Science – Grade Three

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September to Mid October

·         Insects

A 2, A 3

·         Understand life cycle of insects (mealworm, butterfly, etc.)

·         Identify main body parts (head, thorax, abdomen)

·         Classifying insects and spiders

·         Know what organisms need to survive (e.g. air, water, food, space)

·         Understand how insects adapt to environmental changes

·         Monarch Book

·         Accurately describes life cycle

·         Create their own insect using insect criteria

Mid October to Mid December

·         Animals

Prep. Write & Speak/ Technology

B 1, C 1 , E 3

·         Develop skills for researching on a report

·         Determine what factors contribute to animals being endangered

·         Know vocabulary for endangered animals (e.g. extinct, endangered, species)

·         Understand how the loss of habitat vs. species adaptation

·         Classifying animals into categories (mammals)

·         Understand what prey and predators are

·         Review food chain

·         Know how humans use animals in their lives

·         Know the importance of animals to us

·         Choose an endangered animal – student writes a complete report

Mid December to February

·         Rocks

A 3, D 3, E 1, E 2, E 3, E 4

·         Classifying rocks by common characteristics

·         Understand changes of earth (earthquakes, volcanoes, humans, etc.)

·         Identify the causes of weathering and erosion

·         Identify rock cycle

·         Introduce experiments with prediction, results & observations

·         Identifying living and nonliving organisms

·         Students sort and classify rocks correctly using simple properties

·         Teacher observation - usually done as a 2 member team

 

 

February

·         Solids, Liquids and Gases (Sink or float) Grad. S.

E 1, E 2, E 3, E 4, E 5

·         Discuss properties/characteristics of solids, gases and liquids

·         Know if an object will sink or float

·         Classify observations of objects (sink or float)

·         Measuring changes of boats

·         Displaying observations

·         Describe/making changes to enhance outcomes

·         Added to Appleton’s Science will go with what Madison does

April

·         Human Body

A 1, B 1

·         Introduce body systems

·         Understand the proper care of the body

·         Introduce diseases that affect the body

·         Human Body

·         Written test

 

 

C 1, D 1, C 2, D 3, E 1

·         (Simple Machines and solids/liquids/gases.  The teachers will share resources and lots for these units, therefore, they will not be taught at the same time)

 

Last week in April to May

·         Environment

D 1, D 2, D 3

·         Understand the causes of pollution

·         Create how their (student) use of materials, energy and water impacts the environment

·         Poster shows how personal use of materials, energy and water affects environment