Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.1
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.1
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
- Define a natural resource.
- Define a nonrenewable resource.
- Infer why coal is classified as a nonrenewable resource.
- Classify solar energy as a nonrenewable or renewable resource. Explain your answer.
- Determine if oil is a renewable or nonrenewable resource and develop a logical argument as to why we should conserve it.
- Classify wind energy as renewable or nonrenewable and justify your reasoning.
Answer Key/Rubric
- A natural resource is a material or substance that occurs in nature that is useful to humans.
- A nonrenewable resource is a natural resource that cannot be replaced and there is a limited supply.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Coal is a nonrenewable resource because it cannot be replaced.
- There is only a certain amount of coal, so once it runs out, then we will not have any more.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Solar energy is renewable.
- Solar energy is energy from the sun.
- Sunlight can be replaced naturally
- It is renewable because we are able to get more of it.
- It will not run out.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- We should conserve oil because it is a nonrenewable resource.
- This means that there is only a certain amount of it.
- Since oil can run out, it is important to only use it when necessary.
- We could also try to find an alternative to oil in order to preserve it.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Wind energy is renewable
- Wind energy is replaceable and not in limited supply
- Wind energy can be replaced using wind turbines
