Alabama Grade 3 science standards

SC23.3.1 Conduct investigations to explain the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces exerted on an object, varying the size, number, and direction of the forces.

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (How does a rocket push itself into space?) (partly) · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?) (partly) · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys (Do heavy things really fall faster?, How can a small push lift a big load?) (partly)

Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook

SC23.3.2 Observe and measure an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern of motion can be used to predict future motion.

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (How far will a paper clip jump?) (partly)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook

SC23.3.3 Conduct investigations to determine cause and effect relationships between objects not in contact with one another, including magnetic and electrostatic forces.

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook

SC23.3.4 Apply scientific ideas about magnetic interactions to solve a problem using the engineering design process.

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (How far will a paper clip jump?)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook

SC23.3.5 Develop and use models to compare the diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans, including birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Lessons: Who Lives Here? (Does every animal grow up the same way?)

Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook

SC23.3.6 Use data to provide evidence that plants and animals have observable traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in groups of similar organisms.

Lessons: Like Parent, Like Baby? Traits and Families (Why don't puppies from the same parents look the same?)

Practice: Like Parent, Like Baby? Traits and Families workbook

SC23.3.7 Use evidence to support a claim that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Lessons: Like Parent, Like Baby? Traits and Families (Can where you live change how you look?)

Practice: Like Parent, Like Baby? Traits and Families workbook

SC23.3.8 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the existence of organisms and information about the environments in which they lived.

Lessons: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats (What can fossils tell us about long ago?)

Practice: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats workbook

SC23.3.9 Construct an explanation from evidence of how variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Lessons: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats (Why do some animals in a family survive better?)

Practice: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats workbook

SC23.3.11 Construct explanations of how forming groups helps some organisms survive.

Lessons: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats (Why do some animals live in groups?)

Practice: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats workbook

SC23.3.14 Use information from a variety of sources to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Lessons: Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá (How does a nón lá keep a rice farmer dry?)

Practice: Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook · Weather Detectives workbook