Gizmos for Texas - Science: 3rd Grade (Essential Knowledge and Skills (Implemented Fall 2024) adopted 2021)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

3.1: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.

3.1.D: : The student is expected to: use tools, including hand lenses; metric rulers; Celsius thermometers; wind vanes; rain gauges; graduated cylinders; beakers; digital scales; hot plates; meter sticks; magnets; notebooks; Sun, Earth, Moon system models; timing devices; materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums, aquariums, and collecting nets; and materials to support digital data collection such as computers, tablets, and cameras, to observe, measure, test, and analyze information;

3.1.E: : The student is expected to: collect observations and measurements as evidence;

3.1.F: : The student is expected to: construct appropriate graphic organizers to collect data, including tables, bar graphs, line graphs, tree maps, concept maps, Venn diagrams, flow charts or sequence maps, and input-output tables that show cause and effect; and

3.1.G: : The student is expected to: develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and processes or design a prototype for a solution to a problem.

3.2: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.

3.2.B: : The student is expected to: analyze data by identifying any significant features, patterns, or sources of error;

3.3: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions.

3.3.A: : The student is expected to: develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models;

3.3.B: : The student is expected to: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats; and

3.6: : Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties that determine how matter is identified, classified, changed, and used.

3.6.A: : The student is expected to: measure, test, and record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float in water;

3.6.B: : The student is expected to: describe and classify samples of matter as solids, liquids, and gases and demonstrate that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container;

3.6.C: : The student is expected to: predict, observe, and record changes in the state of matter caused by heating or cooling in a variety of substances such as ice becoming liquid water, condensation forming on the outside of a glass, or liquid water being heated to the point of becoming water vapor (gas); and

3.7: : Force, motion, and energy. The student knows the nature of forces and the patterns of their interactions.

3.7.A: : The student is expected to: demonstrate and describe forces acting on an object in contact or at a distance, including magnetism, gravity, and pushes and pulls; and

3.8: : Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy is everywhere and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems.

3.8.A: : The student is expected to: identify everyday examples of energy, including light, sound, thermal, and mechanical; and

3.9: : Earth and space. The student knows there are recognizable objects and patterns in Earth's solar system.

3.9.A: : The student is expected to: construct models and explain the orbits of the Sun, Earth, and Moon in relation to each other; and

3.9.B: : The student is expected to: identify the order of the planets in Earth's solar system in relation to the Sun.

3.1: : Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable processes that change Earth over time.

3.10.A: : The student is expected to: compare and describe day-to-day weather in different locations at the same time, including air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation;

3.12: : Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments.

3.12.B: : The student is expected to: identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field affect the ecosystem;

3.12.C: : The student is expected to: describe how natural changes to the environment such as floods and droughts cause some organisms to thrive and others to perish or move to new locations; and

3.13: : Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that function to help them survive within their environments.

3.13.A: : The student is expected to: explore and explain how external structures and functions of animals such as the neck of a giraffe or webbed feet on a duck enable them to survive in their environment; and

Correlation last revised: 7/30/2024

Texas - Science: 3rd Grade

Essential Knowledge and Skills (Implemented Fall 2024) | Adopted: 2021