Utah Grade 3 science standards

3.1.2 Obtain and communicate 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

3.2.1 Develop and use models to describe changes that organisms go through during their life cycles.

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

Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook

3.2.2 Analyze and interpret data to identify patterns of traits that plants and animals have inherited from parents.

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

3.2.3 Construct an explanation that the environment can affect the traits of an organism.

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

3.2.5 Engage in argument that in a particular habitat (system) some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

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

Practice: Who Lives Here? workbook

3.2.6 Design a solution to a problem caused by a change in the environment that impacts the types of plants and animals living in that environment. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, and develop possible solutions.

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

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

3.3.1 Plan and carry out investigations that 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

3.3.2 Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of an object's motion to identify patterns in its motion that 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

3.3.3 Construct an explanation that the gravitational force exerted by Earth causes objects to be directed downward, toward the center of the spherical Earth.

Lessons: Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys (Do heavy things really fall faster?)

Practice: Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook · The Solar System: Gravity, Orbits and Scale workbook

3.3.4 Ask questions to plan and carry out an investigation to determine 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

3.3.5 Design a solution to a problem in which a device functions by using scientific ideas about magnets. Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, develop possible solutions using models, analyze data from testing solutions, and propose modifications for optimizing a solution.

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

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook