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3rd Grade Science · Lessons

3rd Grade Science lessons

8 sections · 54 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

3rd Grade Science

Practice 54 skills across this outline.

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Explaining Interaction Strength
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Electric and Magnetic Interactions
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
18 categories
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
13%
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
13%
Earth and Human Activity
13%
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits · Inherited Traits and Variation
6%
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits · Environmental Influences on Traits
6%
Earth’s Systems · Regional Climates
6%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of 3rd grade science — drill into a card to work its skills.

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Electric and Magnetic Interactions

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Explaining Interaction StrengthRecommended
Long-form
2
Electric and Magnetic Interactions at DistanceAvailable
Long-form
3
Cause and Effect RelationshipsAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Motion Patterns and Predictions

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Recording Motion MeasurementsAvailable
Long-form
2
Observing Motion PatternsAvailable
Long-form
3
Predicting Future MotionAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

3 core skills2% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Balanced vs Unbalanced ForcesAvailable
Long-form
2
Explaining Motion ResultsAvailable
Long-form
3
Testing Forces and MotionAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions · Magnet Design Problems

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
How Magnets Solve ProblemsAvailable
Long-form
2
Identifying Magnetic ProblemsAvailable
Long-form
3
Magnetic Solution CriteriaAvailable
Long-form

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

3 core skills13% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Life CyclesAvailable
Long-form
2
Life Cycle PatternsAvailable
Long-form
3
Modeling Life CyclesAvailable
Long-form

Engineering Design · Defining Design Problems

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Limits on Materials, Time, and CostAvailable
Long-form
2
Design Success CriteriaAvailable
Long-form
3
Identifying Design ProblemsAvailable
Long-form

Engineering Design · Comparing Design Solutions

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Generating Multiple SolutionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Comparing SolutionsAvailable
Long-form
3
Selecting Best SolutionAvailable
Long-form

Engineering Design · Testing and Improving Prototypes

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Improving Based on TestsAvailable
Long-form
2
Planning Fair TestsAvailable
Long-form
3
Variables and Failure PointsAvailable
Long-form

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity · Trait Variation and Survival

3 core skills2% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Survival Advantages of TraitsAvailable
Long-form
2
Species VariationsAvailable
Long-form
3
Traits and Reproduction SuccessAvailable
Long-form

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity · Habitat and Organism Survival

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Arguing Habitat SurvivalAvailable
Long-form
2
Explaining Survival DifferencesAvailable
Long-form
3
Identifying Habitat OrganismsAvailable
Long-form

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity · Environmental Change Solutions

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Environmental Changes on OrganismsAvailable
Long-form
2
Evaluating SolutionsAvailable
Long-form
3
Reducing Environmental ImpactsAvailable
Long-form

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity · Fossils and Ancient Life

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Identifying FossilsAvailable
Long-form
2
Past Environments from FossilsAvailable
Long-form
3
What Fossils RevealAvailable
Long-form

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits · Inherited Traits and Variation

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Analyzing Inherited TraitsAvailable
Long-form
2
Explaining Trait InheritanceAvailable
Long-form
3
Trait VariationsAvailable
Long-form

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits · Environmental Influences on Traits

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Trait TypesAvailable
Long-form
2
Environmental Effects on TraitsAvailable
Long-form
3
Environmental Trait InfluencesAvailable
Long-form

Earth’s Systems · Regional Climates

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Regional ClimatesAvailable
Long-form
2
Describing Regional ClimatesAvailable
Long-form
3
Regional Climate InformationAvailable
Long-form

Earth’s Systems · Seasonal Weather Patterns

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Collecting Weather DataAvailable
Long-form
2
Representing Weather DataAvailable
Long-form
3
Typical Weather PatternsAvailable
Long-form

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

3 core skills13% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Animals Forming GroupsAvailable
Long-form
2
Arguing Group Survival BenefitsAvailable
Long-form
3
Benefits of Animal GroupsAvailable
Long-form

Earth and Human Activity

3 core skills13% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Designing Hazard SolutionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Evaluating Solution EffectivenessAvailable
Long-form
3
Identifying Weather HazardsAvailable
Long-form