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SC.3.E Earth and Space Science

• SC.3.E.5 Earth in Space and Time

  • SC.3.E.5.1 Explain that stars can be different; some are smaller, some are larger, and some appear brighter than others; all except the Sun are so far away that they look like points of light.

  • SC.3.E.5.2 Identify the Sun as a star that emits energy; some of it in the form of light.

  • SC.3.E.5.3 Recognize that the Sun appears large and bright because it is the closest star to Earth.

  • SC.3.E.5.4 Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that gravity is a force that can be overcome.

  • SC.3.E.5.5 Investigate that the number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than those seen by the unaided eye.

• SC.3.E.6 Earth Structures

  • SC.3.E.6.1 Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.

SC.3.L Life Science

• SC.3.L.14 Organization and Development of Living Organisms

  • SC.3.L.14.1 Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.

    • Identify plant parts and their functions (3-L.2)
    • How do plants make food? (3-L.3)
    • How do flowering plants make new plants? (3-L.5)

  • SC.3.L.14.2 Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity), such as the way plant stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity.

• SC.3.L.15 Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms

  • SC.3.L.15.1 Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

    • Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (3-J.3)
    • Identify vertebrates and invertebrates (3-J.4)

  • SC.3.L.15.2 Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics.

• SC.3.L.17 Interdependence

  • SC.3.L.17.1 Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.

    • Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou (3-K.5)

  • SC.3.L.17.2 Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food.

    • How do plants make food? (3-L.3)

SC.3.P Physical Science

• SC.3.P.8 Properties of Matter

  • SC.3.P.8.1 Measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids.

  • SC.3.P.8.2 Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids.

    • Choose customary units of mass (4-Y.3)
    • Choose metric units of mass (4-Y.4)
    • Choose customary units of volume (4-Y.5)
    • Choose metric units of volume (4-Y.6)

  • SC.3.P.8.3 Compare materials and objects according to properties such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.

    • Identify properties of an object (3-A.1)
    • Compare properties of objects (3-A.2)
    • Compare properties of materials (3-A.3)
    • Identify materials in objects (3-A.4)
    • Identify multiple materials in objects (3-A.5)
    • Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture (3-Q.1)
    • Identify minerals using properties (3-Q.2)
    • Identify rocks using properties (3-Q.3)

• SC.3.P.9 Changes in Matter

  • SC.3.P.9.1 Describe the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling by using familiar scientific terms such as melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation.

    • Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas (3-C.1)
    • Heating, cooling, and changes of state (3-C.2)

• SC.3.P.10 Forms of Energy

  • SC.3.P.10.1 Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and mechanical.

    • How is temperature related to thermal energy? (3-D.3)
    • Introduction to static electricity and charged objects (3-H.1)

  • SC.3.P.10.2 Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.

    • 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.P.10.3 Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.

  • SC.3.P.10.4 Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.

• SC.3.P.11 Energy Transfer and Transformations

  • SC.3.P.11.1 Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.

  • SC.3.P.11.2 Investigate, observe, and explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as rubbing one's hands together.