Explore forces, motion, and magnetism with 15 Grade 3 science learning stations across three related activities. Each five-station set focuses on a different part of the NGSS Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions unit, giving teachers ready-to-use material for small-group rotations, lesson follow-up, and science review. Together, the activities help children connect observable movement and magnetic interactions with the forces that cause them.

📚 What's Included

The bundle contains three Grade 3 science learning stations activities, with five stations in each set:

• Patterns of Motion: Students examine how objects move, notice repeated patterns, and use observations to predict what may happen next. The focus includes changes in speed, direction, and movement on different surfaces.
• Magnetic Forces and Interactions: Students investigate how magnets attract or repel, how magnetic forces can act without direct contact, and how distance and magnet orientation affect interactions.
• Balanced and Unbalanced Forces: Students compare situations where forces are balanced with those where an unequal force changes an object's motion. Examples include pushes, friction, and opposing forces.

The Patterns of Motion activity includes an answer key. Each resource provides five stations, giving you 15 stations in total without having to find separate activities for each part of the unit.

🔍 Topics and Skills Covered

• Observing and predicting patterns of motion
• Comparing speed and changes in direction
• Exploring friction and surface effects
• Identifying magnetic attraction and repulsion
• Comparing contact and non-contact forces
• Investigating magnetic force and distance
• Recognizing balanced and unbalanced forces
• Explaining how pushes and pulls affect movement

These topics connect directly to the Grade 3 forces and interactions unit, helping students describe what they observe and explain simple cause-and-effect relationships.

🏫 How Teachers Can Use It

Use the Grade 3 science learning stations during classroom rotations, with groups visiting different stations and recording their observations or responses. The three sets can be introduced separately as you teach motion, magnetism, and balanced forces.

They also work well for small-group discussions after a lesson or for revisiting important concepts before a unit assessment. Keep the sets together so students can compare how different forces affect objects in different situations.

💰 Bundle Savings

Get all three activities, containing 15 learning stations, for $9.60 instead of $12.00 when purchased separately. That's a saving of $2.40, or 20%.

Having these Grade 3 science learning stations together makes it easier to plan connected lessons on motion, magnetic forces, and balanced and unbalanced forces without searching for each activity individually.