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3rd Grade
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3.1
Students inquire about states, properties, and transformations of matter
3.2
Students explain forces, motions, and their interactions.
3.3
Students investigate energy and how it is transferred and transformed within and between systems.
3.4
Students analyze the interconnected systems that include the planet Earth, our Solar System, our Galaxy, and the Universe.
3.5
Students explain planet Earth as a complex and dynamic system of rock, water, air, and living things
3.6
Students assess the interrelated cycles and forces that shape Earth’s surface, including human interaction with Earth.
3.7
Students examine organisms’ structures and functions for life processes, including growth and reproduction.
3.8
Students inquire how organisms and populations of organisms obtain resources from their environment.
3.9
Students explore how biological evolution explains unity and diversity of species.
3.1.1
Recognize that matter can exist in pieces too small to see
3.1.2
Make and test conjectures (i.e., hypotheses, educated guesses) based on data (or information) collected from explorations and experiments about properties of water
3.2.1
Recognize that the relative strength of two forces can be compared by observing the differences in how they move a common object
3.3.1
Distinguish between different forms of energy such as potential and kinetic, and heat, light, sound, electrical, and mechanical
3.3.2
Explore gravitational force and energy
3.3.3
Recognize that some types of energy, such as light and sound, travel as waves
3.4.1
Infer (make conclusions about) the movement of the planets around the Sun
3.4.2
Identify the celestial bodies of the Solar System
3.5.1
Describe how surface features of Earth change over time
3.5.2
Identify Earth as a system of rock, water, air, and life
3.6.1
Make observations of the impacts of constructive and destructive processes to Earth’s surface
3.6.2
Describe seasonal changes in weather patterns
3.6.3
Research how to prepare for and cope with natural hazards such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes
3.6.4
Examine human impacts on the environment
3.7.1
Compare structures of organisms in terms of their functions
3.7.2
Explore life cycles of organisms
3.8.1
Observe that some changes in ecosystems occur slowly, and others occur rapidly, and that these changes can affect life-forms, including humans
3.8.2
Describe organisms’ relationships in ecosystems
3.9.1
Examine how different organisms have evolved over time
3.9.2
Explain how variation can be important for species’ survival
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