North Dakota

PS Physical Science

• Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

  • 3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to prove 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)

  • 3-PS2-2 Make observations and metric measurements of an object's motion to prove that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

  • 3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of static electricity or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

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

  • 3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

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

LS Life Science

• From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

  • 3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all experience birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

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

• Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  • 3-LS2-1 Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

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

• Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

  • 3-LS3-1 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-N.2)
    • Match offspring to parents using inherited traits (3-P.1)
    • Identify inherited and acquired traits (3-P.2)
    • Read a plant pedigree chart (3-P.4)
    • Read an animal pedigree chart (3-P.5)

  • 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that the environment can influence the expression of traits.

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

• Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

  • 3-LS4-1 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-S.1)
    • Compare fossils to modern organisms (3-S.2)
    • Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis (3-S.3)

  • 3-LS4-2 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.

  • 3-LS4-3 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-O.1)
    • Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks (3-O.2)
    • Animal adaptations: feet and limbs (3-O.3)
    • Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings (3-O.4)
    • Identify ecosystems (3-Q.1)
    • Describe ecosystems (3-Q.2)

ESS Earth and Space Science

• Earth's Systems

  • 3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe and predict typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

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

  • 3-ESS2-2 Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

    • What's the difference between weather and climate? (3-T.4)
    • Weather and climate around the world (3-T.5)
    • Weather or climate? Cite text (3-T.6)
    • Use climate data to make predictions (3-T.7)
    • Use data to describe U.S. climates (3-T.8)
    • Use data to describe world climates (3-T.9)

• Earth and Human Activity

  • 3-ESS3-1 Evaluate the feasibility of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (3-X.3)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-X.4)

ET Engineering and Technology

• Engineering & Technology

  • 3-5-ET1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-X.4)

  • 3-5-ET1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion (3-X.2)
    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (3-X.3)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-X.4)

  • 3-5-ET1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.