Grade 3 Science

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

SC.3.1 Forces and Interactions: Motion and Stability 

SC.3.1.1 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. 

SC.3.1.1.a Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 

• Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. 

• Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. 

• Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down. 

SC.3.1.1.b Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 

• Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency. 

SC.3.1.1.c Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 

• Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students. 

SC.3.1.1.d Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. 

SC.3.7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 

SC.3.7.2 Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. 

SC.3.7.2.a Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 

SC.3.7.2.b SC.3.7.2.b Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. 

• Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. 

• Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages. 

SC.3.7.2.c 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. 

SC.3.7.2.d 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. 

• Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. 

• Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change. 

SC.3.7.2.e 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. 

SC.3.9 Inheritance and Variation: Life Cycles and Traits 

SC.3.9.3 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits through life cycles and environmental influences. 

SC.3.9.3.a Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 

• Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. 

• Assessment does not include details of human reproduction. 

SC.3.9.3.b 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. 

• Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. 

• Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

SC.3.9.3.c Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

SC.3.9.3.d 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. 

SC.3.12 Weather and Climate NE plants, animals, and habitats 

SC.3.12.4 Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. 

SC.3.12.4.a Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 

• Assessment of graphical displays is limited to pictographs and bar graphs. 

• Assessment does not include climate change. 

SC.3.12.4.b Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 

SC.3.12.4.c Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.