Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.C.1.1.3
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.C.1.1.3
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Identify an example of a gas.
- Give students a list of objects and ask them to classify them as a solid, liquid, or gas.
- Classify at least five different solid, liquids, and gases and explain the characteristics for each group.
- Explain the differences between the states of matter.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Water vapor, oxygen, carbon dioxide.
- Answers will vary depending on objects chosen.
- Answers will vary.
Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Solids: book, wood, pencil
Has a definite shape
Does not take the shape of its container
Has a definite volume
- Liquids: water, milk, soda
Does not have a definite shape
Will take the shape of its container
Has a definite volume
- Gas: nitrogen, oxygen, helium
Does not have a definite shape
Sometimes take the shape of its container and sometimes is just all around
Takes up whatever space is available to it
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- There are three different states of matter.
- The different states of matter are solids, liquids, and gas.
- Solids and liquids have a definite volume, but gas does not
- Solids have a definite shape while liquids will take on the shape of the container
