Grade Level Expectations
3.1.1: Compare and contrast the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
3.1.2: Demonstrate that solids, liquids and gases are all forms of matter that take up space and have weight.
3.1.3: Carry out simple tests to determine if materials dissolve, sink or float in water; conduct heat; or attract to magnets.
3.1.4: Classify materials based on their observable properties, including state of matter.
Mineral Identification
Phases of Water
3.1.6: Explain the role of heating and cooling in changing matter from one state to another during freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation.
3.2.1: Compare and contrast the external features and behaviors that enable different animals and plants (including those that are extinct) to get food, water and sunlight; find mates; and be protected in specific land and water habitats.
Germination
Homeostasis
Prairie Ecosystem
3.2.2: Explain how behaviors such as hibernation, dormancy and migration give species advantages for surviving unfavorable environmental conditions.
3.2.4: Evaluate whether an adaptation gives a plant or animal a survival advantage in a given environment.
3.3.2: Use the senses and simple measuring tools to gather data about various rocks and classify them based on observable properties (e.g., shape, size, color, weight, visible markings).
Color Absorption
Measuring Trees
Mineral Identification
Phases of Water
Weight and Mass
3.3.3: Conduct simple tests to determine properties of different minerals (e.g., color, odor, streak, luster, hardness, magnetism), organize data in a table, and use the data and other resources to identify unknown mineral specimens.
Magnetism
Mineral Identification
3.4.4: Design and conduct experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of different insulating materials for keeping a substance warm or cold (i.e., conducting heat).
3.4.5: Use mathematics to estimate, measure and graph the quantity of a natural resource (e.g., water, paper) used by an individual (or group) in a certain time period.
Force and Fan Carts
Graphing Skills
Measuring Motion
Measuring Trees
Correlation last revised: 3/31/2015