.com
I am currently using this website for our lessons. It's free!!  Deaf culture is very interesting and there are some ASL groups on Facebook.

Hellen Keller
https://youtu.be/A6p282-QTNs
https://youtu.be/OwpViU49DAM

Another great resource that I love are the Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedias. These are great , year after year. You can find most of the topics in one of their books. I am not an Usborne Rep, and I do not receive any compensation for my endorsement. If you have a local rep, I highly recommend starting a library of them. If you don't, here is a great mom that I use. She's helpful and quickly answers your questions. You can also find her on Facebook. Here is her link: Jennifer Mason

To Critique or not to critique.....??

My daughter loves to write stories. Some stories are more elaborate than others. Some are quite detailed with chapters and everything!!

Did I mention that she's 7 years old and up until this year, she hated reading?? Yup...this was the kid who hated reading.

What changed?? The curriculum I was using. I decided to try A.C.E Paces and she has just soared. Her reading has gotten better, she enjoys school and LOVES writing stories.

My problem you ask??
When she shows me her work, my first instinct is to grade it. To correct the spelling, grammar, sentence structure and punctuation. It's pretty bad, because she's only 7. Seven with a large vocabulary and has much to put on paper without the skills to do it effectively. That said, a little voice in my head said, "For crying out loud ...SHUT UP!!!" That is exactly how my subconscious speaks to me. I don't listen to quiet whispers.

My daughter is enjoying writing. She's enjoying reading. As much as it pains me, unless it's a school assignment , I don't grade her extra work. In fact, I am learning to enjoy reading all her phonetic writing and watching her improve as time goes on.

This is a tough thing to do , because the teacher in me wants EVERY opportunity to be a learning one but in my heart, I would only squash her desire to write. I don't want to squash that.

What I do is this....

I smile, I ask her questions, sometimes I'll even ask her to describe a character more to me. This she loves. This keeps her writing. It's easy to ignore the imperfections when her face is lighting up about her story as she explains her character to me. Sometimes I'll say, "Wow, that was great. Are you writing more about her?". I like to give her MORE opportunities to write for fun.


How do you handle these things??

Laura,
Loving, Learning and Leaning on Christ