3rd Grade Science
Embedded Files
Year at a Glance
In 3rd Grade, instructional time should focus on three critical areas: Weather and Climate; Life Cycles & Traits and Forces and Interactions. These concepts can be explored at anytime during the school year and are recommended to be used when appropriate as enhancements to your ReadyGen literacy resources. We hope these science connections help bring those standards to life.
Throughout 3rd Grade Students Should:
Throughout 3rd Grade Students Should:
Asking questions to determine the cause and effect relationship of electric or magnetic forces between objects.
Planning and conducting investigations about the effects of balanced and unbalanced force on an object.
Developing models to describe how though organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, all organisms experience birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Obtaining and combining information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
Making claims about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard
Earth Science - Weather & Climate
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Explain how climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations. Understand that a variety of weather hazards result from natural processes, and that although humans cannot eliminate weather-related hazards, we can reduce their impact.
ReadyGen Connections
Unit 1 Thunder Cake (3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Conditions)
Unit 2 City Homes (3-ESS2-2: World Climates)
Unit 3 Storm in the Night Knots on a Counting Rope Paul Bunyan: Growing Up Sleuth: “We Need New Tornado Warnings!”; “Taking Shelter” On the Same Day in March Living Through a Natural Disaster On the Same Day in March, A Tour of the World’s Weather Sleuth: “Weather Work”; “Be-Prepared” (3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Hazard Solution)
Life Science - Life Cycles & Traits
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Recognize that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, and vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information. Explain how being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes. Understand that some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth.
ReadyGen Connections
Unit 1 The Case of the Gasping Garbage Location, Location, Location About Earth Sleuth: “A Whale of a Rescue”; “Backyard Safari”
(3-LS4-3: Habitats and Organism Survival)
Unit 2 The Athabascans: Old Ways and New Ways; The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska (3-LS2-1: Animal Groups)
Unit 3 Knots on a Counting Rope (3-LS4-2: Variation, Survival, and Reproduction)
Mystery Science 3rd Grade Student Notebook
Physical Science - Forces and Interactions
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Expectations for 3rd Grade Students:
Recognize that objects in contact can exert a force on each other. Understand that electric and magnetic force between objects do not require contact, and that patterns of motion can be used to predict future motion.
ReadyGen Connections
Unit 1 The Moon Seems to Change (3-PS2-2: Predicting Future Motion)
Mystery Science 3rd Grade Student Notebook
Science Vocabulary - 3rd Grade
All vocabulary for Mystery Science can be located in the "Extend the Lesson" section in each Unit. Vocabulary is presented in both English and Spanish and as both a slide show and teacher print out.
All vocabulary for Mystery Science can be located in the "Extend the Lesson" section in each Unit. Vocabulary is presented in both English and Spanish and as both a slide show and teacher print out.
Multilingual Learner Language Expectations - 3rd Grade
From the moment you ask where, why, and how? You are a scientist!
It is always a good reminder for both students and teachers, that we are all scientist! Below are some resources to share with your students about what a scientist looks like, what a scientist does and the importance of contributing to the world's collective science knowledge. The world needs science, and science needs YOU!
The Stories & Science of Real World Scientist
An interactive for inclusive Science and STEM education, this project aims to give young students real-life STEM role models.
Science & STEM Careers Portal - Explore Hundreds of STEM Fields
Encourage students to prepare for their future career success with Career Profile videos and student activations focusing on the STEM skills, knowledge, and interests needed to pursue exciting careers in the STEM industry. It’s never too early for students to plan their career path--help inspire the future workforce today. Explore More
Science Buddies - Career Discovery Tool
Browse career profiles to discover what scientists really do on the job and what it takes to prepare for these careers.
IF/THEN STEM Initiative
The IF/THEN Initiative is committed to showing young girls exactly what a scientist looks like. IF/THEN seeks to further advance women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by empowering current innovators and inspiring the next generation of pioneers. Explore More
DoDSTEM
Scientists and engineers work across a wide range of career pathways throughout the STEM fields including biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, robotics, computer science and more. Explore the different types of STEM careers here and see what kind of opportunities might ignite your curiosity! Select a Topic to learn about STEM careers
Page updated
Report abuse