IXL skill plan | Science 3rd grade plan for the Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System

Skill plan for the Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System - Science 3rd grade

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Physical Science
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		Forces 1. Identify pushes and pulls 2. How do mass and force affect motion? 3. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? Static electricity 4. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects Magnetic interactions 5. Identify magnets that attract or repel 6. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 7. Label magnets that attract or repel 8. Solve problems using magnets
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Forces 1. Identify pushes and pulls 2. How do mass and force affect motion? 3. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? Static electricity 4. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects Magnetic interactions 5. Identify magnets that attract or repel 6. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 7. Label magnets that attract or repel 8. Solve problems using magnets

Life Science
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes		Animal life cycles 1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles Plant life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams 5. How do flowering plants make new plants?
From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
Animal life cycles 1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles Plant life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams 5. How do flowering plants make new plants?

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 2. Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs 3. Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 2. Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs 3. Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants

Inheritance and Variation of Traits		Traits 1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement Pedigree charts 4. Read an animal pedigree chart 5. Read a plant pedigree chart
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Traits 1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement Pedigree charts 4. Read an animal pedigree chart 5. Read a plant pedigree chart

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		Fossil evidence 1. Introduction to fossils 2. Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis 3. Compare fossils to modern organisms Adaptations 4. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 5. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs 6. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings Ecosystems 7. Describe ecosystems
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Fossil evidence 1. Introduction to fossils 2. Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis 3. Compare fossils to modern organisms Adaptations 4. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 5. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs 6. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings Ecosystems 7. Describe ecosystems

Earth and Space Science
Earth's Systems		1. Collect and graph temperature data 2. Use data to describe world climates 3. Weather and climate around the world 4. Weather or climate? Cite text 5. Use climate data to make predictions
Earth's Systems
1. Collect and graph temperature data 2. Use data to describe world climates 3. Weather and climate around the world 4. Weather or climate? Cite text 5. Use climate data to make predictions

Earth and Human Activity		1. Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage 2. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding
Earth and Human Activity
1. Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage 2. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding

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