Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.A.2.1.1
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.A.2.1.1
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
- Why is it important to ask questions?
- Define investigate.
- You see an unusual animal footprint outside your house. Construct one question you might ask to help you figure out what animal it came from.
- There is a thunderstorm happening in your area. Construct one question that could help you figure out why thunderstorms happen.
- You notice two plants in your window sill are growing at different rates. Hypothesize why this might happen.
- A friend tells you that walking is better for the environment than driving a car. You want to investigate whether this is true. Come up with a plan for an investigation, including a question you want to ask.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- It is important to ask questions because we learn through questioning.
- Asking questions causes us to find answers that help us discover new things.
- Investigate means to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn how it happened.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- What size is the footprint?
- What does the footprint look like?
- Where does the footprint lead to?
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- What is the weather like when there is a thunderstorm?
- What does the sky look like when it thunderstorms?
- What are some signs a thunderstorm is coming?
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- This might happen because one plant gets more water than another plant.
- This might happen because one plant gets more sunshine than another plant.
- The plants may be two different types of plants that grow at different rates.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- A possible question to ask is “What causes more pollution, walking or driving?” or “What is better for the environment, walking or driving”.
- To investigate, you could answer your questions by researching pollution.
- You could also observe pollution coming from a car and pollution coming from a bike.
