Missouri

PS Physical Sciences

• PS1 Matter and Its Interactions

  • PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter

    • 3.PS1.A.1 Predict and investigate that water can change from a liquid to a solid (freeze), and back again (melt), or from a liquid to a gas (evaporation), and back again (condensation) as the result of temperature changes.

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

  • PS1.B Types of Interactions of Matter

    • 3.PS1.B.1 Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

• PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

  • PS2.B Types of Interaction

    • 3.PS2.B.1 Plan and conduct investigations to determine the cause and effect relationship 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)

LS Life Sciences

• LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

  • LS1.B Growth and Development of Organisms

    • 3.LS1.B.1 Develop a model to compare and contrast observations on the life cycle of different plants and animals.

      • 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)

• LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

  • LS3.A Inheritance of Traits

    • 3.LS3.A.1 Construct scientific arguments to support claims that some characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents and some are influenced by the environment.

      • 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)
      • Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement (3-O.3)

  • LS3.B Natural Selection

    • 3.LS3.B.1 Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and finding mates.

  • LS3.C Adaptation

    • 3.LS3.C.1 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular ecosystem some organisms -- based on structural adaptations or behaviors -- can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot.

      • 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)

  • LS3.D Biodiversity and Humans

    • 3.LS3.D.1 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.

ESS Earth and Space Sciences

• ESS2 Earth's Systems

  • ESS2.D Weather and Climate

    • 3.ESS2.D.1 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)

    • 3.ESS2.D.2 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)

• ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

  • ESS3.B Natural Hazards

    • 3.ESS3.B.1 Make a claim about the merit of an existing design solution (e.g. levies, tornado shelters, sea walls, etc.) 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)

ETS Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science

• ETS1 Engineering Design

  • ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    • 3.ETS1.A.1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified crtieria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

      • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-V.3)

  • ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions

    • 3.ETS1.B.1 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and contraints of the problem.

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

  • ETS1.C Optimizing the Solution Process

    • 3.ETS1.C.1 Plan and carry out fair test in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.