Minnesota Grade 3 science standards

3E.2.1.1.1 Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Lessons: Stars and the Night Sky (Why do the stars seem to move across the sky?, Why do we see different stars in different seasons?) (partly)

Practice: Stars and the Night Sky workbook · Light and Shadows workbook

3L.3.1.1.2 Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common.

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

Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook

3L.3.2.1.1 Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the 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

3L.4.2.1.1 Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Lessons: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants (What is a flower really for?, Is a tomato a fruit?, How can a seed travel without legs?) (partly) · How Your Body Works (Why does your heart beat faster when you run?, What happens to your lunch?, How does your arm bend?) · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (How do animals stay warm in the sea and cool in the desert?) · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? (How do animals sense what we can't?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (How do animals stay warm in winter?)

Practice: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

3P.1.2.1.1 Plan and conduct a controlled investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?) (partly) · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour (Why does a pencil look broken in water?, What colours are hiding in white light?) (partly)

Practice: Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Light and Shadows workbook · Grade 4 Light and Colour

3P.3.1.1.1 Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.

Lessons: Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour (How can a mirror steer a beam of light?) · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? (Why do you have two eyes?) (partly)

Practice: Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook