Science
Science
NGSS | Grade 3
NGSS | Grade 3
Complete set of 100 titles comes organized and labeled in book bins, arranged by topic.
Inheritance and Variance in Traits
Titles were selected for content to provide three important facets of knowledge: • Building background knowledge • Modeling of phenomena • Explicit alignment
(20 titles)
3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. 3-LS3-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. 3-LS4-2 Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. Titles Aligned to Standards:
Third Grade libraries are characterized by the different traits of organisms, relationships between organism traits and survival, how climate affects organisms, and forces and motion. This collection builds upon the crosscutting concepts of patterns, cause and effect, scale, proportion, and quantity, systems and system models, the interdependence of science, engineering, and technology, and the influence of engineering, technology, and science and society and the natural world.
Our NGSS libraries contain leveled texts that allow every student to find a title that is grade-appropriate with a focus on direct NGSS alignment. These balanced libraries provide Below, On, and Above leveled texts that align to the NGSS topics for student accessibility.
Active animals have other adaptations. Some animals' fur turns from brown to white in the winter months. This camouflage helps them blend in against the snow.
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Interdependent Relationships
Engineering Design
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3-LS2-1 Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. 3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. 3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change. Titles Aligned to Standards:
3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 3-5-ETS1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. Titles Aligned to Standards:
Stadiums host big events. Some have stages. Most have fields. Stadiums seat many spectators. Spectators are watchers.
A biome is a large area that contains many ecosystems. Many biomes are named for the type of plants they have in them.
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Forces and Interactions
Weather and Climate
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(20 titles)
3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. 3-PS2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. 3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. 3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. Titles Aligned to Standards:
3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. 3-ESS2-2 Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. 3-ESS3-1 Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. Titles Aligned to Standards:
A tornado is a powerful rotating col- umn of air that travels across the ground at speeds as high as 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour). A tornado makes a roar as loud as a train.
Next in the scientific method, the scientist does an experiment. Experiments are tests. The tests check the hypothesis. Scientists need to check off every possibility.
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