Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.3
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.3
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 one way animals use water.
- Identify one way humans use water.
- Compare and contrast how humans use water and how animals use water.
- Living things depend on water. Predict what will happen if our water becomes polluted.
- Living things benefit from water use in many different ways. Develop a logical argument as to why we should conserve water.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Animals can use water to drink, to bathe, as a habitat, etc.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Humans can use water to drink, to cook, for electricity, etc.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Humans and animals both use water for survival. They need to drink water to survive.
- Both use water to clean themselves.
- Humans use water for electricity and irrigation.
- Animals use water as habitats.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- If water becomes polluted, living things may not be able to use it.
- Animals living in the water may not survive.
- Living things drinking the water may become sick.
- Populations will most likely die out as they depend on clean water
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Living things need water to survive, and there are many benefits of water.
- We need to conserve water, because without it, we could not live.
- Water is important for everything on the planet, so it is important to make sure we have enough of it.
- Water is being depleted by population growth, climate change, and pollution
