SCIENCE CRT PACING GUIDE

3TH GRADE – FIRST QUARTER

Standard / COS # / Houghton Mifflin
Textbook Resources / Additional Resources
Describe the life cycle of plants, including seed, seed germination, growth, and reproduction. / 7 / PE: A68-73
TE: A68-73
Folder 7 / Life cycle, flower parts-interactive site/ links, Plants
·  Describing the role of plants in the food chain. / 7 / PE: B40-41, B45-55, B58-64
TE: B40-41, B45-55, B58-64
Folder 7, Leveled/ Independent readers / Food Chain-info/ links
Food Chains-interactive
Food Chain-2-powerpoint
Food chain-3-info/activity
·  Identifying plant and animal cells / 7 / PE: A8
TE: A2d, A2e, A8 Folder 7 / Virtual cell-interactive cell tour
Cells-info links
·  Describing how plants occupy space and use light, nutrients, water, and air / 7 / PE: A6-13
TE: A6-13
Folder 7, Leveled readers / Label parts of a plant-interactive activity
·  Classifying plants according to their features / 7 / PE: A14-19
TE: A14-19 Folder 7 / Seeds-info powerpoint
·  Identifying helpful and harmful effects of plants / 7 / PE: A4, A9, A20-21, B10, B46
TE: A4, A9, A20-21, B10, B46
Folder 7, Leveled readers / Poisonous plants-info
·  Identifying how bees pollinate flowers / 7 / PE: A70
TE: A70 Folder 7, Independent reader / Bees –info on bees, pollination, honey/links
·  Identifying photosynthesis as the method used by plants to produce food / 7 / PE: A12
TE: A12
Folder 7, Leveled/Independent readers / Photosynthesis-1-info
Photosynthesis-2-info/ links
Identify how organisms are classified in the Animalia and Plantae kingdoms. / 8 / PE: A14-19, A32-49
TE: A14-19, A32-49
Folder 8 / Categor.& classifying animals-info/links
Animal adapt-interact
Describe how fossils provide evidence of prehistoric plant life. / 9 / PE: A54-57, C22
TE: A54-57, C22
Folder 9, Leveled/Independent readers / Fossils-bone activity
Determine habitat conditions that support plant growth and survival. / 10 / PE: B32-35
TE: B32-35
Folder 10, Leveled readers / Habitats-interactive site
Living Things

SCIENCE CRT PACING GUIDE

3TH GRADE – SECOND QUARTER

Standard / COS # / Houghton Mifflin
Textbook Resources / Additional Resources
Describe the layers of Earth, including the inner and outer cores, mantle, and crust. / 11 / PE: C14-15
TE: C14-15
Folder 11, Independent readers / Rocks-rock cycle, weathering/inter. Link
Rock Cycle-video link
Layers of Earth-video link
·  Classifying rocks and minerals by characteristics / 11 / PE: C16-19, C23
TE: C16-19, C23
Folder 11, Leveled readers / Rocks-info links
Kinds of rocks-interactive
Rocks-info, activity
Identify conditions that result in specific weather phenomena, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. / 12 / PE: D12-21, D22-31
TE: D12-21, D22-31
Folder 12, Independent readers / Hurricanes/tornadoes-info/links
Weather channel
·  Identifying cloud types associated with specific weather patterns / 12 / PE: D15
TE: D15 Folder 12, Leveled reader / Types of clouds-info site
Clouds; Cloudspeak
·  Identifying positive and negative effects of weather phenomena / 12 / PE: D16-18, D22, D30-31
TE: D16-18, D22, D30-31
Folder 12, Leveled/Independent readers / Effects of Weather-info
Weather-links to others
·  Identifying technology used to record and predict weather, including thermometers, barometers, rain gauges, anemometers, and satellites / 12 / PE: D13, D16-19
TE: D13, D16-19
Folder 12, Independent readers / Weather technology-links
Weather click the crayons
·  Explaining symbols shown on a weather map / 12 / PE: D18-19
TE: D18-19 Folder 12, Ind. readers / Weather channel
·  Organizing weather data into tables or charts / 12 / PE: D11, D13, D23
TE: D11-13, D17, D23 Fold 12, Ind. read / Charting weather-lesson
Describe ways to sustain natural resources, including recycling, reusing, conserving, and protecting the environment. / 13 / PE: C40-46, C48-54, C56-64, C66-67
TE: C40-46, C48-54, C56-64, C66-67
Folder 13, Independent readers / Recycling-links to other sites
Protecting-info, link
·  Recognizing the impact of society on human health and environmental conditions / 13 / PE: B34, C46, C51-52, C58-64
TE: B34, C46, C51-52, C58-64
Folder 13, Leveled/Independent readers / You and your Environment.-links
Describe the position of Earth, moon, and the sun during the course of a day or month. / 14 / PE: D66-79
TE: D66-79
Folder 14, Independent readers / Earth and Space-activities and info links, Earthmoon
Seasons-info and activity
·  Describing various forms of technology used in observing Earth and its moon. / 14 / PE: D35-41, D72, D80-81
TE: D35-41, D55, D72, D80-81
Folder 14, Leveled/Independent readers / Technology link-satellites

SCIENCE CRT PACING GUIDE

3TH GRADE – THIRD QUARTER

Standard / COS # / Houghton Mifflin
Textbook Resources / Additional Resources
Classify substances as soluble or insoluble / 1 / PE: E52-56, E58-59
TE: E52-56, E58-59
Folder 1, Leveled reader / Solutions –info and links
Dissolving-activity
Identify physical and chemical changes of matter. / 2 / PE: E12-17, E20-27
TE: E2f-2h, E12-17, E20-27
Folder 2, Leveled/Independent readers / Chemical change-activity
Describe ways energy from the sun is used. / 3 / PE: A7, A12, B42-46, B49-51, B54, C49,
C53, C56-57, F7, F64-65
TE: A7, A12, B42-46, B49-51, B54, C49,
C53, C56-57, F7, F64-65
Folder 3, Leveled/Independent readers / Energy Links-links
Solar Energy-info and links
·  Identifying fossil fuels as a source of energy / 3 / PE: C50-51, C55
TE: C50-51, C55
Folder 3 / Fossil Fuels-info
Energy-energy links/activities
Define force and motion. / 4 / PE: F68-73
TE: F68-73
Folder 4 / Forces-info, force, gravity
·  Identifying forces that change an object’s position or motion / 4 / PE: F70-75, F79-85
TE: F70-75, F79-85
Folder 4, Leveled readers / Friction-interactive
·  Identifying sources of friction / 4 / PE: F76-77
TE: F76-77
Folder 4 / Friction- interactive info
·  Describing the force of gravity / 4 / PE: F74
TE: F74
Folder 4, Leveled readers / Gravity-interactive info
Identify the relationship of simple machines of compound machines. / 5 / PE: F88-96
TE: F88-96
Folder 5, Leveled readers / Simple/compound machines- game
Design and test-interactive

SCIENCE CRT PACING GUIDE

3TH GRADE – FOURTH QUARTER

Standard / COS # / Houghton Mifflin
Textbook Resources / Additional Resources
Identify structures and functions of the muscular and skeletal systems of the human body. / 6 / PE: A34-36, A96
TE: A34-36, A96
Folder 6, Leveled readers / Moving and Growing-interactive activity
Diagram of human skeleton-skeleton to be labeled
Human Body-info, interactive site