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SC.3.1 Physical Science

• SC.3.1.1 Patterns of motion can be used to predict future motion.

  • SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

    • Identify pushes and pulls (3-G.1)
    • How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? (3-G.2)
    • How do mass and force affect motion? (3-G.3)

  • SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

• SC.3.1.2 Objects in contact exert forces on each other; electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require contact.

  • SC.3.1.2.a Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

    • Introduction to static electricity and charged objects (3-H.1)
    • Identify magnets that attract or repel (3-I.1)
    • Label magnets that attract or repel (3-I.2)
    • Compare strengths of magnetic forces (3-I.3)

  • SC.3.1.2.b Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

    • Solve problems using magnets (3-V.1)

SC.3.2 Life Science

• SC.3.2.1 Organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.

  • SC.3.2.1.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction and death.

    • Read animal life cycle diagrams (3-K.1)
    • Construct animal life cycle diagrams (3-K.2)
    • Compare stages of an animal's life cycle (3-K.3)
    • Compare different animals' life cycles (3-K.4)
    • Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams (3-L.4)
    • How do flowering plants make new plants? (3-L.5)

• SC.3.2.2 Being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves and cope with changes.

  • SC.3.2.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (3-K.5)
    • Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs (3-K.6)
    • Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants (3-K.7)

• SC.3.2.3 Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information; the environment also affects the traits that an organism develops.

  • SC.3.2.3.a Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

    • What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis (3-M.2)
    • Match offspring to parents using inherited traits (3-O.1)
    • Identify inherited and acquired traits (3-O.2)
    • Read a plant pedigree chart (3-O.4)
    • Read an animal pedigree chart (3-O.5)

  • SC.3.2.3.b Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

    • What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis (3-M.2)
    • Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement (3-O.3)

• SC.3.2.4 Some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth.

  • SC.3.2.4.a Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

    • Introduction to fossils (3-R.1)
    • Compare fossils to modern organisms (3-R.2)
    • Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis (3-R.3)

  • SC.3.2.4.b Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates and reproducing.

• SC.3.2.5 Sometimes differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species provide advantages in survival and reproduction.

  • SC.3.2.5.a Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well and some cannot survive at all.

    • Introduction to adaptations (3-N.1)
    • Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks (3-N.2)
    • Animal adaptations: feet and limbs (3-N.3)
    • Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings (3-N.4)
    • Identify ecosystems (3-P.1)
    • Describe ecosystems (3-P.2)

  • SC.3.2.5.b Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

SC.3.3 Earth and Space Science

• SC.3.3.1 Climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations; historical weather patterns can be analyzed.

  • SC.3.3.1.a Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

    • Read a thermometer (3-S.1)
    • Compare temperatures on thermometers (3-S.2)
    • Collect and graph temperature data (3-S.3)
    • Use climate data to make predictions (3-S.7)
    • Use data to describe U.S. climates (3-S.8)
    • Use data to describe world climates (3-S.9)

  • SC.3.3.1.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

    • What's the difference between weather and climate? (3-S.4)
    • Weather and climate around the world (3-S.5)
    • Weather or climate? Cite text (3-S.6)
    • Use climate data to make predictions (3-S.7)
    • Use data to describe U.S. climates (3-S.8)
    • Use data to describe world climates (3-S.9)

• SC.3.3.2 A variety of weather hazards result from natural process; humans cannot eliminate weather-related hazards but can reduce their impacts.

  • SC.3.3.2.a Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (3-V.2)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-V.3)