Grade 3 Reading passage
Marigold's Dry Summer: How a Town Made a Water Rule
A grade 3 informational passage about how the town of Marigold faced a dry summer and made a water-saving rule to protect its well and creek.
Water Social Studies & Civics · Grade 3
These materials cover water policy, geography, economics, and history, including how rate hearings work, how rivers shape settlement, and how communities govern a shared resource.
31 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 3 Worksheet
The Nolan Family's Dripping Tap: A Grade 3 Water Choice Worksheet
A grade 3 social studies worksheet where students add and multiply liters from the Nolan family's dripping taps and weigh the benefit and cost of a fix.
Grade 3 Lesson plan
How Water Reaches Rocky Ford: A Grade 3 Mapping Lesson
A 45-minute grade 3 social studies lesson where students order and map the stops water passes through to reach the fictional town of Rocky Ford.
Grade 3 Classroom activity
Sandy Bluff Water Choice Sort: A Grade 3 Benefit and Cost Game
A grade 3 social studies activity where student pairs sort everyday water choices in Sandy Bluff into their benefits and their costs at three stations.
Grade 3 Lesson plan
Two Rivers Dam Then and Now: A Grade 3 Place-Change Lesson
A 45-minute grade 3 social studies lesson where students compare the fictional town of Two Rivers before and after a dam and explain how the place changed.
Grade 3 Reading passage
Windmill Hill: How a Town Pumped Water Then and Now
A grade 3 informational passage about how the fictional town of Windmill Hill once pumped water with a windmill and now uses an electric pump and an operator.
Grade 3 Lesson plan
Dry Mesa's Canals: A Grade 3 Lesson on Adapting to a Dry Place
A 45-minute grade 3 social studies lesson where students explain how a fictional farming town's irrigation canals changed a dry area into farmland over time.