Year 3 Units of Inquiry

Unit 1:  Positive Relationships - Positive relationships can be influenced. We are part of a bigger community.

• http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/index.html - "Dealing with Feelings" -at home, school, with friends, family and your own

Unit 2:  What a Noise! - Sound is made when an object vibrates.

• www.dsokids.org - Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Dallas, Texas, USA
• www.sfskids.org - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - San Francisco, California, USA
• www.nyphilkids.org - New York Philharmonic Orchestra - New York, NY, USA
• www.kididdles.com - Kididdles - A Canadian-based site that offers free printable lyrics and sheet music for most kids songs. Music to many of the songs is online, too!

Unit 3:  Symbols - People use symbols to communicate different ideas.

Unit 4:  Habitats/Biomes - The place in which living things are found provides them with what they need to survive.

• http://www.animalsoftheworld.ecsd.net/biomes.htm - URL says animals but it has definition of habitat/biomes along with some plants and animals from various habitat/biomes.
• http://www.arkive.org - Threatened species - information, images, videos - "ARKives - Images of Life on Earth" - ask Ms. Nelson for username and password

Unit 5:  Exploration - Exploration has shaped our lands.

Unit 6:  Who We Are and Our Regional Neighbors - A country is affected and influenced by its regional neighbors.

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