Third Grade Science Fair Winner #sciencefair #stem

Congratulations to Aaron! He won the third grade Science Fair!

Question: Does music make you smarter?

Hypothesis: I think music is a distraction.

Research: I went to the computer and Googled my question. I found sites that told me whether or not music makes you smarter. Most sites said that it does.

Experiment: People played a concentration game. The first two times they played they were just getting used to the game. The third time they played the game, they listened to their favorite music.  The fourth time they played the game, they played it without the music.

Results: Adult females played the game better with music. It was a distraction to the male children. Adult males and female children played the game about the same with and without the music. 

Conclusion: Female adults do better with music. Male children do better without music.

STEM Night #STEM

Tonight was our STEM Night. Students visited several classrooms around the school. Classrooms featured activities focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics. Ms. McDermott and I (Ms. Moore) are very proud of our room!

Students had fun!

Below is Ayden! He is one of our Science Fair winners! Congratulations Ayden!

Ethan and Matthew are two members of our Robotics team.

Our room was all about MATH!

Sofia helped stamp passports! 

It was a successful evening!

#PantherPride #CarolinaPanthers

Go Panthers! Beat the 49ers!

#Division #thirdgrademath

Students can make an array. In this problem, you make 5 rows and place one circle in each row until you reach 20. Then you count how many circles are in each row.

In this problem, you can start at 20 and subtract 5 until you reach 0. You subtracted five 4 times so your answer is 4.

You could start at 0 and add 5 until you reach 20. You added five 4 times so your answer is 4.

You can use multiplication to find your answer to a division problem

You can draw groups and divide 20.

Multiply or Divide? #thirdgrademath

These charts can be used to help you decide if you should multiply or divide.

If a problem provides a part (factor or # of groups) AND a part (factor or # in a group) THEN you multiply.

If a problem provides the whole (product, total) AND a part ( factor) THEN you divide.

PP Multiply
WP Divide

Multiply – How many altogether?
Multiply – What is the product?
Divide – How many groups?
Divide – How many in each group?
Divide – What is the missing factor?