Scope & Sequence Grade 3 - Science. p1 st Quarter (45 Days)

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1 p1 st Quarter (45 D 1 st : Aug nd : Aug Unit A Chapter 1. What are some types of living things? Unit A Chapter 1. How do living things grow and change? Chapter 2. What do plants need to live? Infer the importance of animal homes+ Identify and compare characteristics of living and non living things. Describe the parts of cell Observe the rate of seed growth. Describe the life cycles of plants and animals Describe what plants need to live. Describe plants parts and their functions Describe how plants get what they need to live. Organism cell Life cycle Metamorphosis Larva Pupa Inherit Roots Nutrients Stem Leaf 3.10.A 3.10.B 3.10.C 3.10.A 3 rd : Aug th : Sept th : Sept th : Sept Unit A Chapter 2. What are some types of plants? How do plants make food? Unit A Chapter 3. What do animals need to live? What are vertebrates? Unit A Chapter 3. What are vertebrates? What are invertebrates? Unit B Chapter 4. What are ecosystems? What are some types of ecosystems? How do living things survive in ecosystems? Explain that some plants grow from seeds. Describe seeds Describe how plants can be grouped Explain that plants need energy from the sun Relate leaves to their functions Explain how plants make food. Describe animal habitats and homes. Identify what animals need to live. Describe how the environment meets the needs of animals. Describe the physical characteristics of mammals. Describe the different groups of vertebrates Classify invertebrates Describe what makes up an ecosystem Describe what makes up an environment Explain the habitat of organism in an ecosystem Explain different ecosystem. Explain camouflage, hibernation, migration and Seed Deciduous Evergreen Photosynthesis Chlorophyll oxygen Vertebrates Mammals Bird Reptile Amphibian Fish invertebrate Environment Ecosystem Population Community Habitat 3.10.A 3.10 A 3.9 C 3.9 A 1

2 p1 st Quarter (45 D 7 th : Sept Unit B Chapter 4. How do ecosystems change? Chapter 5. How do plants and animals interact? adaptation Predict changes in an environment. Describe how environment change over time and how people change ecosystem Describe how living things get energy. Explain why all animals depend on plants. Desert Grassland Forest Adaptation Instinct Hibernate Migrate Camouflage mimicry Resource Producer Consumer Decomposer Herbivore Carnivore omnivore 3.9 C 8 th : Sept 29- Oct 2 9 th : Oct 8-10 (3 d 10 th : Oct Unit B Chapter 5. What are food chains? Unit B Chapter 5. What are food webs? Describe what happens in a food chain Explain what is energy pyramid. Explain what happens in a food web and how it can change 1 ST DCA Review of the work done Food chains Energy pyramid Predator prey Food web 3.9 B 3.9 B 2

3 2nd Quarter (39 D es: eek Unit/Lesson Learning Grade Objectives 3 - Science Vocabulary Terms Reporting Categories ( TEKS SEs) Unit C Chapter 6. What are minerals and rocks? Unit C Chapter 6. What are types of rocks? What are fossils? Unit C Chapter 6. What are fossils? Unit C Chapter 7. What are landforms? Unit C Chapter 7 and 8. How do landforms change slowly? How do landforms change quickly? What are some types of resources? Unit C Chapter 8. What are some types of soil? How do people use and impact the environment? Unit C Chapter 8. How can resources be used wisely? Unit D Chapter 9. Where is water found on Earth? Unit D Chapter 9. What is the water cycle? Unit D Chapter 9. What is weather? Unit D Chapter 10 What causes Earth s seasons? Explore hardness of minerals. Define minerals and rocks. Describe how to identify minerals by their properties. Identify the three types of rocks Describe the way some rocks form from being worn down and carried away Explain ways people use rocks Describe what fossils are and how they form Describe the layers of earth Describe some of Earth s major landforms Observe the way water can break down rock Describe the effect of weathering on rock Explain how erosion changes Earth s surface Describe how Earthquakes and volcanoes change Earth s surface Describe how floods change Earth s surface. Identify common resources Explain what are renewable, reusable, and non renewable resources. Compare different types of soil Identify different materials in soil Recognize the different layers soil forms Observe how pollution affects plants Identify how land is used Explain what are the different types of pollution Explain what conservation is Identify ways to reduce reuse and recycle resources Explain to understand why water is a natural resource Identify where fresh water and salt water can be found Explain to understand that water can move from the soil to the air and back to the soil Recognize different forms of water Explain to understand why it rains Explain to understand what weather is Identify what causes the seasons Recognize what causes day and night Mineral Rock Igneous rock Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock fossil Landform Mountain Valley Canyon Plain Plateau Weathering Erosion Glacier Earthquake Volcano Flood Resources Renewable resource Reusable resource Non renewable resource Humus Sand Silt Clay Loam Pollution Conservation Reduce Reuse Recycle Fresh water Glacier Ground water Condensation Evaporation Precipitation Water cycle Atmosphere Oxygen Weather Temperature Anemometer Axis Rotation revolution 3.7.C 3.7 A,B and D 3.7 A, B,and D 3. 7 D 3. 7 A and B 3. 7 D 3.8 A and B 3

4 3rd Quarter (41 D 1 st : Jan 6-8 (3 d 2 nd : Jan rd : Jan th : Jan Unit D Chapter 10. How do Earth and Moon interact? Unit D Chapter 10. How do Earth and Moon interact? Unit D Chapter 10. What is the solar system? Unit E Chapter 11. What is matter? Unit E Chapter 11. What is matter? What are the states of matter? Unit E Chapter 11. What are the states of matter? How does matter change? Unit E Chapter 12. What is energy? Describe the moon s phases Identify movement of the moon Understand what causes solar and lunar eclipse Identify the relative position of planets Describe similarity and difference between the planets Describe other bodies in solar system Describe the physical properties of matter Explain how to measure the volume of the liquid Explain why some objects float and others sink Observe the change of state Identify the properties of solids liquids and gases. Describe evaporation and condensation Explain what is the difference betweene a mixture and a solution Describe several types of physical changes Explain how chemical change differs from the physical change Define energy Explain the difference between kinetic and potential energy Moon phases Lunar cycle Lunar eclipse Solar eclipse Planet Orbit Solar System Star Constellation Matter Physical property Mass Volume Density Solid Liquid Gas Evaporation condensation Mixture Solution Energy Kinetic energy Potential energy 3. 8 A and B 3.8 C and D 3. 8 A and B 3. 5 A and B 5 th : Feb 2-6 Unit E Chapter 12. How can energy be used? Why is energy important? Define temperature Identify the sources of types of energy people use for different purposes Describe ways people can conserve energy resources Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy resource Combustion Temperature Resource Fossil fuels Non renewable resources Renewable resources 3.6 A 4

5 3rd Quarter (41 D 6 th : Feb th : Feb th : Feb th : Mar 2-6 Unit E Chapter 13. What is electricity? What are magnets? Unit E Chapter 13. What are magnets? How are electricity and magnets related? Unit E Chapter 13. How are electricity and magnets related? Unit E Chapter 14. What is heat? What is light? Describe static electricity Distinguish insulators from conductors and give examples Recognize types and properties of magnets Recognize magnetic material Explain how magnets can be used to do work Describe the properties and uses of electro magnets Explain how a generator works Define heat and temperature Compare conductors and insulators Investigate path of light Define reflection and refraction To understand how shadows are formed 3 rd DCA To review the work done Static electricity Current electricity Circuit Magnetic generator Temperature Thermal energy Heat Conduction Conductor Insulator Reflection Refraction shadow 3. 6 A 3. 6 A 5

6 4th Grade Quarter 3 - Science (51 D es: d Unit E Chapter 14. How are light and color related? What is sound? Explain how white light can split into colored light Describe how objects absorb light Explain how colored lights combine to make other colors Identify vibrations Define loudness and pitch Explain how hearing works Absorbed Opaque Transparent Translucent Vibration Loudness pitch 3. 6 A r d 30- Apr 2 d 6-10 d d l d 27- May 1 d Unit F Chapter 15. What is motion? What are forces? Unit F Chapter 15. How do waves move? Unit F Chapter 16. What is work? Unit F Chapter 16. What are some simple machines? STAAR Unit E Chapter 16. What are some other simple machines? Investigate different kinds of motions Identify and describe types of motions Define speed Define force and describe how forces effect motion Define weight Define waves and describe their motion Identify the paths of the wave Explain how a force can cause an object to move Define work Identify what is needed to measure work Explain the advantages and disadvantages of performing a task with and without the help of a machine Define simple machines Describe a lever, a wheel, an axle and a pulley Describe the mechanical advantage of using a ramp Describe an inclined plain, a wedge, and a screw Explain the relationship between an inclined plain and a screw Motion Distance Speed Force Gravity weight Wave Crest Trough Wavelength work Simple machine Lever Fulcrum Wheel and axle pulley Inclined plain Wedge screw 3. 6 C 3. 6 C 3. 6 B 3. 6 B y 4-8 d y d y d y 26 day) Activity on making simple machines. Making of some more simple machines. Reviewing all that they have learnt in the year. Last week of the school. 6

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