South Dakota Grades 3–5 science standards
The Grades 3–5 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.
Engineering, Technology and Applications of Science
3.5.ETS1.1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?) · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? (How do animals sense what we can't?) · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up (Can you build a burglar alarm?) · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better (Where would a new tree help most?) (partly) · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá (How does a nón lá keep a rice farmer dry?)
Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook
3.5.ETS1.2 Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up (Can you build a burglar alarm?) · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?)
Practice: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
3.5.ETS1.3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?) · Evidence Lab (Why do scientists repeat their tests?) · How Your Body Works (Where do germs hide?) (partly) · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (Which wrap keeps a drink coldest?, Can you build a cool box that beats the heat?) (partly) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (Which mitten keeps a hand warmest?, Can snow keep things warm?) (partly) · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method (What is a fair test?, How do scientists turn results into answers?) (partly) · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?) (partly) · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?) · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?) · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá (How does a nón lá keep a rice farmer dry?)
Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Evidence Lab workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook
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