Troup County School System
Science Curriculum Map
Third Grade – Second Quarter
Each underlined standard/element is a direct link to formative assessment examples.
Physical ScienceGMAS Content Weights: Earth 34%, Life 33%, Physical 33%
Pacing: Heat (P1.a-d) – about 25 days, Magnets (P2.a-b) – about 15 days, Review – about 5 days
Standards At A Glance Activating Strategies Descriptions Activators and Summarizers Guide
Science Curriculum Progression Chart – suggestions for pacing and lessons
Heat (P1.a-d) – about 25 days
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P1 Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat.
a. Categorize ways to produce heat energy such as burning, rubbing (friction), and mixing one thing with another.
(In 2nd grade, students identified sources of heat energy and how heat energy is used. New learning is to categorize ways to produce heat energy.) / S3P1
What is the difference between heat and temperature?
What are the different ways to produce heat? / S3P1
Production of heat
- friction (rubbing)
- burning
- mixing / S3P1
P1 Ice Cube - Heat Activator
P1 Heat – flipchart (Covers all 4 elements – will take several days to complete)
P1 Thermal Energy Lab
P1.a A Whole Lot of Shaking: teacher directions
student recording sheet
P1.a Mixing Experiment
P1.a,b Ways Heat Can be Produced – cut and sort
P1.a,c Heat Song
Burning Experiment: Melt a mini marshmallow over a candle to demonstrate the effects of heat produced by burning (Discuss that the heat moved from the flame to the marshmallow)
Resources continued on the next page
Heat (P1.a-d) – continued
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P1 Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat.
a. Categorize ways to produce heat energy such as burning, rubbing (friction), and mixing one thing with another. / S3P1.a / S3P1.a / S3P1.a
Discovery Education: Exploring Heat (video)
Spiral Review
Below is a spiral review that covers information taught in Quarter 1.
Spiral Review: S3L1.a
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Heat (P1.a-d) – continued
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P1 Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat.
b. Investigate how insulation affects heating and cooling. / S3P1
What is insulation and how does it affect heating and cooling? / S3P1
Insulation / S3P1
P1.b Insulation Activators
P1.b Insulation – experiments (Complete at least one.)
P1.b Getting Warmer? –activity (P1.b,d)
P1.b Keeping Warm: teacher directions Student recording sheet
P1.b Insulators and Conductors – recording sheet
P1.a,b Ways Heat Can be Produced – cut and sort (P1.a,b) Same as flipchart but could be used for daily grade or quiz
P1.b Insulators – cut and sort
P1.b Insulators Investigation – experiment recording sheet
P1.b Conducting Heat – lab
P1.b Insulate It! – lab activity
P1.b Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box – video (5:00) (Summarizer)
HM Science:
· P1.a Chapter 4: Lesson 1 (pages 128-129, 132-133)
· P1.b Chapter 4: Lesson 3 (pages 144-145, 150-151)
Learning Power – GA Power Lab (will be taught by GA Power Representative
Spiral Review
Below is a spiral review that covers information taught in Quarter 1.
Spiral Review: S3L1.a,b
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Heat (P1.a-d) - continued
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P1 Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat.
c. Investigate the transfer of heat energy from the sun to various materials.
(In 2nd grade, students identified sources of heat energy and how heat energy is used. New learning is to investigate the transfer of heat energy.) / S3P1
How does heat transfer from the sun to objects? / S3P1
Energy Transfer
- radiation / S3P1
P1.c Heat Transfer Methods –Activation video
P1.c Energy from the Sun – activity
P1.c Blowing up Balloons – experiment
P1.c It’s Hot Out Here: teacher directions Student recording sheet
P1.a,c Heat Song
P1.c Solar Hotdog Cooker – directions and pictures
P1.c Solar Hotdog Cooker - questions and recording chart
P1.c Solar Hotdog Cooker 2 – alternate directions
Cooking Cookies with Solar Power – video (3:12)
HM Science:
· P1.c Chapter 4: Lesson 3 (pages 146-147)
Discovery Education:
· Conductors and Insulators (4:42)
· Friction (1:46)
Spiral Review
Below is a spiral review that covers information taught in Quarter 1.
Spiral Review: S3L1.b,c
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Heat (P1.a-d) - continued
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P1 Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat.
d. Use thermometers to measure the changes in temperatures of water samples (hot, warm, cold) over time.
(In Math, 2nd graders learned to read a thermometer. New learning is to use a thermometer to measure changes in temperatures of water.) / S3P1
How is temperature measured?
Why do scientists use thermometers?
How does temperature affect the states of matter? / S3P1
Temperature
- States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases, molecules)
- Freezing, melting, boiling, vapor / S3P1
P1.d Why do we use a thermometer? –ACTIVATOR
P1.d Hot vs. Cold: teacher directions Student recording sheet
P1.b,d Getting Warmer? –activity (P1.b,d)
P1.d Reading Thermometers Fahrenheit - activity
P1.d Reading Thermometers Celsius - activity
P1.d Reading Thermometers Fahrenheit and Celsius – activity
P1.d Heat Added or Taken Away - activity
HM Science:
· P1.d Chapter 4: Lesson 2 (pages 136-141)
P1 Culminating Newspaper Activity – Great activity to review entire standard.
Discovery Education: REVIEW OF HEAT -video
Differentiation:
Support Readers and Leveled Readers are listed on 3rd grade Science page. Check with the reading teacher for your students’ reading levels.
Spiral Review
Below is a spiral review that covers information taught in Quarter 1.
Spiral Review: S3L1.d
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Magnets (P2.a-b) – about 15 days
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P2 Students will investigate magnets and how they affect other magnets and common objects.
a. Investigate to find common objects that are attracted to magnets.
(In 1st grade, students identified common objects that are attracted to a magnet and identified objects that do not block magnetic force. New learning is to continue to investigate to find objects that are attracted to magnets.)
b. Investigate how magnets attract and repel each other.
(In 1st grade, students demonstrated how magnets attract and repel. New learning is to investigate how magnets attract and repel each other.) / S3P2
What common objects are attracted to magnets?
What are the characteristics of objects that are attracted to magnets?
How do magnets attract and repel? / S3P2
Magnetism
Attract
Poles
Bar magnet
Horseshoe magnet
Iron
Lodestone
Repel
Magnetic field / S3P2
P2 Explore Magnets at Home – homework idea
P2 Magnets – flipchart
P2.a Magnet Experiment – recording sheet
P2.a Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Objects – activity
P2.a Bowl of Iron: teacher directions Student recording sheet
P2 Attracting Through Other Materials - activity
Discovery Education: Temporary Magnet - video clip
P2 Making a Temporary Magnet
P2 Temporary Magnet - activity recording sheet
P2 Magnets - song
P2.b Discovering How Magnets Attract and Repel – activity
P2 Attract or Repel – experiment
P2 Magnet Minibook – vocabulary review (P2)
Magnetism – video (enlarge screen to 400%)
P2 Magnetic Field Exploration – activity
P2 Magnetic Field with Iron Filings - activity
Resources continued on the next page
Magnets (P2.a-b) – continued
GPS Standards / Essential Questions / Vocabulary / System Resources
S3P2 Students will investigate magnets and how they affect other magnets and common objects.
a. Investigate to find common objects that are attracted to magnets.
b. Investigate how magnets attract and repel each other. / S3P2 / S3P2 / S3P2
P2 Make Your Own Compass
REVIEW ACTIVITIES:
P2 Find Someone Who – activity for review
P2 Magnets Centers – can be activator or review
P2.b Magnets – label and explain
P2 Magnetic Newspaper - culminating activity
HM Science:
· P2.a Chapter 3: Lesson 1
· P2.b Chapter 3: Lesson 2
Differentiation:
Support Readers and Leveled Readers are listed on 3rd grade Science page. Check with the reading teacher for your students’ reading levels.
Spiral Review
Below is a spiral review that covers information taught in Quarter 1.
Spiral Review: S3L2.a,b
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Ongoing Standards / Vocabulary
S3CS1 Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.
a. Keep records of investigations and observations and do not alter the records later.
b. Offer reasons for findings and consider reasons suggested by others.
c. Take responsibility for understanding the importance of being safety conscious. / Investigations
observations
skepticism
S3CS2 Students will have the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations.
a. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers mentally, on paper, and with a calculator.
c. Judge whether measurements and computations of quantities, such as length, weight, or time, are reasonable answers to scientific problems by comparing them to typical values. / Length
weight
time
S3CS3 Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities utilizing safe laboratory procedures.
b. Use computers, cameras, and recording devices for capturing information.
c. Identify and practice accepted safety procedures in manipulating science materials and equipment. / Measuring
camera
recording device
S3CS4 Students will use ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.
a. Observe and describe how parts influence one another in things with many parts.
b. Use geometric figures, number sequences, graphs, diagrams, sketches, number lines, maps, and stories to represent corresponding features of objects, events, and processes in the real world.
c. Identify ways in which the representations do not match their original counterparts. / Scale
Graphs
diagrams
sketches
number line
map
S3CS5 Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
a. Write instructions that others can follow in carrying out a scientific procedure.
b. Make sketches to aid in explaining scientific procedures or ideas.
c. Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects and events.
d. Locate scientific information in reference books, back issues of newspapers and magazines, CD-ROMs, and computer databases. / Communicate
Scientific procedure
sketch
numerical data
CD-ROMs
Computer database
S3CS6 Students will question scientific claims and arguments effectively.
a. Support statements with facts found in books, articles, and databases, and identify the sources used. / Scientific claims
S3CS7 Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved.
Students will recognize that:
a. Similar scientific investigations seldom produce exactly the same results, which may differ due to unexpected differences in whatever is being investigated, unrecognized differences in the methods or circumstances of the investigation, or observational uncertainties.
b. Some scientific knowledge is very old and yet is still applicable today. / Investigate
circumstances
uncertainty
scientific knowledge
S3CS8 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices:
d. Science involves many different kinds of work and engages men and women of all ages and backgrounds. / Scientific inquiry
Troup County Schools 2016-2017
3rd Grade Science
Second Quarter