Grade 3 Science Florida standards Standards

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Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Interdependence

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms

Participatory

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Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Organization and Development of Living Organisms

Participatory

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Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Energy Transfer and Transformations

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Forms of Energy

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Changes in Matter

Participatory

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Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Properties of Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Earth Structures

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Earth in Space and Time

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Access Point for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

The Practice of Science

Technological Impact Strand

Programming and Software Engineering Strand

Computing Components Strand

Personal Health and Safety Strand

Communication and Collaboration Strand

Assess how communication and collaboration are beneficial.

Describe how collaborating with others can be beneficial to a project.

Use feedback from peers to make revisions using technology.

Explain that searches may be enhanced by key terms. Example: Students use a shoe brand website to find a particular type of shoe, then they narrow their search by typing more descriptive words into the search bar like size and color. Finally, they add a sport to the search to see more specific results. Students compare the results from each search.

Describe how computer simulations can help communicate ideas in concepts or problem-solving. Example: Describe how a computer simulation can model the water cycle.

Identify uses of technology and responsible uses of modern communication.

Identify uses of technology when sending communication over the Internet.

Describe responsible uses of modern communication media and devices.

Differentiate and evaluate computer components.

Classify hardware as input, output, both or neither.

Use the keyboard of a computer to write short paragraphs or short stories.

Identify digital tools used for writing activities.

Identify digital tools for data collection.

Use digital tools for sharing information.

Apply self-editing practices to improve accuracy.

Categorize software based on its main purpose.

Introduce how network systems are part of a global communication network.

Explain that stars can be different; some are smaller, some are larger, and some appear brighter than others; all except the Sun are so far away that they look like points of light.

Identify the Sun as a star that emits energy; some of it in the form of light.

Recognize that the Sun appears large and bright because it is the closest star to Earth.

Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that gravity is a force that can be overcome.

Investigate that the number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than those seen by the unaided eye.

Recognize that stars in the sky look different from each other.

Recognize that the Sun is a star that gives off its own light.

Recognize that the Sun is the closest star to Earth.

Observe and describe ways to keep an object from falling due to gravity.

Recognize that stars appear larger and closer when seen through a telescope.

Recognize stars in the sky.

Recognize that the Sun is bright.

Recognize that an object can be stopped from falling.

Match a familiar object enlarged by magnification.

Recognize that all stars except the Sun appear very small.

Recognize that the Sun gives off light.

Recognize that the Sun is a star.

Observe and recognize ways to stop a falling object, such as catching a ball.

Recognize a telescope as a tool to view stars in space.

Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.

Identify that energy from the Sun heats objects.

Distinguish between hot and cold objects.

Recognize that many things will get hot when left in the Sun.

Determine safe and healthy Internet practices.

Discuss the need for parental control settings on network- capable devices.

Discuss why some sites or games have age requirements. Example: Johnny tries to get on a website to play a new video game. The website asks for his age. When he inputs his age, the website says that he is not allowed to enter. Discuss reasons his age would prevent him from playing the game.

Explain what actions should be taken if students are either victims or witnesses of cyberbullying or harassment.

Explain healthy digital practices.

Explore ways to balance movement and screen time.

Demonstrate the use of healthy digital habits.

Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.

Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity), such as the way plant stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity.

Identify the major parts of a plant, including seed, root, stem, leaf, and flower, and their functions.

Identify behaviors of plants that show they are growing.

Recognize the leaf and flower of a plant.

Recognize that plants grow.

Identify the major parts of a plant, such as the root, stem, leaf, and flower.

Recognize that plants grow toward light and roots grow down in the soil.

Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics.

Classify animals by a similar physical characteristic, such as fur, feathers, and number of legs.

Classify parts of plants into groups based on physical characteristics, such as classifying leaves by shape.

Match animals that are the same.

Match plants that are the same.

Sort common animals by observable characteristics.

Sort common plants by observable characteristics.

Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.

Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food.

Identify changes in the appearance of animals and plants throughout the year.

Recognize that most plants make their own food.

Recognize clothing worn by humans in different weather (seasons).

Recognize that plants need water.

Recognize that the appearance of some plants in the environment changes throughout the year.

Recognize that plants need light to grow.

Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them individually and in teams through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.

Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.

Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written, or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted.

Recognize the importance of communication among scientists.

Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each others' evidence and explanations.

Infer based on observation.

Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.

Ask questions, explore, observe, and identify outcomes.

Work with a group to make observations and identify results.

Record observations to describe findings using written or visual formats, such as picture stories.

Recognize that scientists share their knowledge and results with each other.

Explore, observe, and recognize common objects in the natural world.

Assist with investigations with a partner.

Recognize that people share information.

Ask literal questions, explore, observe, and share information.

Work with a partner to make observations.

Record observations to describe findings using dictated words and phrases and pictures.

Recognize that people work in different kinds of jobs related to science.

Recognize that words in science can have different or more specific meanings than their use in everyday language; for example, energy, cell, heat/cold, and evidence.

Recognize that scientists use models to help understand and explain how things work.

Recognize that all models are approximations of natural phenomena; as such, they do not perfectly account for all observations.

Recognize meanings of words used in science, such as energy, temperature, and gravity.

Use models to identify how things work.

Identify that models are representations of things found in the real world.

Recognize common objects related to science by name, such as ice, animal, and plant.

Recognize a model of a real object.

Recognize meanings of words used in science, such as telescope, environment, and solid.

Recognize that models represent real things.

Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and mechanical.

Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.

Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.

Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.

Recognize forms of energy, such as light, heat, electrical, and energy of motion.

Recognize examples of the use of energy, such as electrical (radio, freezer) and energy of motion (bowling, wind).

Identify that light may come from different sources, such as the Sun or electric lamp.

Recognize the change in the motion of an object.

Distinguish light and dark.

Recognize objects that use electricity (television) and the energy of motion (bowling ball).

Recognize examples of sources of light, such as the Sun or a flashlight.

Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.

Investigate, observe, and explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as rubbing one's hands together.

Identify that objects that give off light often give off heat.

Observe and identify that heat is produced when objects are rubbed together.

Recognize sources of light.

Recognize sources of heat.

Recognize objects that give off both heat and light, such as a light bulb.

Observe and recognize that rubbing objects together causes heat.

Measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids.

Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids.

Compare materials and objects according to properties such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.

Observe and identify the colder/hotter temperature measured on a thermometer.

Measure the weight of solids or liquids.

Group objects by two observable properties, such as size and shape or color and texture.

Recognize the temperature of items, such as food, as cool or warm.

Recognize the larger of two objects.

Match objects by an observable property, such as size, shape, and color.

Recognize that a thermometer measures temperature (cold and hot).

Sort solid objects by weight (heavy and light).

Sort objects by an observable property, such as size, shape, color, and texture.

Describe the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling by using familiar scientific terms such as melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation.

Describe changes in the state of water as a result of freezing and melting.

Recognize that ice can change to water.

Identify that water can change from solid to liquid state by heating.

Explore coding concepts.

Explore using graphics, blocks or visual cues to design a program.

Create a program that includes user choices based on defined conditions. Example: Create an algorithm that describes your daily routine for getting ready based on the weather.

Organize types of data.

Collect data using a digital tool.

Compile data collected and draw conclusions based on trends.

Analyze data for trends.

Develop problem-solving strategies.

Create a repeatable pattern to solve a problem.

Demonstrate how programs written differently can have the same outcome.

Use graphical programming or visual cues to represent a set of instructions (algorithm) that includes repetition. Example: Create an algorithm that describes your daily routine before you go to bed. Use words, phrases, pictures or symbols to create your algorithm.

Create a model or a simulation of a system and explain what the model shows. Example: Create a model that shows the role of water and nutrient transport within plants.

Explain the process of sorting information into a useful order.

Investigate periods of technological progress.

Summarize how different types of computing devices are used to communicate with others on a daily basis.

Identify adaptive technology and discuss how it has changed over time.

Discuss the uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in daily life.

Recognize the consequences of the misuse of Information.

Demonstrate awareness of copyright laws to show respect for the ideas of others when using digital artifacts.

Identify various digital artifacts and whether they are copyrighted or trademarked.

Cite evidence using direct and indirect citations.

Identify digital information resources used to answer research questions.

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Independent

Changes in Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Properties of Matter

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Energy Transfer and Transformations

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Forms of Energy

Physical Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models

Participatory

Supported

Independent

The Practice of Science

Nature of Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Interdependence

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Organization and Development of Living Organisms

Life Science

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Earth Structures

Participatory

Supported

Independent

Earth in Space and Time

Earth and Space Science

Recognize that stars in the sky look different from each other.

Recognize that the Sun is a star that gives off its own light.

Recognize that the Sun is the closest star to Earth.

Observe and describe ways to keep an object from falling due to gravity.

Recognize that stars appear larger and closer when seen through a telescope.

Match a familiar object enlarged by magnification.

Recognize stars in the sky.

Recognize that the Sun is bright.

Recognize that an object can be stopped from falling.

Recognize that all stars except the Sun appear very small.

Recognize that the Sun gives off light.

Recognize that the Sun is a star.

Observe and recognize ways to stop a falling object, such as catching a ball.

Recognize a telescope as a tool to view stars in space.

Identify that energy from the Sun heats objects.

Distinguish between hot and cold objects.

Recognize that many things will get hot when left in the Sun.

Identify the major parts of a plant, including seed, root, stem, leaf, and flower, and their functions.

Identify behaviors of plants that show they are growing.

Recognize the leaf and flower of a plant.

Recognize that plants grow.

Recognize that plants grow toward light and roots grow down in the soil.

Identify the major parts of a plant, such as the root, stem, leaf, and flower.

Classify animals by a similar physical characteristic, such as fur, feathers, and number of legs.

Classify parts of plants into groups based on physical characteristics, such as classifying leaves by shape.

Match animals that are the same.

Match plants that are the same.

Sort common animals by observable characteristics.

Sort common plants by observable characteristics.

Recognize that most plants make their own food.

Identify changes in the appearance of animals and plants throughout the year.

Recognize clothing worn by humans in different weather (seasons).

Recognize that plants need water.

Recognize that the appearance of some plants in the environment changes throughout the year.

Recognize that plants need light to grow.

Recognize that scientists share their knowledge and results with each other.

Ask questions, explore, observe, and identify outcomes.

Work with a group to make observations and identify results.

Record observations to describe findings using written or visual formats, such as picture stories.

Explore, observe, and recognize common objects in the natural world.

Assist with investigations with a partner.

Recognize that people share information.

Ask literal questions, explore, observe, and share information.

Work with a partner to make observations.

Record observations to describe findings using dictated words and phrases and pictures.

Recognize that people work in different kinds of jobs related to science.

Recognize meanings of words used in science, such as energy, temperature, and gravity.

Use models to identify how things work.

Identify that models are representations of things found in the real world.

Recognize common objects related to science by name, such as ice, animal, and plant.

Recognize a model of a real object.

Recognize that models represent real things.

Recognize meanings of words used in science, such as telescope, environment, and solid.

Recognize forms of energy, such as light, heat, electrical, and energy of motion.

Recognize examples of the use of energy, such as electrical (radio, freezer) and energy of motion (bowling, wind).

Identify that light may come from different sources, such as the Sun or electric lamp.

Recognize the change in the motion of an object.

Distinguish light and dark.

Recognize objects that use electricity (television) and the energy of motion (bowling ball).

Recognize examples of sources of light, such as the Sun or a flashlight.

Identify that objects that give off light often give off heat.

Observe and identify that heat is produced when objects are rubbed together.

Recognize sources of light.

Recognize sources of heat.

Recognize objects that give off both heat and light, such as a light bulb.

Observe and recognize that rubbing objects together causes heat.

Observe and identify the colder/hotter temperature measured on a thermometer.

Measure the weight of solids or liquids.

Group objects by two observable properties, such as size and shape or color and texture.

Recognize the temperature of items, such as food, as cool or warm.

Recognize the larger of two objects.

Match objects by an observable property, such as size, shape, and color.

Recognize that a thermometer measures temperature (cold and hot).

Sort solid objects by weight (heavy and light).

Sort objects by an observable property, such as size, shape, color, and texture.

Describe changes in the state of water as a result of freezing and melting.

Recognize that ice can change to water.

Identify that water can change from solid to liquid state by heating.