3rd Grade Theme-by-Theme Resources for HMR
Theme 1 (Off to Adventure!)
Launching the Theme:
United Streaming:
Ø Daily Planet: Scientific Cliffhangers (clip on Rock Climbing Techniques from an Expert)
Selection 1: The Lost and Found
No suggested online resources
Selection 2: The Ballad of Mulan
No suggested online resources
Selection 3: The Waterfall
Iguazu Falls: Quicktime Virtual Reality shots of waterfalls
http://www.greatestplaces.org/medias/media_html/qtvr.html
Sheraton Fallsview: Live cams at various places at the falls, includes a link where you can hear the sound of the falls, too
http://www.fallsview.com/Stream/WideStill.shtml
Niagara Falls State Park: Click on Gallery of the Falls for pictures
http://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/
Gates of the Arctic National Park: Official website from the national park
http://www.nps.gov/gaar/
Theme 2: Celebrating Traditions
Launching the Theme:
United Streaming:
Ø Thanksgiving Day: America Celebrates (clip on Different Thanksgiving Traditions)
Global Goodwill Holiday Project (from Scholastic): Take an online tour of holiday traditions for various cultures around the world (mostly text but could be used as a springboard for discussion if some of the students in the class came from some of the cultures described on the site)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/holiday/
Selection 1: The Keeping Quilt
Stitch a Quilt: Read about quilting from America’s Story. This site is very easy to navigate and readable by students.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/quilt
Quilting with Children: Page created by a teacher with lots of pictures of kids working on various stages of the quilting process. Teachers could share some of the pictures on the site with students and discuss quilting.
http://www.thecraftstudio.com/qwc/index.htm
Story Quilts: Pictures and short stories about Hawaiian quilts. The site has nice large pictures of quilts along with brief story behind each quilt. Teachers could share pictures and stories with class.
http://www.nvo.com/poakalani/storyquilts/view.nhtml?profile=storyquilts&UID=10002
Selection 2: Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
Mexico’s Charros Are a Breed Apart: Article from CNN with a short QuickTime movie clip of a Mexican Rodeo. Teachers could share movie with class to springboard discussion about Charros and the Mexican Rodeo.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9705/04/mexico.charros/
Selection 3: The Talking Cloth
United Streaming:
Ø African Culture: Customs and Dress (clips on Dress of the King and Queen: Significance Behind Handicrafts or Clothing of West Africa: Talking Drums and The Meaning of Head Wrappings)
Create Your Own Adinkra Cloth: Learn what the symbols mean and how to make Adinkra cloth from the PBS Kids’ Africa site. This page could even be printed and shared with the class if
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/cloth/cloth.htm
Adinkra: Click on the Symbols link to learn about what the symbols represent (each symbol is a hyperlink to information). This site could provide good background information for teachers
http://cat.conncoll.edu/projects/adinkra/index.htm
Adinkra: Information and pictures of the cloth, patterns, how it is made, tools used to stamp the cloth, etc. Teachers could share this site with the class.
http://www.du.edu/duma/africloth/adinkra.html
Weaving Kente Cloth: Pictures and information about Kente cloth. Teachers could share this site with the class to show the difference between Adinkra and Kente cloth patterns.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/ghana/kentecr.htm
Selection 4: Dancing Rainbows
United Streaming:
Ø Pow Wow: A Native American Gathering (clips on The Sights, Sounds, Tastes, and Smells of a Native American Pow Wow, The Meaning of the Pow Wow: Bringing Tribes Together or Pow Wow Dance Styles
Theme 3 (Incredible Stories)
Launching the Theme:
United Streaming:
Ø Imagine That!
Selection 1: Dogzilla
Special Effects in Godzilla Movies: Pictures and information about Godzilla movies from Japanese Kids’ site
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/techno/godzilla/index.html
Selection 2: The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
No suggested online resources
Selection 3: Raising Dragons
United Streaming:
Ø The Jeff Corwin Experience: Asia, Land of the Komodo Dragon
Sea Dragons: Pictures and easy-to-read information about sea dragons
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/SEADRAGONS.htm
Komodo Dragon: Facts, pictures, video and information about the Komodo Dragon from the Woodland Park Zoo
http://www.zoo.org/komodo/komo_flash.html
Komodo Dragon: Information from the Canadian Museum of Nature
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/komodo.htm
Selection 4: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
United Streaming:
Ø The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
Mountain View Dog Training: Pictures and information about options for dog training. Click on the Obedience link.
http://www.mountainviewdogs.com/
Magician’s Rules: Rules for performing magic with links to several magic tricks that could be performed by kids
http://kids.mysterynet.com/magic/rules/
Theme 4 (Animal Habitats)
Launching the Theme:
United Streaming:
Ø Concepts in Nature: Where Animals Live
Ø Exploring the Diversity of Life: A World of Difference
Ø Concepts in Nature: Adapting to Change
Geography Action! Habitats: Home Sweet Home: Site from National Geographic with images and information about a variety of habitats including cities and suburbs, deserts and tundra, forests, fresh water, oceans and coasts, and prairies.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/
Selection 1: Night of the Pufflings
Project Puffin: Puffin Questions: Site with answers to 26 questions about puffins. It includes links to a Virtual Puffin site and images of puffins.
http://www.projectpuffin.org/questions.html
Icelandic Kids Save Befuddled Puffins: Article from National Geographic about the efforts of the children of Heimaey to save the pufflings.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0812_020812_TVpuffin.html
Selection 2: Seal Surfer
Nature: Golden Seals: Site from PBS with video, images and information about seals. Requires Real Player to view video.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/goldenseals/index.html
eNature: Conduct a search for Seal to learn about the different types of seals listed in the online Wildlife Guides. Take a look at the Ask an Expert link to see if any questions related to seals have been answered.
http://www.enature.com/home/
Selection 3: Two Days in May
Chapter 1: Home – A Place to Hang Your Habitat: Site from the University of Minnesota Extension Service includes information about animal basic needs as well as information about animals such as white-tailed deer that might choose an urban habitat.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/components/DA5762chapter1.html
eNature: Conduct a search for White Tailed Deer to read about them in the online Wildlife Guide. Take a look at the Ask an Expert link to see if any questions related to White Tailed Deer have been answered.
http://www.enature.com/home/
Theme 5 (Voyagers)
Launching the Theme:
No suggested online resources
Selection 1: Across the Wide Dark Sea
United Streaming:
Ø Plymouth Plantation
The First Thanksgiving: Site from Scholastic about the Pilgrims
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Selection 2: Yunmi and Haimoni’s Trip
United Streaming:
Ø World Geography: Asia and the Pacific (clip on Korea)
Korea for Kids: Pictures and information about Korea
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/korea/kids.htm
Selection 3: Trapped by the Ice!
The Endurance: Photography of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition by Frank Hurley
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/endurance/
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton: Learn about the expedition
http://indigo.ie/~jshack/ernest.html
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition: Information from the American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/
South-Pole.com: Information about exploration of the South Pole
http://www.south-pole.com/homepage.html
North Pole 2001 Official Site: Information from the BBC about various expeditions to the North Pole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northpole2001/explorers.shtml
Theme 6 (Smart Solutions)
Launching the Theme:
United Streaming:
Ø Problem Solving: Humorous Stories (clips on Humorous Situations of Storybook Characters, Creating Humorous Solutions to Storybook Problems, etc.)
Ø Got a Problem: Solve It (clips on Introducing the Problem Solver, Broken Eggs, Coping with a Copy Cat, etc.)
Selection 1: Pepita Talks Twice
No suggested online resources
Selection 2: Poppa’s New Pants
No suggested online resources
Selection 3: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
No suggested online resources