South Dakota 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.
South Dakota Science Standards (2024). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Earth and Space Sciences
3.ESS2.2 Obtain and combine information 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
Life Sciences
3.LS1.1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Lessons: Who Lives Here? (Does every animal grow up the same way?)
Practice: Who Lives Here? 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 traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in 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 and reasoning 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 the 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 and reasoning to construct an explanation 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
3.LS4.3 Construct an argument with evidence how some organisms thrive, some struggle to survive, and some cannot survive in a particular habitat.
Lessons: Who Lives Here? (Who can live here, and who can't?)
Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook
3.LS4.4 Make an evidence-based claim about the validity of a solution to a change in the environment that affects the types of plants and animals that live there.
Lessons: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats (What happens when a habitat changes?)
Practice: Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats workbook
Physical Sciences
3.PS2.1 Plan and carry out 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/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence for how 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 about cause-and-effect relationships of electric or 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 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (How far will a paper clip jump?)
Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook
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