3rd Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Bailey Sturdy
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Grade Levels
3rd
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS3.MD.A.1
CCSS3.MD.A.2
CCSS3.MD.B.3
CCSS3.MD.B.4
CCSS3.MD.C.6
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
500+
Bailey Sturdy
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Bonus
3rd Grade NGSS Proficiency Scales
Description
This bundle includes all 4 units for third grade!
You will find:
Resources for Input
- Inquiry Charts
- Observation Charts
- Big Book (PPT and printable)
- Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (16 total)
- Sociality
- Continental Drift
- Geologic Time Scale
- Natural Selection
- Adaptations
- Ecosystem Dynamics
- Forces on a Rocket
- Balanced vs Unbalanced Forces
- Permanent Magnet vs Electromagnet
- Static Electricity
- Climates Around the World
- What Affects Climate?
- Weather vs Climate
- Hurricanes vs Tornadoes
- Life Cycles (comparative)
- Parity (comparative)
- Acquired Traits
- Inherited Traits
- Chants (10 total)
- Sentence Pattern Charts (printable student copies, teacher samples)
- Expert Group Texts:
- Adaptations and Sociality (set of 6)
- Invasive Species (set of 6)
- Climate Types (set of 5)
- Natural Hazards (set of 6)
- Life Cycles (set of 6)
- Observable Traits (set of 6)
- Types of Forces (set of 5)
- Forces and Variables (set of 5)
- Mind Maps to go with Expert Group texts
- Process Grids to go with Expert Group texts
- Writing Prompts for Narrative, Informational, and Opinion text types (12 total)
Close Reading Sets
13 passages total , each including:
- Essential Question
- Informational Texts at 3 levels: beginning, middle, and end of THIRD GRADE, available as either an article or a reader
- 3 CCSS/DOK Aligned Question Sets
- Journal Prompts (for EQ or DOK 4)
- Titles:
- Mobs, Colonies, and Herds!
- The Fossil Record
- Archaeology/Paleontology (paired text)
- Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
- Meteorology
- Tri-State Tornado/Galveston Hurricane (paired text)
- Seasons and the Earth
- Genetics According to Gregor Mendel
- Insects/Mammals (paired text)
- Instinctive Plant Behaviors
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Forces on a Rocket
- Forces at the Amusement Park (Roller Coasters/Drop Towers) - paired
These close readings are available in PDF format or digitally as Google Slides™ Presentations. Within each close reading PDF, there is a chart that lists the titles. The levels within that chart will take you to a presentation containing the leveled text, question sets, and journal prompts.
Note: These are the same close readings that are in the 3rd Grade NGSS Close Reading Bundle and the individual close readings (Life Cycles, Weather/Climate, Forces, Adaptations).
Math Integration
17 activities total
- 11 center-type activities
- 6 print-and-go activities
Science Labs
21 total. Titles are:
- Elephant Tag
- Fossil Simulation
- Adaptation Battle
- Bird Beak Simulation
- Invasive Species Design Challenge (alternate version: Environmental Change Design Challenge)
- Weather Multimedia Text Set
- Build an Anemometer
- Weather Conditions by Climate
- Climate Graphing Task Cards
- The Water Cycle
- Weather Hazard Solution Design Challenge
- Acquired Plant Traits
- Height Line Plot
- Life Cycle Model Design
- Hybrid Animal Family Photo Album
- Forces Scavenger Hunt
- Magnetism Lab
- Rocket Science
- Pendulum Lab
- Electromagnets Lab
- Car Design Challenge
Art Integration
- Printables of 22 works of art
- Discussion questions to connect art and science
- 4 art lessons
Assessments
6 summative assessments:
- Life Cycles Assessment (16 questions)
- Weather and Climate (2 assessments; 17 questions and 8 questions)
- Forces and Motion (2 assessments; 13 questions and 16 questions)
- Adaptations and Biodiversity (18 questions)
- Each assessment comes with an answer key
Please see the previews for the individual files for more information.
Total Pages
500+
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
Other
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS3.MD.A.1
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
CCSS3.MD.A.2
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
CCSS3.MD.B.3
Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
CCSS3.MD.B.4
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units-whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
CCSS3.MD.C.6
Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
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