Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire third graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home (check here for updates):
- Riding the Wind with Kalani
- Weather Websites
- Wild Weather Adventure
- All About America
- USA Puzzle
- 360o views from around the world
- Computer lab favorites
- How stuff works
- Quick quizzes—how much do you know?
- Thinking Skills–Riddles
- USA Puzzle
- Water Cycle–very visual; good tool for lower grades
- Water cycle–interactive
- Water cycle—label diagram
More resources for third graders
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.