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Science - Grade 3 Science

Earth and Space Science

Sky: Objects/Study/Pictures
The learner will be able to study pictures of objects in the day and night sky and associate them to specific times.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.tpi.1 Home
  
Weather: Clothing/Perform/Conclusions
The learner will be able to perform explorations and form conclusions pertaining to suitable clothing for various weather conditions.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.7 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Utilize/Lenses
The learner will be able to utilize hand lenses to survey, explain, and compare a variety of types of earth materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.4 Home
  
Water: Bodies/Compare
The learner will be able to compare bodies of water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.1 Home
  
Rocks: Recognize Types
The learner will be able to recognize rock types.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.1.b Home
  
Rocks: Story/Write/Cycle
The learner will be able to write a story that depicts the life cycle of a boulder that becomes a smaller rock.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.7 Home
  
Sky: Objects/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that different objects appear in the sky during the day and at night develop an understanding of the objects in the sky.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.1, 7.1 Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Item#25 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth, Moon, & Sun: Model/Create
The learner will be able to create a model to describe what causes day and night.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.tpi.6 Home
  
Moon: Phases/Recognize/Four
The learner will be able to recognize the four basic phases of the moon illustrate the phases of the moon order the phases of the moon.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.spi.4 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.tpi.4 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.2.b Home
  
Moon: Phases/Survey/Changes
The learner will be able to survey the moon's phase changes over time.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.2.b Home
  
Earth and Sun: Identify/Heat/Light
The learner will be able to identify that the sun provides a main source of heat and light for the earth.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.1, 14.1 Home
  
Earth and Sun: Life/Illustrate
The learner will be able to illustrate how life on earth would be altered without the sun.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.tpi.1 Home
  
Natural Resources: Recognize/Roles
The learner will be able to recognize roles that he/she can play in the conservation of natural resources.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.5 Home
  
Natural Resources: Illustration/Choose
The learner will be able to choose the illustration that depicts a method to conserve or reuse a natural resource observe that earth materials can be recycled or conserved.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.spi.3 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.2, 10.2 Home
  
Natural Resources: Explore
The learner will be able to explore the characteristics, uses and conservation of earth's resources.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 10.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Human/Create
The learner will be able to create a web that shows the connection between earth's resources and basic human needs.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.8 Home
  
Solar System: Components/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the components of the solar system.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.spi.5, 3.7.tpi.3 Home
  
Weather: Describe/Changes/Conditions
The learner will be able to describe how different weather conditions result when changes in precipitation, temperature, or wind speed/direction occur.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.2.a Home
  
Weather: Illustrate/Data
The learner will be able to illustrate daily weather using specific data.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.2.b Home
  
Weather: Conditions/Associate
The learner will be able to associate different temperatures, precipitation, wind speeds and directions with particular weather conditions relate temperature, precipitation, and wind conditions with different types of weather.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.1 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.spi.3 Home
  
Universe: Identify/Planets
The learner will be able to identify planets as major components of the universe.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.1.b Home
  
Universe: Patterns/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that events in the universe occur in predictable patterns.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.2, 7.2 Home
  
Universe: Explore/Structure
The learner will be able to explore the structure of the universe obtain an understanding of the universe.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 7.0 Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Item#28, Item#29 week tested: 36. Home
  
Instruments: Sky/Determine
The learner will be able to determine the instruments required to observe the day and night sky identify that telescopes are used to study distant objects utilize appropriate instruments to gather weather data.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.tpi.2 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.1.a TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.4 Home
  
Seasons: Weather/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the season given specific weather conditions.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.spi.2 Home
  
Sun: Position/Recognize/Time
The learner will be able to recognize the approximate time of day based on an illustration of the sun's position in the sky.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.spi.2 Home
  
Sun: Position/Create/Illustrations
The learner will be able to create a series of illustrations that show the sun's position in the sky at various times of day.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.tpi.5 Home
  
Earth: Rotation/Describe/Sun
The learner will be able to describe how the rotation of the earth relative to the sun results in day and night.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.7.2.a Home
  
Weather: Patterns/Clouds/Connect
The learner will be able to connect kinds of clouds to weather patterns.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.1 Home
  
Earth: Geology/Recognize/Feature
The learner will be able to recognize a geological feature when provided with specific information.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.spi.3 Home
  
Earth: Geology/Choose/Illustration
The learner will be able to choose the illustration that identifies a particular geological feature.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.spi.2 Home
  
Earth: Geologic/Compare
The learner will be able to compare different landforms.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.1 Home
  
Maps: Country/Create
The learner will be able to create a map of a country depicting the different landforms and bodies of water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.tpi.4 Home
  
Rocks and Minerals: Explain/Made Up
The learner will be able to explain that rock is made up of various combinations of minerals.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.1.a Home
  
Earth and Sky: Changes
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of the various changes to the earth and sky.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Item#19 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth: Energy/Recognize/Source
The learner will be able to recognize the earth's source of heat and light energy.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.spi.1 Home
  
Weather: Climate/Explore/Atmospheric
The learner will be able to explore how weather, climate, and atmospheric conditions are related.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 8.0 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Identify/Properties
The learner will be able to identify that a variety of earth materials exist which have properties that can be measured and observed.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.1, 10.1 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the characteristics of a variety of earth materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.1 Home
  
Earth: Materials/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate various earth materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.10.tpi.1 Home
  
Earth: Surface Changes/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend that the earth has numerous geologic features that constantly change.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 9.0 Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of earth/space science.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Earth/Space Science: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of earth/space science in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Obj Statement #22 week tested: 36. Home
  
Weather: Data/Gather/Temperature
The learner will be able to gather temperature data at different times of the day at the same location.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.tpi.4 Home
  
Weather: Data/Gather/Temperature
The learner will be able to gather temperature data.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.3 Home
  
Weather: Data/Gather
The learner will be able to gather daily weather data.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.2 Home
  
Weather: Data/Examine
The learner will be able to examine daily weather data.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.2 Home
  
Weather: Data/Associate
The learner will be able to associate temperature data to weather conditions and seasonal changes.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.3 Home
  
Weather: Data/Associate/Seasonal
The learner will be able to associate weather data to seasonal weather conditions.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.6 Home
  
Weather: Change/Recognize/Daily/Seasonal
The learner will be able to recognize daily and seasonal changes in weather.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.1, 8.1 Home
  
Weather: Cooling/Examine
The learner will be able to examine data to explain the cooling of land, air, and water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.1 Home
  
Weather: Heating/Examine
The learner will be able to examine data to explain the heating of land, air, and water.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.14.1 Home
  
Weather: Clouds/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize clouds associated with various weather conditions connect kinds of clouds to weather events.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.tpi.5 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.spi.5 Home
  
Weather: Clouds/Examine/Weather
The learner will be able to examine how clouds relate to weather systems.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.8.1 Home
  
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Animals: Parts/Examine/Functions
The learner will be able to examine the smaller parts of animals and identify their functions through the use of magnifiers.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.1 Home
  
Plants: Parts/Perform/Losing
The learner will be able to perform a basic study to assess the impact that losing one of its parts has on a plant.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.tpi.11 Home
  
Organisms: Function/Model/Create
The learner will be able to create a model of a living thing and explain the functions of its parts.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.tpi.10 Home
  
Plants: Explore/Make/Food
The learner will be able to explore how plants make food.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.0 Home
  
Animals: Differences/Evidence
The learner will be able to give evidence of the fact that animals of the same kind can have differences.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.5.1 Home
  
Animals: Environment/Choose
The learner will be able to choose the animals found in a particular environment.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.spi.2 Home
  
Cells: Animal/Plant/Explore/Structure
The learner will be able to explore the structure and function of animal and plant cells.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 1.0 Home
  
Living/Non-living: Recognize/Different
The learner will be able to recognize how living and non-living things are different.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.1, 2.1 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Establish
The learner will be able to establish whether an object is living or non-living by studying its characteristics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.1 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Properties/Contrast
The learner will be able to contrast the properties of living and non-living things.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.tpi.5 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate among living and non-living objects by their observable properties.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.tpi.1 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Explore/Interact
The learner will be able to explore the interaction of living things with the non-living and living components of their environment.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 2.0 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate among living and non-living things in an illustration.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.spi.1 Home
  
Living/Non-Living: Environment/Create
The learner will be able to create an environment that shows the interrelationships among living and non-living things.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.tpi.9 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that living things are composed of smaller parts.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.1, 1.1 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Well-Being
The learner will be able to identify that the small parts that make up an organism contribute to the performance and well being of the whole organism.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.2, 1.2 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Recognize/Tools
The learner will be able to recognize the parts of a living thing using suitable tools.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.tpi.6 Home
  
Living Things: Part/Determine
The learner will be able to determine the results when an organism is missing a particular part.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.tpi.9 Home
  
Living Things: Illustration/Choose
The learner will be able to choose the illustration that depicts what happens when a living thing is missing a specific part.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.spi.3 Home
  
Living Things: Parts/Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate between the parts that make up living things.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.1.tpi.5 Home
  
Living Things: Environment/Relate
The learner will be able to relate a living thing to its environment.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.2.tpi.3 Home
  
Organisms: Senses/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize that organisms use their senses to interact with the environment around them.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 2.2 Home
  
Organisms: Needs/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the basic needs living things require for survival.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.3.1, 3.1 Home
  
Organisms: Extinct/Examples
The learner will be able to cite examples of organisms which used to live on the earth and are now extinct.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 2.6.1, 3.6.spi.1, 3.6.tpi.1 Home
  
Organisms: Alter/Comprehend/Time
The learner will be able to comprehend that living things alter over time.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 6.0 Home
  
Organisms: Adaptation and Diversity
The learner will be able to understand the adaptations and diversity of organisms.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Item#3, Item#20, Item#22, Item#30 week tested: 36. Home
  
Organisms: Evidence/Associate
The learner will be able to associate an organism to evidence for its former existence.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.6.spi.3 Home
  
Reproduction: Recognize/Living Things
The learner will be able to recognize that all living things reproduce identify that living things acquire the potential to reproduce as they mature.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.4.1, 4.1 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.4.1 Home
  
Environment: Land/Recognize/Water
The learner will be able to recognize different types of land and water environments differentiate between water and land environments.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.tpi.1 TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.9.spi.1 Home
  
Environment: Quality
The learner will be able to develop an understanding about environmental quality.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Item#18, Item#21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Fossils: Recognize/Describe/Relationship
The learner will be able to describe the relationship between present day organisms and fossils.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.6.tpi.3 Home
  
Fossils: Survey
The learner will be able to survey fossils.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.6.tpi.3 Home
  
Fossils: Evidence/Inferences
The learner will be able to make inferences regarding extinct organisms based on fossil evidence.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.6.tpi.2 Home
  
Biology: Concepts/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the most pertinent ideas and principles of biology.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Biology: Use
The learner will be able to use understanding of biology in experiments and real world situations.
Source Activities
Terra Nova, Complete Battery, 1997, Level 13, Obj Statement #21 week tested: 36. Home
  
Animals & Plants: Different/Identify
The learner will be able to identify how plants and animals of the same kind can be different from one another.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Grade 3, 3.5.1, 5.1 Home
  
Animals & Plants: Identify
The learner will be able to identify that some plants and animals are no longer found on earth.
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