3-PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and interactions

3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Force and Fan Carts

3-PS2-2: Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
Pendulum Clock

3-PS2-3: Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric interactions and magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

Charge Launcher
Magnetism

3-PS2-4: Develop possible solutions to a simple design problem by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

Magnetism

3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

3-LS1-1: Develop and use models to describe how organisms change in predictable patterns during their unique and diverse life cycles.

Flower Pollination
Honeybee Hive

3-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

3-LS2-1: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

Honeybee Hive

3-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Growing Plants
Measuring Trees

3-LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

3-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Building Pangaea

3-LS4-2: Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in traits among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and producing offspring.

Natural Selection

3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can thrive, struggle to survive, or fail to survive.

Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Natural Selection
Pond Ecosystem

3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the effectiveness of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and affects organisms living there.

Pond Ecosystem

3-ESS2: Earth’s Systems

3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables and graphical displays of typical weather conditions during a particular season to identify patterns and make predictions.

Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Observing Weather (Customary)
Observing Weather (Metric)

3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climate patterns in different regions of the world.

Comparing Climates (Customary)
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Observing Weather (Customary)
Observing Weather (Metric)

Correlation last revised: 2/8/2022

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