South Dakota

PS Physical Science

• 3-PS2-1 Plan and carry out 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)

• 3-PS2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence for how a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

• 3-PS2-3 Ask questions about 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)

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

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

LS Life Science

• 3-LS1-1 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)

• 3-LS2-1 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)

• 3-LS3-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist 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)

• 3-LS3-2 Use evidence and reasoning 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)

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

• 3-LS4-2 Use evidence and reasoning 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 how some organisms thrive, some struggle to survive, and some cannot survive in a particular habitat.

  • 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)

• 3-LS4-4 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 Science

• 3-ESS2-1 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-ESS2.2 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)

• 3-ESS3-1 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)