3rd Grade

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

• 3-PS2-1(Performance Expectation)

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

• 3-PS2-2(Performance Expectation)

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

• 3-PS2-3(Performance Expectation)

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

• 3-PS2-4(Performance Expectation)

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

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• 3-LS1-1(Performance Expectation)

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

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

• 3-LS2-1(Performance Expectation)

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

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

• 3-LS3-1(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• 3-LS3-2(Performance Expectation)

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

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

• 3-LS4-1(Performance Expectation)

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

• 3-LS4-2(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• 3-LS4-3(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• 3-LS4-4(Performance Expectation)

  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.

Earth's Systems

• 3-ESS2-1(Performance Expectation)

  Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

• 3-ESS2-2(Performance Expectation)

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

Earth and Human Activity

• 3-ESS3-1(Performance Expectation)

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

Engineering Design

• 3-5-ETS1-1(Performance Expectation)

  Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

• 3-5-ETS1-2(Performance Expectation)

  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.

• 3-5-ETS1-3(Performance Expectation)

  Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.