North Carolina Grade 3 science standards
The Grade 3 science outcomes we teach, in the standards's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Science (2023). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Earth’s Place in the Universe
ESS.3.1.2 Carry out investigations to recognize that changes in the length and direction of an object's shadow indicate the apparent changing position of the sun during the day.
Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why is my shadow long in the morning?)
Practice: Stars and the Night Sky workbook · Sun, Earth and Moon workbook · The Reason for the Seasons: Tilt, Daylight and the Solstice workbook
From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and Processes
LS.3.1.1 Use models to infer the functions of the skeletal and muscular systems.
Lessons: How Your Body Works (How does your arm bend?)
Practice: How Your Body Works workbook · Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants 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
LS.3.2.1 Carry out investigations to explain the structures and functions of plants and how they are essential for life.
Lessons: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants (What is a flower really for?) (partly)
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
LS.3.2.2 Use models to exemplify the distinct stages of the life cycle of seed plants.
Lessons: Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants (What is a flower really for?, Is a tomato a fruit?) (partly)
Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook
Motion and Stability- Forces and Interactions
PS.3.2.1 Carry out investigations to infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, How does a rocket push itself into space?) (partly) · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, How far will a paper clip jump?) (partly)
Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook
Energy
PS.3.3.2 Carry out investigations to explain how energy can be transferred from a warmer object to a cooler one by contact or at a distance.
Lessons: Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (Which wrap keeps a drink coldest?, Can you build a cool box that beats the heat?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (Which mitten keeps a hand warmest?, Can snow keep things warm?)
Practice: Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook
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