Literacy Resources for Third Grade Science
Standard 1 Earth, Sun, and Moon
Fiction
Thanking the Moon; Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin
The Man in the Moon by Luke Spychalla
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac
How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
Nonfiction
The Moon by Seymour Simon
The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley and Barbara & Ed Emberley
The Moon (True Books: Space) by Elaine Landau
Standard 2 Living and Non-living
Fiction
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, a Book about how Living Things Grow by Joanna Cole, J Cole, B Degan and John Speirs
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life by Molly Cone and Sidnee Wheelwright
The Awesome Aquarium Mystery! (Awesome Mystery) (Awesome Mysteries) [Paperback]
Carole Marsh
Fish Out of Water (Beginner Books) by Helen Palmer
Nonfiction
Living and Nonliving (Nature Basics) by Carol K. Lindeen
Is it Living or Nonliving? by Rebecca Rissman
Living and Nonliving (My World of Science) by Angela Royston
A Kid's Guide to Making a Terrarium (Gardening for Kid's) by Stephanie Bearce
What's it Like to be a Fish? By WndyPfeffer
Standard 3 Forces and Motion (simple machines)
Fiction
The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald by Clifford B. Hicks
Stranded by Jeff Probst
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Simple Story of the 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzner
Lance Dragon Defends His Castle with Simple Machines (In the Science Lab) by Eric Braun and Anthony Briglia
Nonfiction
A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn
Forces Make Things Move (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Kimberly B. Bradley
Forces and Motion: A Question and Answer Book (Questions and Answers: Physical Science) by Catherine A. Welch
Simple Machines (Reading Essentials Exploring Science) by VijayaKhistyBodach
Standard 4 Gravity
Fiction
Gravity Buster: Journal of a Cardboard Genius by Frank Asch
Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity by Dave Roman
Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine by Richard Hamilton
Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman
Nonfiction
Gravity Is a Mystery (Let's-Read-And-Find... Science: Stage 2 by Franklyn Mansfield Branley and Edward Miller
Up, Down, All Around: A Story of Gravity (Science Works) by Jacqui Bailey
Gravity: Forces and Motion (Do It Yourself) by Rachel Lynette
Cosmic Science: Over 40 Gravity-Defying, Earth-Orbiting, Space-Cruising Activities for Kids by Jim Wiese
Standard 5 Heat and Light (friction)
Fiction
The Magic School Bus Plays Ball: A Book About Forces by Joanna Cole, Art Ruiz and Bruce Degan
Energy Island: How one community harnessed the wind and changed their world by Allan Drummond
How Raven Stole the Sun (Tales of the People) by Maria Williams
Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun: A Cherokee Story by Geri Keams
Nonfiction
The Sun by Seymour Simon
The Sun (True Books: Space) by Elaine Landau
Energy from the Sun (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler
Super-Powered Earth: Energy from the Rays of the Sun by Benita Sen
Friction (True Books) by Matt Mullins