Grade 3

3-ESS2-1

Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

October 1, 2018
3-ESS2-2

Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

October 1, 2018
3-ESS3-1

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.

October 1, 2018
3-5-ETS1-1

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

October 1, 2018
3-5-ETS1-2

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

October 1, 2018
3-5-ETS1-3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

October 1, 2018
3-LS1-1

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

October 1, 2018
3-LS2-1

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

October 1, 2018
3-LS3-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.

October 1, 2018
3-LS3-2

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

October 1, 2018
3-LS4-1

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

October 1, 2018
3-LS4-2

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

October 1, 2018