South Carolina Grade 3 science standards

3-ESS2-2 Obtain and combine information to describe climate patterns 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

3-LS2-1 Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members 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

3-LS3-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have inherited traits that vary within a group 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

3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation 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

3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

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

3-LS4-2 Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in traits among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and producing offspring.

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

3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can thrive, struggle to survive, or fail to survive.

Lessons: Who Lives Here? (Who can live here, and who can't?)

Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook

3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the effectiveness of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and affects organisms living there.

Lessons: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats (What happens when a habitat changes?)

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

3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

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

3-PS2-2 Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern 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

3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

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

3-PS2-4 Develop possible solutions to a simple design problem by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

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

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook