Third Grade Pacing Guide First Nine Weeks Second Nine Weeks Units Topics Units Topics Life Science 1. Parts & Animals 2. Body Parts & Functions 3. Plant Structure Solar System 1. Identify & Compare Major Parts of the Solar System Resources & Relationships 1. Living and Nonliving 2. Competition for Resources 3. Energy-Food for Growth & Repair Landforms 1. Earth s Landforms 2. Bodies of Water Life Cycles & Relationships Environments & Survival Physical Properties & Mixtures 3 weeks Heat Changing Motion Sound & Magnets 1. Life Stages 2. Common Human Traits 1. Organism Characteristics & Survival 2. Organism Classification Natural & Man-made Weather & Climate 3 weeks 1. Rock Composition 2. Differs in Natural & Man-made 3. Conservation vs. Recycle 1. Atmospheric Conditions 2. Tools for Measurement 3. Cloud Types 4. Weather Predictions Fourth Nine Weeks Third Nine Weeks Units Topics Units Topics 1. Physical Property Ground Transportation 2. Mixtures 9 weeks 3. Separation of Mixtures 1. Heat Phenomena 2. Materials that Conduct Heat 1. Unbalanced Forces 2. Mass & Forces Relationship 1. Attraction of Magnets 2. Pitch & Volume 1. Tools 2. Technology Inventions 3. Develop New Tools with Technology 4. Materials to Create Tools for Specific Machines 5. Scientific Advances 6. Availability of Technologies 7. Creative Design Strategy based on Society Needs & Wants
Life Science Guiding Question: How are plant and animal cells organized to carry on the processes of life? 1 st Nine Weeks-Plants and Animals () GLE0307.1.1 GLE 0307.T/E.1 Compare the parts of a plant Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Use magnifiers to make Describe how tools, technology, and describe their functions. Chapter 1, Lesson 1 pg 22 observations of specific plant and inventions help to answer Chapter 1, Lesson 2 pg 38 and animal body parts and questions and solve problems. describe their function. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools and simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. Evaluate plant structures and determine how they help a plant meets its basic needs. Compare and contrast the basic structures of plants and animals in how they help the organism meet its basic needs. Analyze specific animal structures to determine what the animal eats. Reading Street: Plants fitting into our world pg 170 What is a weed? pg 194 6.Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Describe and analyze patterns and relationships in context. Compare and interpret different representations of the same data. Literacy Write for a variety of purposes and to a variety of audiences. Make inferences and draw conclusions.
Guiding Question: How do living things interact with one another and with the non-living elements of their environment? 1 st Nine Weeks-Resources and Relationships () GLE0307.2.1 Compare and contrast living and Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Categorize things as living non-living things such as real Chapter 1, Lesson 3 pg 48 and non-living. worms and gummy worms. Chapter 1, Lesson 4 pg 60 GLE0307.2.2 Explain how organisms with similar needs compete with another for resources. GLE0307.3.1 Describe how animals use food to obtain energy and materials for growth and repair. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools and simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. Identify and explain what determines if something is living or non-living. Create a chart or diagram that demonstrates how plants, animals, and the environment interact to provide basic life requirements. Evaluate an environment to determine how organisms compete for resources. Design an investigation of the structures organisms have for obtaining food, draw conclusions about the type of food eaten, and report the outcomes. Classify organisms within an environment as predators or prey and whether they are producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. Reading Street Penguin Chick pg 154 Plants pg 170 I can find the answer pg 412 The Ant and the Beatle pg 355 How Ants find Food pg 357 Two Bad Ants pg 358 6.Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Analyze patterns in quantitative change resulting from computation. Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas. Construct frequency table, bar graphs, pictographs or line plot of collected data. Compare and interpret different representations of the same data. Literacy Demonstrate knowledge of standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer. Write for a variety of purposes and to a variety of audiences. Present research results in a simple written report. Develop logic skills to enhance thoughtful reasoning and to facilitate learning. Make inferences and draw conclusions.
Guiding Questions: What are the principle mechanism by which living things reproduce and transmit information between parents and offspring? 1 st Nine Weeks-Life Cycles and Relationships () GLE 0307.4.1 GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and describe each stage Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Identify the different life Identify and interpret simple of an organism s life such as Chapter 2, Lesson 1 pg 74 stages through which plants patterns of evidence to mealworm, butterfly, frog, Chapter 2, Lesson 2 pg 90 and animals pass. communicate the findings of cricket, or pill bug. Chapter 2, Lesson 3 pg 100 multiple investigations. GLE 0307.4.2 Recognize common human characteristics that are transmitted from parents to offspring. GLE 0307.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies. GLE 0307.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways. Create a chart and analyze information about the life stages of a variety of living things to determine any similarities or differences. Compare and contrast the traits of offspring to their parents identifying any patterns that may exist. Reading Street Penguins are Birds pg 153 Penguin Chick pg 154 Bulbs to Bloom pg 283 6.Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Analyze patterns in quantitative change resulting from computation. Create and use representations to organize, record, and Literacy Demonstrate knowledge of standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling Write on a specific topic to a specified audience. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer.
Guiding Question: How does natural selection explain how organisms have changed over time? 1 st Nine Weeks-Environments and Survival (3 weeks) GLE0307.5.1 GLE 0307.T/E.1 Demonstrate and explain how Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Explore the relationship Describe how tools, technology, organisms adapt to live in a Chapter 3, Lesson 1 pg 112 between an organism s and inventions help to answer specific environment and Chapter 3, Lesson 2 pg 130 characteristics and its ability questions and solve problems. explain any patterns that have Chapter 3, Lesson 3 pg 144 Chapter 3, Lesson 4 pg 154 to survive in a particular been noticed. Chapter 3, Lesson 5 pg 164 environment. GLE0307.5.2 Classify organisms as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. GLE 0307.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies. GLE 0307.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways. Connect the lack of resources to populations that are classified as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct. Explain how changes in the environment affect the populations that exist there. Research and evaluate how humans affect environments. Explain how evidence is used to determine the previous existence of an organism. Reading Street Penguins are Birds pg 153 Penguin Chick pg 154 Plants pg 170 Worms at work pg 330 Interested in insects pg 333 A Symphony of Whales pg 358 He listens to Whales pg 376 Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest pg 40 Great and Small pg 56 Back to the Wild pg 328 6.Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas. Understand that symbols such as 1/2m 1/3, and 1 4 represent numbers called unit fractions. Analyze patterns in words, tables, and graphs, to draw conclusions. Literacy Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English sentence structure. Write on a specific topic to a specified audience. Use technology to publish and present. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer.
First Nine Weeks Resources Vocabulary: edible, organism, energy, decomposer, predator, prey, life cycle, metamorphosis, offspring and trait, endangered, extinct, threatened, and thriving Inquiry Skills: predict, record data, observe, infer, communicate, classify, make a model, compare, draw conclusions Plans Plants and Animals Introduce academic vocabulary by defining the term, then provide examples, and end with an open ended question. Read Science Leveled Readers. Resources and Relationships Students form definitions using their own words and draw pictures to represent their understanding. Life Cycles and Relationships Observe live insects, fish, and plants to watch them grow and change over time. Environments and Survival Research thriving, endangered and threatened organisms and provide pictures and information to students about them. Background for Teachers Plants and Animals All living things have certain needs in common. Animals and plants have special structures to help them to survive. Organisms get what they need from both living and nonliving things in their environment. Resources and Relationships A food chain shows how organisms depend on each other for food. Life Cycles and Relationships Plants and animals have life cycles that describe how they grow, develop, and reproduce. Environments and Survival Changes in an organism s environment can affect the entire population of that organism and even other living things that depend on it. Student Activities Plants and Animals Students can make a Venn diagram comparing plant and animal parts. Resources and Relationships Students make charts to list living and nonliving things in magazines and newspapers. Life Cycles and Relationships Students can observe and record the changes mealworms go through during their life cycle.
Environments and Survival Draw or color a picture of an organism that is thriving, endangered or threatened and write about its habitat. Other Resources TCAP Sample Questions: http://www.tn.gov/education/assessment/ach_samplers.shtml Lesson ideas: http://mcssciencedepartment.weebly.com/ Interactive Videos: http://www.turtlediary.com/ Order Insects: http://mealwormslive.com/mealworm.htm
Earth Science GLE0307.6.1 Identify and compare the major components of the solar system. Department of Academic Advancement Guiding Question: What big ideas guide human understanding about the origin and structure of the universe, Earth s place in the cosmos, and observable motions and patters in the sky? 2nd Nine Weeks-Solar System () GLE 0307.Inq.3 Compare and contrast the Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Organize data into appropriate components of the solar system. Chapter 1 Lesson 1 p. 188 tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. Demonstrate the rotation of the planets around the sun relative to their position in the solar system. Compare and contrast Earth to other planets. Reading Street: I can find the answer p. 414 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Represent whole numbers us to 10,000 using various models. Analyze patterns in words, tables, and graphs to draw conclusions. Measure weight to the nearest ounce or gram. English/Language Arts Present research results in a simple written report. Make inferences and draw conclusions. Apply appropriate reading strategies to comprehend informational text.
Guiding Question: How is the Earth affected by long-term and short-term geological cycles and the influence of man? 2nd Nine Weeks-Land Forms and Bodies of Water () GLE0307.7.1 Identify the earth s landforms and bodies of water. Identify and describe the various landforms and bodies of water found on earth. Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Chaper 4 Lesson 2 p. 202 GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams Reading Street: The Coldest Continent p. 151 The Active Earth p. 383 Volcanoes p. 384 Natural Disasters p. 396 Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest p 40 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Analyze patterns in words, tables, and graphs to draw conclusions. English/Language Arts Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling. Write on a specific topic to a specified audience. Use technology to publish and present. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer. Distinguish between fact and opinion within text. Identify stated cause effect relationships in text. Use text features to locate information. Use media to access information and enhance reports and oral presentations.
Guiding Questions: How is the Earth affected by long-term and short-term geological cycles and the influence of man? What are the properties used to identify natural objects? 2nd Nine Weeks-Natural and Man-Made () GLE0307.7.2 GLE 0307.Inq.2 Observe, describe and measure Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Recognize that rocks can be Select and use appropriate tools the physical properties of a rock. Chapter 4, Lesson 3 pg 214 composed on one or more and simple equipment to conduct Chapter 4, Lesson 4 pg 226 minerals. an investigation. GLE 0307.7.3 Distinguish between natural and manmade objects. GLE 0703.7.4 Design a simple investigation to demonstrate how earth materials can be conserved or recycled. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. Describe a rock based on the earth materials that it contains. Investigate and describe ways to separate a rock into its various components. Classify materials as being natural or manmade. Compare and contrast the materials in the classroom determining whether they are natural or manmade and provide a rationale. Compare and contrast the materials found on Earth to determine which can be recycled or conserved. Design a plan for conserving and recycling at school. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Info Represent whole numbers us to 10,000 using various models. Analyze patterns in words, tables, and graphs to draw conclusions. Measure weight to the nearest ounce or gram. Collect and organize data using observations, surveys, English/Language Arts Present research results in a simple written report. Make inferences and draw conclusions. Apply appropriate reading strategies to comprehend informational text. Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling. Write on a specific topic to a specified audience. Use technology to publish and present. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer. Distinguish between fact and opinion within text. Identify stated cause effect relationships in text. Use text features to locate information. Use media to access information and to enhance reports and oral presentations.
Guiding Question: How do the physical characteristics and the chemical makeup of the atmosphere influence surface process and life on Earth? 2nd Nine Weeks-Weather and Climate (3 weeks) GLE0307.8.1 GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new Identify tools for measuring Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Recognize that there are a tools, technology, & inventions are weather and explain how it is Chaper 5, Lesson 1 p. 242 always being developed. variety of atmospheric used. Chaper 5, Lesson 2 p. 256 conditions that can be measured. GLE0307.8.2 Use tools such as the barometer, thermometer, anemometer, and rain gauge to measure atmospheric conditions. GLE 0307.8.3 Identify cloud types associated with particular atmospheric conditions. GLE 0307.8.4 Predict the weather based on cloud observations. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools & simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions & solve problems. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, & recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. GLE 0307.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways. GLE 0307.Inq.6 Compare the results of an investigation with what scientists already accept about this question. GLE 0307.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, & machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. GLE 0307.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, & the availability of new tools and technologies Use tools to collect and analyze data on weather. Associate a specific tool to the kind of data collected. Demonstrate and explain how new weather instruments enhance data collection. Compare and contrast four kinds of clouds. Recognize cloud types that are associated with specific types of weather. Determine the percentage of cloud cover for a specific day. Write a weather forecast base on weather data and cloud type. Identify the various types of clouds and connect them to specific kinds of weather. Create a fraction that describes clear, cloudy, partly cloudy, and mostly cloudy Reading Street: Pecos Bill & the Tornado p. 13 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Understand that all measurements require units. Analyze problems by identifying relationships, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant information, and observing patterns. Use various strategies and models to compare and order fractions and identify equivalent fractions. Make and record measurements that use mixed units within the same system of measurement. Recognize and use different interpretations of fractions. Construct frequency table, bar graphs, pictographs, or line plot of collected data. English/Language Arts Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling. Write on a specific topic to a specified audience. Use technology to publish and present. Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer. Distinguish between fact and opinion within text. Identify stated cause effect relationships in text. Use text features to locate information. Use media to access information and enhance reports and oral presentations.
Second Nine Weeks Resources Vocabulary: moon phases, orbit, planets, rotation, solar system, ocean, continent, landform, natural resources, Cirrus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulus, Stratus, rain gauge, water cycle Inquiry Skills: observe, infer, communicate, classify, put things in order, make a model, compare, draw conclusion, predict
Guiding Question: How does the structure of matter influence its physical and chemical behavior? Physical Science 3rd Nine Weeks-Physical Properties and Mixture (3 weeks) GLE 0307.9.1 GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific Design a simple experiment, Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Design an experiment to phenomena by asking questions, making collect and analyze data on the Chapter 6 Lesson 1 p. 280 logical predictions, planning investigations, determine how physical physical properties of unknown Chapter 6 Lesson 2 p. 296 & recording data. properties of matter can solids. change over time and under different conditions. GLE0307.9.2 Investigate different types of mixtures. GLE 0307.9.3 Describe different methods to separate mixtures. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools & simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify & interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, & inventions help to answer questions & solve problems. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, & inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, & machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. GLE 0307.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, & the availability of new tools and technologies. GLE 0307.T/E.5 Apply a creative design strategy to solve a particular problem generated by societal needs & wants. Determine the conditions necessary to change the physical properties of solids and liquid matter such as combining it with water and other solids and liquids. Use metric tools to correctly to measure the properties of matter mass, volume, and temperature. Investigate a variety of mixtures combining solids and liquids collecting data, and drawing conclusions about the results. Compare and contrast evaporation, crystallization, and melting as means of separating a mixture. Demonstrate and explain the best means of separating a mixture of two or more types of matter. Design an investigation to determine the results of mixing and separating various forms of matter such as salt and water. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Understand that all measurements require units. Recognize the use of fractions in liquid measures. Measure weight to the nearest once or gram. Compare the masses of matter to the mass of the mixture. Create a table of the number of properties an objects have. Recognize the use of fractions in liquid measure. Recognize the relationships among cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Create a table of the various mixtures and the amount of mass separated from the mixture. English/Language Arts Develop logic skills to enhance thoughtful reasoning and to facilitate learning. Make inferences and draw conclusions. Write in journals. Write for a variety of purposes: to entertain, persuade, inform, demonstrate knowledge, answer questions, tell a story and respond to literature. Use text features to locate information.
Guiding Question: What basic energy related ideas are essentials for understand the dependency of the natural and man-made worlds on energy? 3rd Nine Weeks-Heat () GLE 0307.10.1 Investigate phenomena that produce heat. Compare and contrast energy sources by how they produce heat. Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Chapter 6 Lesson 3 p. 308 GLE 0307.10.2 Design and conduct an experiment to investigate the ability of different materials to conduct heat. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools and simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems. Identify the difference between heat and temperature. Design an investigation, collect data, analyze data and draw conclusions about the ability of various materials to conduct heat. Research materials that are used to conduct heat and determine how they are used. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Create a bar graph of the number of items attracted to a magnet. Construct frequency table, bar graphs, pictographs or line plot of collected data. Solve problems using data from frequency tables, bar graphs, pictographs, or line plots. GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. English/Language Arts Write for a variety of purposes and to a variety of audiences. Use all the steps in the writing process. Write in journal or notebooks. Use technology to publish and present. Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.
Guiding Question: What causes objects to move differently under different circumstances? 3rd Nine Weeks-Changing Motion () GLE 0307.11.1 Explore how the direction of a moving object is affected by unbalanced forces. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of Explain and describe the relationships that are necessary in order for an object to move. Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Chapter 7, Lesson 1 p. 322 multiple investigations. GLE 0307.11.2 Recognize the relationship between the mass of an object and the force needed to move it. GLE 0307.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. Demonstrate the effect of increasing or decreasing the mass of an object has on the amount of force necessary to make it move. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Describe and analyze patterns and relationships in context. Create and represent patterns using word, tables, graphs, and symbols. Understand that all measurements require units. Solve problems using data from frequency tables, bar graphs, pictographs, or line plots. Test a hypothesis about the relationship between force and mass. English/Language Arts Write in journals. Identify resources from more than one medium to support the research topic. Write a simple research report demonstrating the research results. Distinguish fact from fiction. Distinguish cause from effect. Use media to enhance reports and oral presentations.
Guiding Question: What are the scientific principles that explain sound and magnets? Physical Science 3rd Nine Weeks-Sound and Magnets () GLE0307.12.1 Demonstrate and explain how Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Explore how magnets magnets move objects without Chapter 7, Lesson 2 p. 338 attract objects made of touching them. Chapter 7, Lesson 3 p. 348 certain metals. GLE0307.11.3 Investigate how the pitch and volume of a sound can be changed. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. Classify a group of materials by first predicting and then testing them as to whether or not they would be are attracted to a magnet. Describe sound as form of energy. Demonstrate and explain how sound is produced. Evaluate the relationship between fractions and the pitch an instrument produces. Demonstrate and explain how pitch and volume can be changed. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Create a bar graph of the number of items attracted to a magnet. Construct frequency table, bar graphs, pictographs or line plot of collected data. Solve problems using data from frequency tables, bar graphs, pictographs, or line plots. English/Language Arts Write for a variety of purposes and to a variety of audiences. Use all the steps in the writing process. Write in journal or notebooks. Use technology to publish and present. Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.
Third Nine Weeks Resources Vocabulary: heat, conductor, conduction, vibrate, unbalanced forces, magnet Inquiry Skills: classify, compare, contrast, draw conclusion, infer, investigate, make a model, observation, predict, reasoning, scientific inquiry
Physical Science Department of Academic Advancement Guiding Questions: What causes objects to move under different circumstances? How do science concepts, engineering skills, and applications of technology improve the quality of life? 4 th Nine Weeks-Ground Transportation (9 weeks) GLE 0307.T/E.1 Explain and describe the Macmillian/McGraw-Hill Describe how tools, relationships that are necessary Chapter 7 p. 348, 353 technology, and inventions in order for an object to move. Chapter 6 p. 309, 312-313 help to answer questions and solve problems. GLE 0307.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed. GLE 0307.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. GLE 0307.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies. GLE 0307.T/E.5 Apply a creative design strategy to solve a particular problem generated by societal needs and wants. GLE 0307.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data. GLE 0307.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools and simple equipment to conduct an investigation. GLE 0307.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. GLE 0307.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations. GLE 0307.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways. Demonstrate the effect of increasing or decreasing the mass of an object has on the amount of force necessary to make it move. Design, build, test and modify vehicles to observe objects move differently under various circumstances. Observe how an object moves and describe its motion and changes in motion. Collect data, analyze data and draw conclusions about motion and design. Use metric tools to correctly measure distance. 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Describe and analyze patterns and relationships in context. Create and represent patterns using word, tables, graphs, and symbols. Understand that all measurements require units. Solve problems using data from frequency tables, bar graphs, pictographs, or line plots. Test a hypothesis about the relationship between force and mass. English/Language Arts Identify resources from more than one medium to support the research topic. Write a simple research report demonstrating the research results. Distinguish fact from fiction. Distinguish cause from effect. Use media to enhance reports and oral presentations.