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3.1 Biological Sciences

• 3.1.A Organisms and Cells

  • 3.1.A1 Common Characteristics of Life

    • 3.1.1.A1 Categorize living and nonliving things by external characteristics.

      • Identify living and nonliving things (1-J.1)

  • 3.1.A2 Energy Flow

    • 3.1.1.A2 Investigate the dependence of living things on the sun's energy, water, food/nutrients, air, living space, and shelter.

      • What do animals need to survive? (1-H.1)
      • What do plants need to survive? (1-I.1)

  • 3.1.A5 Form and Function

    • 3.1.1.A5 Identify and describe plant parts and their function.

      • Identify plant parts (1-I.2)
      • Identify what plant parts do (1-I.3)

• 3.1.B Genetics

  • 3.1.B1 Heredity

    • 3.1.1.B1 Grow plants from seed and describe how they grow and change. Compare to adult plants.

• 3.1.C Evolution

  • 3.1.C3 Unifying Themes

    • 3.1.1.C3 Describe changes that occur as a result of habitat.

3.2 Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics

• 3.2.A Chemistry

  • 3.2.A1 Properties of Matter

    • 3.2.1.A1 Observe and describe the properties of liquids and solids. Investigate what happens when solids are mixed with water and other liquids are mixed with water.

      • Classify solids and liquids (1-D.1)
      • Identify solids and liquids (1-D.2)

  • 3.2.A3 Matter and Energy

    • 3.2.1.A3 Identify how heating, melting, cooling, etc., may cause changes in properties of materials.

      • Changes caused by heating and cooling (1-E.1)

  • 3.2.A4 Reactions

    • 3.2.1.A4 Observe and describe what happens when substances are heated or cooled. Distinguish between changes that are reversible (melting, freezing) and not reversible (e.g. baking a cake, burning fuel).

      • Changes caused by heating and cooling (1-E.1)

  • 3.2.A5 Unifying Themes

    • 3.2.1.A5 Recognize that everything is made of matter.

• 3.2.B Physics

  • 3.2.B1 Force and Motion of Particles and Rigid Bodies

    • 3.2.1.B1 Demonstrate various types of motion. Observe and describe how pushes and pulls change the motion of objects.

      • Push and pull (1-G.1)
      • Investigate pushes and pulls (1-G.2)

  • 3.2.B3 Heat/Heat Transfer

    • 3.2.1.B3 Observe and record daily temperatures. Draw conclusions from daily temperature records as related to heating and cooling.

      • Describe the weather (1-N.1)
      • Weather patterns (1-N.4)

  • 3.2.B5 Nature of Waves (Sound and Light Energy)

    • 3.2.1.B5 Compare and contrast how light travels through different materials. Explore how mirrors and prisms can be used to redirect a light beam.

      • Which lets light go through? (1-F.3)

  • 3.2.B6 Unifying Themes

    • 3.2.1.B6 Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living and nonliving systems and some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.

3.3 Earth and Space Sciences

• 3.3.A Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles

  • 3.3.A1 Earth Features and the Processes that Change It

    • 3.3.1.A1 Observe, describe, and sort earth materials. Compare the composition of different soils.

      • Classify rocks and minerals (1-L.3)

  • 3.3.A4 Water

    • 3.3.1.A4 Identify and describe types of fresh and salt-water bodies (ocean, rivers, lakes, ponds).

  • 3.3.A5 Weather and Climate

    • 3.3.1.A5 Become familiar with weather instruments. Collect, describe, and record basic information about weather over time.

• 3.3.B Origin and Evolution of the Universe

  • 3.3.B1 Composition and Structure

    • 3.3.1.B1 Explain why shadows fall in different places at different times of the day.