SCIENCE
Life Science: Students in third grade learn
that adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organism's
chance for survival.
(California Science Content Standards)
a. Students know plants and animals have structures that serve
different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
Students can use the Mad Scientist Network to ask questions about plants and
animals.
Description: The Mad Scientist Network is a
direct link to over 3,000 scientist that voluntarily answer questions about
science. Anyone can use this service. Answers are researched to provide
quality responses. This site contains a simple system that allows the user
to research site achieves to quickly find recorded answers that relate to
their question. There is a library that will provide the user with hotlinks
to sites for specific areas of science. This network is immense and will
quickly lead students or teachers to sources of video, sound, and text
information in any area of science. Definitely a four star site for the
inquiring mind.
b. Students know examples of diverse life forms in different
environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and
wetlands.
Students can use the above resources as references for research.
c. Students know living things cause changes in the environment in
which they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other
organisms, and some are beneficial.
MBG NET
d. Students know when the environment changes, some plants and animals
survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.
VIRTUAL
WILDLIFE
e. Students know that some kinds of organisms that once lived on Earth
have completely disappeared and that some of those resembled others that are
alive today.
Lincoln zoo is a virtual zoo tour. Students can use this resource to
explore animals and find out information about animals that no longer exist.
b. Students know examples of diverse life forms in different
environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and
wetlands.
Students can use the WebQuests below to
explore the biomes of the world.
