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SOL Review websites tests, games, and practice sol websites Teacher Resources ideas, SOL flash cards, posters, bubble sheet, textbook resources, online manipulatives, web sites, etc. 3.1 The student will plan and conduct investigations. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.2 The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.3The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.4 The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.5The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.6The student will investigate and understand that environments support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.7The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and importance to plants and animals including humans. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.8The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.9The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.10The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources 3.11The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy. Review | Interactive | Research | Smartboard | PowerPoints | Kidspiration | United Streaming | Lesson Plans | Assessments | Resources Objective: 3.1 The student will plan and conduct investigations in which predictions and observations are made; objects with similar characteristics are classified into at least two sets and two subsets; questions are developed to formulate hypotheses; volume is measured to the nearest milliliter and liter; length is measured to the nearest centimeter; mass is measured to the nearest gram; data are gathered, charted, and graphed (line plot, picture graph, and bar graph); temperature is measured to the nearest degree Celsius; time is measured to the nearest minute; inferences are made and conclusions are drawn; and natural events are sequenced chronologically. SOL Review   Interactive Activities     Study Guides/Research   1. Download SOL 3.1 Study Skills in Word 2. View SOL Study Guide online   Activities (Smartboard)   Powerpoints   Kidspiration Templates   United Streaming Movie Clip Titles   Lesson Plans     Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.2 The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses. Key concepts include types of simple machines (lever, screw, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and wedge); how simple machines function; compound machines (scissors, wheelbarrow, and bicycle); and examples of simple and compound machines found in the school, home, and work environment. SOL Review 1. SOL Simple Machines Test 2. SOL Simple Machines 2 Test 3. Simple Machines 5 Question Test Interactive Activities   1. Lean about Simple Machines Edhead activity 2. Edhead Simple Machine Activity 3. Excellent Interactive Simple Machines Experiments online 4. Wow! Simple Machines Webquest with quiz at end Study Guides/Research   1. Simple Machines pictures and information 2. Download Simple Machine SOL Study Guide in word 3. SOL Study Guide online 4. Simple Machines easy to read explanation 5. Pictures & Information with a short quiz 6. Inventor's Toolbox pictures & simple explanations of Simple Machines Smartboard Activities 1. K-3 Simple Machines Smartboard Lesson 2. Simple Machines Review Smartboard Lesson 3. Simple Machine Picture Interactive Smartboard Lesson 4. Pulleys Instructional Notebook 5. Senteo SMART Board SOL Simple Machines 6. SOL 3.2 Simple Machines Instructional Notebook 7. Simple Machines Instructional Notebook 2 8. Inclined Planes & Screws Instructional Notebook 9. Levers & Wedges Insructional Notebook 10. SOL 3.2 Simple Machines Lesson & Review Notebook 11. Senteo (SMART Response) Simple Machines SOL Test 12. SOL 3.2 Simple Machine Instructional Notebook 13. SOL Senteo Simple Machines Test (Zipped-use Firefox) 14. SOL Simple and Compound Machines Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Download SOL Simple Machines Instructional PowerPoint 2. Download Simple Machines Instructional PowerPoint 3. SOL Simple Machines Review PowerPoint 4. SOL 3.2 Mali PowerPoint online Kidspiration Templates 1. Download Simple Machines Match pictures to machine (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Discovering Simple Machines (52 min) 2. Simple Machines (16 min) 3. Push and Pull: Simple Machines at Work (18min) Lesson Plans 1. Download Simple Machines Lesson Plan in Adobe PDF Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources 1. Simple Machine Experiments ideas and directions Back to top   Objective: 3.3 The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties. Key concepts include objects are made of one or more materials; materials are composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification; and physical properties remain the same as the material is reduced in size. SOL Review 1. Matter SOL Study Guide Vocabulary Matching 2. Matter SOL 5 Question Test   Interactive Activities   1. BBC Solids & Liquids Interactive Interactive with Quiz 2. BBC Solids, Liquids & Gases Interactive Interactive with Quiz II 3. Examine Gas, Liquids and Solids up close 4. Sing matter songs Study Guides/Research   1. States of Water Pictures and information 2. Lots of good Matter Links 3. SOL Study Guide online Smartboard Activities 1. SOL Matter Vocabulary Review Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox) 2. Matter Instructional Notebook 3. Liquids Instructional Notebook 4. States of Matter Notebook 5. Solids, Liquids & Gases Notebook 6. Reviewing Matter Vocabulary Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Download Force, Motion, Energy, & Matter Instructional PowerPoint 2. Download States of Matter Instructional PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Solids, Liquids, Gases Sort objects into correct category (Picture Preview) 2. Matter picture sort Liquids, Solids, Gas (Picture Preview) 3. Matter Sort 2 (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. TLC Elementary School: Introduction to Physical Science (25 min) 2. Properties of Matter Part 1(20 min) 3. Properties of Matter Part 2: Liquids, Solids, Gas (17 min) 4. Matter and its Properties: Exploring Phases of Matter (19 min) 5. Science Facts and Fun: Everything Is Something (15 min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources 1. Matter Lesson Plan in Word 2. Books to read to students"What is Matter? by Lisa Trumbauer" and "The World of Matter by Ron Cole" Back to top Objective: 3.4 The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs. Key concepts include methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; and hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. SOL Review 1. SOL Animals Multiple-choice test 2. Types of Camouflage Test 3. Animal Adaptions Game Chose the 3 correct adaptations for each animal 4. SOL Matching Game Interactive Activities   1. BBC Adaptation Interactive Activity and quiz 2. Watch PBS Animal Movie Clips by continent Study Guides /Research   1. Structural & Behavioral Adaptations Information & pictures 2. Download SOL Study Guide in Word 3. Download SOL Study Guide II in Word 4. SOL Study Guide online Smartboard Activities 1. Hibernation, Migration, Camouflage Smartboard Notebook Pictures 2. Adaptations SOL 3.4 Smartboard Notebook 3. SOL 3.4 Adaptations Instructional Lesson 4. Migration Insructional Lesson 5. Migration & Hibernation Insructional Notebook 6. Migration Instructional Notebook 7. Animals SOL Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Animal Adaptation Project PowerPoint 2. 20 Questions on Animal Behavior PowerPoint 3. Animal Adaptation Instructional PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Camel adaptation to the desert (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Animal Adaptations (24 min) 2. Concepts in Nature: Adapting to Changes in Nature (14 min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include producer, consumer, decomposer; herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and predator and prey. SOL Review 1. Create a Food Chain web! Scroll to the bottom of the webpage and click on creating a possible food web 2. SOL Animals Multiple-choice test 3. Choose the correct animal for the food chain by clicking on the question marks 4. 11 Question Food Chain Test Interactive Activities   1. National Geography Geospy Game Study Guides/Research   1. Download SOL Study Guide in Word 2. SOL Study guide online Smartboard Activities 1. SOL 3.5 Living Systems Smartboard Notebook 2. Food Chains Life Cycle Smartboard Notebook (zipped file-use Firefox) 3. Smartboard Sort animals into their correct category (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore) 4. SOL 3.5 Animals Instructional Lesson 5. Aquatic Food Chain Instructional Notebook 6. SMART Exchange Animal Adaptations & food Chain Notebook 7. SOL Life Cycle Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Download SOL Food Chain Instructional PowerPoint 2. Good Food Chain web Instructional PowerPoint with pictures 3. Food Chains Short Instructional PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Food Chains Drag the picture to the correct web (Picture Preview) 2. Food Chains Drag the many pictures to the correct web (Picture Preview) 3. Food Web Use bank of pictures and create a food web (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. The Life of a Forest: The Forest Grows Old (21 min) 2. Food Chain Mystery, The (15 min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.6 The student will investigate and understand that environments support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources. Key concepts include water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean environments); dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments); and population and community. SOL Review 1. Control the water and temperature of a plant See how much money you can make on the plant! A graph shows your progress in the game! 2. SOL Animals Multiple-choice test 3. Habitat SOL 33 Question Test 4. SOL 3.6 Webquest with movies and sound Interactive Activities   1. Plant Webquest Links, games, tests, kidspiration, and lesson on the world of plants 2. Virtual Pond-create a pond environment by dragging animals and plants to pond Study Guides /Research   1. Download SOL Study Guide in Word 2. View SOL Study Guide online Smartboard Activities 1. Grassland Venn Diagram 2. Wet vs. Dry Venn Diagram 3. SOL 3.6 Environment Instructional Lesson 4. Pond vs Lake Instructional Lesson 5. Desert Plants and Animals Instructional Notebook 6. Marshes Instructional Notebook 7. Plants & Animals in ponds Instructional Notebook Powerpoints 1. Biomes Instructional PowerPoint 2. Biomes Instructional PowerPoint with great pictures 3. SOL Instructional PowerPoint with links to websites Kidspiration Templates 1. Match animals to their habitats (Picture Preview) 2. Habitat Matching (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. TLC Elementary School: People and the Environment (26 min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.7 The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and importance to plants and animals including humans. Key concepts include soil provides the support and nutrients necessary for plant growth; topsoil is a natural product of subsoil and bedrock; rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus are components of soils; and soil is a natural resource and should be conserved. SOL Review 1. SOL 3.7 & 3.10 15 Question Test 2. Soil SOL 5 Question Test 3. Soil SOL 2 5 QuestionTest 4. Soil Millionaire SOL Game 5. Soil Matching Game   Interactive Activities   1. Soil Webquest Good pictures and information on soil 2. Virtual Tour of Soil Interactive Flash website (Scroll down and click on the Virtual Tour link) Study Guides /Research   1. View SOL Study Guide online 2. Download SOL 3.7 Study Guide in Word 3. SOL 3.7 Study Guide in Adobe PDF Smartboard Activities 1. SOL 3.7 Soil Smartboard Notebook 2. Soil Smartboard Notebook 3. SOL 3.7 Soil Instructional Notebook 4. Soil SOL 3.7 Notebook file 5. Soil Introduction or Review Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. SOL 3.7 Soil Instructional PowerPoint 2. View SOL 3.7 PowerPoint online Kidspiration Templates 1. Label the three layers of soil (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Getting to Know Soil (23 min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources 1. Soil Songs Back to top Objective: 3.8 The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and animal and plant life cycles. SOL Review 1. Earth Patterns SOL 5 Question Test 2. Number the phases in the correct order according to the pictures 3. Moon Phase Matching vocabulary to pictures 4. Moon Phase Matching 2 words to pictures 5. Moon Phase Matching 3 vocabulary to pictures 6. Moon Phase Picture 13 Question Test 7. Hangman Moon Phase Game 8. Moon Phase Matching 5 words to pictures 9. Lunar Cycle Challenge drag the correct moon to the dates on the calendar 10. Moon Phases Multiple-choice tests Interactive Activities   1. Moon phases animation with lables of moons Study Guides /Research   1. Moon phases EnchantedInteractive with worksheet and pictures 2. Moon phase pictures and information for this year 3. Moon phases animations and information 4. SOL Study Guide online 5. SOL 3.8 Study Guide in Word Smartboard Activities 1. Life Cycles Smartboard Notebook 2. Rotation & Revolution Notebook 3. Senteo SMART Board SOL life cycles Notebook 4. Senteo Sun, Earth, Moon SOL Review Notebook 5. SOL 3.8 Phases of the Moon Instructional Lesson 6. Moon Phases Instructional Notebook 7. Senteo (SMART Response) Life Cycles Test 8. Sun, Earth, Moon Senteo (SMART Response) SOL Test 9. SOL 3.8 Cycle Instructional Notebook 10. SOL 3.8 Instructional Notebook 11. Sun, Earth, Moon SOL Review Notebook (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Life Processes Instructional PowerPoint 2. Earth & Space Systems Instructional PowerPoint 3. View Earth Patterns SOL PowerPoint online 4. Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Instructional PowerPoint 5. Eight Phases of the Moon Fun SOL Review PowerPoint 6. SOL Moon Phases Instructional PowerPoint with video clips 7. Day, Night, & Moon Phases Instructional PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Rotate vs. Revolution Drag pictures to correct category (Picture Preview) 2. Plant Life Cycle Drag pictures to correct box (Picture Preview) 3. Moon Cycle Drag pictures in correct order (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Phases of the Moon (3 min) 2. A Closer Look at the Moon: Space Science Series (20 min) 3. Junior Space Scientist: Voyage to the Moon (10min) Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.9 The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include the energy from the sun drives the water cycle; processes involved in the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation); water is essential for living things; and water supply and water conservation. SOL Review 1. Water Cycle 11 Question Test 2. Water Cycle SOL 8 Question Test 3. Droplet Water Cycle SOL 3.9 Game 4. Animated Water Cycle Quiz Interactive Activities   1. Interactive Water Cycle Animation 2. Fun Interactive Water Quiz 3. Flash Water Cycle Animation 4. Water Cycle Flash Animation 2 Study Guides /Research   1. Water Cycle Pictures & Information 2. SOL Study Guide online Smartboard Activities 1. The Water Cycle Smarboard Notebook Lesson 2. Water Cycle Smartboard Notebook Lesson 2 3. SOL 3.9 Pollution Instructional Lesson 4. Water Cycle Instructional Lesson 5. Precipitation Instructional Notebook 6. Water Cycle Instructional Notebook 7. Water Cycle Instructional Notebook 2 8. Water Cycle Notebook file Powerpoints 1. Walter the Water Drop Cycle PowerPoint 2. Water Cycle PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Water Cycle Match pictures to the order in the cycle (Picture Preview)     United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Adventures of Junior Raindrop TeacherTube Movie Clip Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.10 The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat; the effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms; and conservation and resource renewal. SOL Review 1. SOL 3.7 & 3.10 15 Question Test 2. Animal Habitats SOL 10 Question Test Interactive Activities   1. Interdependence and Adaptation BBC Interactive website 2. Recycle City Interactive website Study Guides /Research   1. SOL Study Guide online Smartboard Activities 1. Natural Events (Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Volcanoes) Notebook 2. Natural Resources Instructional Notebook 3. Conservation SOL 3.10 Instructional Notebook Powerpoints   Kidspiration Templates 1. Natural Disasters Matching (Picture Preview) 2. Excellent picture Natural Disaster Matching (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. TLC Elementary School: Protecting Our Planet (24 min). Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top Objective: 3.11 The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy. Key concepts include the sun’s ability to produce light and heat energy; sources of energy (sunlight, water, wind); fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and wood; and renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. SOL Review   Interactive Activities   1. Flash Interactive Activity on Saving Energy 2. Energy Builder interactive website 3. Energy for Kids interactive website with activities Study Guides /Research   1. SOL Study Guide online 2. Tiki the Penguin's Kid's guide to Energy Smartboard Activities 1. Renewable Chart 2. SOL 3.11 Renewable vs Nonrenewable Instructional Lesson 3. Senteo SOL 3.11 Notebook Test 4. SOL Energy Senteo Test (Zipped-use Firefox) Powerpoints 1. Download SOL Energy Instructional PowerPoint 2. SOL Energy Jeopardy PowerPoint 3. SOL Energy Review PowerPoint Kidspiration Templates 1. Renewable vs Nonrenewable Drag pictures to correct category (Picture Preview) United Streaming Movie Clip Titles   Lesson Plans   Assessments & Strategies   Teacher Resources   Back to top   SOL Review 1. http://www.quia.com/pages/sol3.html SOL 3rd Grade webpage 2. Download SOL Science Review PowerPoint Great for Smartboard 3. Excellent SOL Review Tests 4. SOLPASS need subscription password from teacher 5. SOL Science Review PowerPoint 6. Math, Science, & Social Studies SOL Review PowerPoint 7. Are you Smarter than a 3rd Grader PowerPoint SOL Science Review 8. 3rd Grade SOL Science Review PowerPoint 9. 2008 Senteo (SMART Response) SOL Test 10. SOL 3rd Grade SMARTBoard Notebook Game Back to top Teacher SOL Resources:   1. Enhanced Scope and Sequence VDOE Lesson plans & websites for each SOL, download in word or pdf) 2. Kidspiration Templates Templates organized by subject and grade 3. Download Jeopardy Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Jeopardy! 25 questions board 4. Download Millionaire Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Millionaire! 5. Brainpop Science Movies Movie clips on Social Studies (Subscription) 6. Find Smartboard Notebook Ready Made Lessons Enter the subject, grade, and Virginia Standards. Excellent Smartboard resource 7. SOL Science Curriculum Resources by Hopewell in Adobe PDF 8. Buy SOL Review Books Games for Learning 9. Free Pictures for Teachers 10. 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