3.1: The student will plan and conduct investigations in which

3.1.b: objects with similar characteristics are classified into at least two sets and two subsets;

Mineral Identification

3.1.e: length is measured to the nearest centimeter;

Measuring Trees

3.1.f: mass is measured to the nearest gram;

Weight and Mass

3.1.g: data are gathered, charted, and graphed (line plot, picture graph, and bar graph);

Graphing Skills

3.1.i: time is measured to the nearest minute;

Elapsed Time

3.2: The student will investigate and understand simple machines and their uses.

3.2.a: types of simple machines (lever, screw, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and wedge);

Levers
Levers

3.2.b: how simple machines function;

Levers
Levers

3.3: The student will investigate and understand that objects are made of materials that can be described by their physical properties.

3.3.b: materials are composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification; and

Mineral Identification
Mineral Identification

3.3.c: physical properties remain the same as the material is reduced in size.

Mineral Identification
Mineral Identification

3.5: The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.

3.5.a: producer, consumer, decomposer;

Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

3.5.b: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and

Prairie Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

3.5.c: predator - prey.

Prairie Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

3.7: The student will investigate and understand the major components of soil, its origin, and importance to plants and animals including humans.

3.7.a: soil provides the support and nutrients necessary for plant growth;

Growing Plants
Growing Plants

3.8: The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature.

3.8.a: patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and

Ocean Tides
Pattern Finder
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Summer and Winter
Ocean Tides
Pattern Finder
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Summer and Winter

3.8.b: animal and plant life cycles.

Germination
Germination

3.9: The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth.

3.9.a: the energy from the sun drives the water cycle;

Water Cycle
Water Cycle

3.9.b: processes involved in the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation);

Water Cycle
Water Cycle

3.10: The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species.

3.10.b: human effects on the quality of air, water, and habitat;

Pond Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem

3.11: The student will investigate and understand different sources of energy.

3.11.b: sources of energy (sunlight, water, wind);

Energy Conversions
Energy Conversions

3.11.d: renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.

Energy Conversions
Energy Conversions

Correlation last revised: 8/8/2016

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