Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards
3-PS2-3 - Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Beef Basics – See Chew It Twice. The activity uses magnets to trace the flow of food in a cow’s digestive system.
3-PS2-4 - Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
Beef Basics – See Chew It Twice. The activity uses magnets to trace the flow of food in a cow’s digestive system.
3-LS2-1 - Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
3-LS4-3 - Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat, some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
Horse: Coat Color and Camouflage (Watch – Horse Park)
Soybean: Let’s Sprout a Soybean (Watch – Soybean Farm)
Horse: It’s in the Water (Watch – Horse Park)
Horse: Shelter & Space Building (Watch – Horse Park)
Create a Modern Pig Barn (Watch – Pig Farm)
3-LS4-4 - Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Create a Modern Pig Barn (Watch – Pig Farm)
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.
Soybean: Let’s Sprout a Soybean (Watch – Soybean Farm)
Corn in the Classroom - Lesson 1 (Watch – Corn Farm)
Apple Tree Life Cycle (Watch – Apple Orchard)
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.
Horse: Coat Color and Camouflage (Watch – Horse Park)
Poultry: Let’s Design a Chicken (Watch – Poultry Farm)
3-LS3-2 - Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Horse: It’s in the Water (Watch – Horse Park)
Horse: Coat Color and Camouflage (Watch – Horse Park)
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.
Horse: Coat Color and Camouflage (Watch – Horse Park)
Poultry: Let’s Design a Chicken (Watch – Poultry Farm)
3-ESS2-1 - Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
3-ESS2-2 - Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
3-ESS3-1 - Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
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.
Horse: Shelter & Space Building (Watch – Horse Park)
Create a Modern Pig Barn (Watch – Pig Farm)
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.
Horse: Shelter & Space Building (Watch – Horse Park)
Create a Modern Pig Barn (Watch – Pig Farm)
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.