Science, A Closer Look, Grade 3, Student Edition

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Science: A Closer Look Grade 3 Be a Scientist Lesson 1: Science Skills The Scientific Method Lesson 2: Science Methods Life Science Unit A Living Things Unit Opener Unit Literature Chapter 1 ? A Look at Living Things Lesson 1 – Living Things and Their Needs OBJECTIVES: - Compare nonliving things and living things. - Describe what living things need to survive. • Explore Activity: What are living and nonliving things like? • What are living things? (needs/activities) • What do living things need? • What are living things made of? Reading in Science: Microorganisms Lesson 2 - Plants and Their Parts (10 pp) - OBJECTIVES: - Relate plant structures to their functions. - Describe how plants are classified. • Explore Activity: How are plants alike? • What are plants? • How do roots and stems help plants? • Why are leaves important? • How can you classify plants? Inquiry Investigation: What do plants need to live? Lesson 3 – Animals and Their Parts (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe what an animal needs to survive. - Relate how an animal meets its needs. • Explore Activity: What parts do animals have? (observe a snail) • What are animals? • How do animals get what they need? • How do animals stay safe? Inquiry Skill Builder: Classify Lesson 4 - Classifying Animals (10 pp) Grade 3 Page 1 of 11 Grade 3 TOC OBJECTIVES: - Identify two major groups of animals. - Classify animals into groups based on their structures. • Explore Activity: How can you classify animals? • How can you classify animals? • What are some invertebrates? • What are some vertebrates? • What are mammals? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter 1 Review (2 pp) Chapter 2 ? Living Things Grow and Change Lesson 1 – Plant Life Cycles (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Understand how plants grow and reproduce. - Recognize the life cycles of different types of plants. • Explore Activity: What does a seed need to grow? • How do plants grow? • How do plants make seeds? • What is the life cycle of some plants? • How do plants grow without seeds? Inquiry Skill Builder: Form a Hypothesis Lesson 2 – Animal Life Cycles (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify the different stages that animals go through in a life cycle. - Compare the life cycles of different kinds of animals. • Explore Activity: how does a caterpillar grow and change? • What are some animal life cycles? (insect, amphibian metamorphosis) • How do reptiles, fish, and birds change as they grow? • What is the life cycle of a mammal? Writing in Science Math in Science Lesson 3 – From Parents to Young (6 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explain how some traits are inherited from parents. - Distinguish between inherited and learned traits. • Explore Activity: How are organisms like their parents? • What are inherited traits? • Which traits are not inherited? Reading in Science: Regeneration Chapter 2 Review Careers: Animal Trainer Unit B – Ecosystems Grade 3 Page 2 of 11 Grade 3 TOC Unit Opener (1 pp) Unit Literature (2 pp) Chapter 3 ? Living Things in Ecosystems Lesson 1– Food Chains and Food Webs (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define an ecosystem. - Understand how energy moves through a food chain. - Identify the roles of different organisms in a food web. • Explore Activity: What kind of food do owls need? (investigate owl pellets) • What is an ecosystem? • What is a food chain? • What is a food web? • Why are decomposers important? Inquiry Skill Builder: Communicate Lesson 2 – Types of Ecosystems (12 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify different ecosystems. - Describe the characteristics of different ecosystems. • Explore Activity: Can animals live and grow in salt and fresh water? • How do we classify environments? • What is a desert? • What is a forest? • What is an ocean? • What is a wetland? Reading in Science Lesson 3 – Adaptations (12 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Recognize adaptations that allow organisms to survive in certain environments. - Explain how adaptations help organisms survive. • Explore Activity: Does fat help animals survive in cold environments? • How are living things built to survive? • What adaptations help desert plants and animals survive? • What adaptations help forest plants and animals survive? • What are adaptations help ocean organisms survive? • What are adaptations to a wetland? Inquiry Investigation Chapter 3 Review Chapter 4—Changes in Ecosystems Lesson 1 –Living Things Change Their Environment (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify ways that living things change their environment Grade 3 Page 3 of 11 Grade 3 TOC - Explain how different organisms compete with each other for food, water, and shelter. • Explore Activity: How can worms change their environment? • How do living things change their environment? (competition) • How do people change their environment? • How can people protect the environment? Inquiry Skill Builder: Use Numbers Lesson 2 – Changes Affect Living Things (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Show how environmental changes affect living things. - Explain what it means for an animals to be endangered. • Explore Activity: What happens to some plants when there is a flood? • What are some ways environments change? • How do plants and animals respond to environmental change? • How do environmental changes affect an entire community? • How does a living thing become endangered? Writing in Science Math in Science Lesson 3 – Living Things of the Past (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explain how scientists learn about ancient plants and animals by studying fossils. - Show how present-day organisms are similar to those that lived long ago. • Explore Activity: How do fossils tell us about the past? • What can happen if the environment suddenly changes? (extinction) • How can we learn about things that lived long ago? (fossils) • How are living things today similar to those that lived long ago? Reading in Science: Dinosaur Discoveries • Chapter 4 Review • Careers: Fish and Wildlife Manager Earth Science Unit C—Earth and Its Resources Unit Opener Unit Literature: One Cool Adventure Chapter 5 ? Earth Changes Lesson 1- Earth’s Features (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify Earth’s landforms and the features of the ocean floor. - Describe the layers of Earth. • Explore Activity: Does land or water cover more of Earth’s surface? • What covers Earth’s surface? Grade 3 Page 4 of 11 Grade 3 TOC • What are some land and water features? • What land features are in the oceans? • What are the layers of Earth? Inquiry Skill Builder: Make a Model Lesson 2 - Sudden Changes to Earth (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe earthquakes and volcanoes and identify their effects. - Describe the effects of landslides and volcanoes. • Explore Activity: How does sudden movement change the land? • What are earthquakes? • What are volcanoes? • What are landslides and floods? Reading in Science :Slide on the Shore Lesson 3 - Weathering and Erosion (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe and identify the forces that cause weathering and erosion. - Analyze how people change the land. • Explore Activity: How can rocks change in moving water? • What is weathering? • What is erosion? • How can people change the land? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter 5 Review (2 pp) Chapter 6 ? Using Earth’s Resources Lesson 1 - Minerals and Rocks (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Compare and contrast properties of minerals. - Describe how three main kinds of rocks form. • Explore Activity: How do a mineral’s color and mark compare? • What are minerals? • What are rocks? • What are sedimentary and metamorphic rocks? • How do we use minerals and rocks? Writing in Science Math in Science Lesson 2 – Soil (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explore soil and identify its components. - Compare and contrast different soils. • Explore Activity: What makes up soil? • What is soil? • How are soils different? Grade 3 Page 5 of 11 Grade 3 TOC • Why is soil important? Inquiry Skill Builder: Use Variables Lesson 3 – Fossils and Fuels (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Model and describe how fossils form. - List examples of fossil fuels and other sources of energy. • Explore Activity: How do some fossils form? • How are fossils formed? • What are fossil fuels? • What are some other sources of energy? Reading in Science: Turning the Power On Lesson 4 – Air and Water Resources (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe how air and water are used as resources. - Explain reasons and methods for conserving and protecting air and water. • Explore Activity: How is Earth’s water made clean? • How do we use air and water? • How do people get water? • What can happen to air and water resources? • How can you conserve resources? Inquiry Investigation Chapter 6 Review Careers: Map Maker Unit D? Weather and Space Unit Opener (1 p) Unit Literature: What a Difference Day Length Makes (2 pp) Chapter 7—Changes in Weather Lesson 1 – Weather (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define weather. - Describe four characteristics of weather. • Explore Activity: How can you tell air is around you? • What is weather? • How can you describe the weather? • How do we predict weather? (include weather map) Inquiry Skill Builder: Interpret Data Lesson 2 – The Water Cycle (12 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Infer how condensation occurs and rain forms in the atmosphere. - Describe the water cycle and relate it to weather. • Explore Activity: How do raindrops form? Grade 3 Page 6 of 11 Grade 3 TOC • What are clouds? • How do clouds form? • What is the water cycle? • What are some kinds of severe weather? • How can you stay safe in severe weather? Reading in Science: Tracking Twisters Lesson 3 - Climate and Seasons (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explain why climate varies from place to place. - Summarize how seasons differ from place to place. • Explore Activity: How do temperature and precipitation patterns compare? • What is climate? •What affects climate? • What are seasons? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter 7 Review Chapter 8 ? Planets, Moons, and Stars Lesson 1- The Sun and Earth (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explain what causes day and night and the seasons. - Describe the Sun. • Explore Activity: How do shadows change throughout the day? • Why is there day and night? • Why are there seasons? • What is the Sun like? Writing in Science Math in Science Lesson 2 – The Moon and Earth (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify the phases of the Moon and explain why the Moon seems to change shape. - Describe features of the Moon. • Explore Activity: How does the Moon’s shape seem to change? • What are the phases of the Moon? • Why does the Moon’s shape seem to change? • What is it like on the Moon? Inquiry Investigation Lesson 3 - The Planets (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe our solar system. - Describe the inner and outer planets. • Explore Activity: How do the planets move through space? • What is our solar system? Grade 3 Page 7 of 11 Grade 3 TOC • What are the planets like? • How can we view the planets? Inquiry Skill Builder: Observe Lesson 4 - The Stars (6 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe stars and constellations. - Describe why different constellations can be seen during different seasons. • Explore Activity: Why do we see stars at night? • What are stars? • Why do we see different stars during different seasons? Reading in Science: Meet Orsola De Marco Chapter 8 Review Careers: Aviation Meteorologist Physical Science Unit E—Matter Unit Opener Unit Literature Chapter 9 ? Observing Matter Lesson 1 - Properties of Matter (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define matter as anything that has mass and takes up space - Describe properties of matter and understand that properties can be used to identify matter. • Explore Activity: How do you describe objects? • What is matter? • What are some properties of matter? • What is matter made of? Reading in Science Lesson 2 - Measuring Matter (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Measure matter using tools that record standard units. - Compare and contrast weight and mass. • Explore Activity: How can you measure length? • How is matter measured? • How do we measure mass? • How are mass and weight different? Inquiry Skill Builder: Measure Lesson 3 – Solids, Liquids, and Gases (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define three common states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Grade 3 Page 8 of 11 Grade 3 TOC - Explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. • Explore Activity: How are solids different from liquids? • What are three forms of matter? • What are liquids and gases? • How do you use the states of matter? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter Review Chapter 10 ? Changes in Matter Lesson 1 – Changes of State (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Measure and record the temperature of water in different states. - Identify the effects of heating and cooling matter. • Explore Activity: What happens when ice is heated? • What happens when matter is heated? • What happens when matter is cooled? • How is water different from other kinds of matter? Inquiry Skill Builder: Predict Lesson 2- Physical Changes (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define physical changes as those that do not change the identity of a material. - Describe how to make and separate mixtures. • Explore Activity: How can you change matter? • What are physical changes? • What are mixtures? • How can you separate mixtures? Reading in Science Lesson 3 – Chemical Changes (6 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe chemical changes. - Understand that chemical changes are part of our everyday life. • Explore Activity: How can matter change? • What are chemical changes? • What are the signs of a chemical change? Inquiry Investigation Chapter 10 Review Careers: Environmental Chemist Unit F—Forces and Energy Unit Opener Unit Literature Grade 3 Page 9 of 11 Grade 3 TOC Chapter 11?Forces and Motion Lesson 1 - Position and Motion (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe and relate position and motion. - Define speed using distance and time. • Explore Activity: How can you describe an object’s position? • How can you describe position? • What is motion? • What is speed? Reading in Science Lesson 2 – Forces (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify a force as a push or a pull, and relate force to motion. - Define common forces, such as friction, gravity, and magnetism. • Explore Activity: How can pushes affect the way things move? • What are forces? • What are types of forces? • What is friction? Inquiry Investigation Lesson 3 - Work and Energy (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Define energy and work - Discuss the forms of energy and how energy changes from one form to another. • Explore Activity: What is work? • What is work? •What is energy? • How can energy change? Inquiry Skill Builder: Infer Lesson 4 - Simple Machines (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Identify and describe simple machines and apply their uses to real world tasks. - Define what a compound machine is and give several examples. • Explore Activity: How can a simple machine help you lift objects? • What are machines? • What are levers? (lever, pulley, wheel and axle) • What are inclined planes? (inclined planes, screws, and wedges) • How can machines work together? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter 11 Review Grade 3 Page 10 of 11 Grade 3 TOC Grade 3 Page 11 of 11 Chapter 12 ? Forms of Energy Lesson 1 – Heat (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe how heat moves. - Compare insulators and conductors. • Explore Activity: What happens to air when it is heated? • What is thermal energy? • How does heat affect matter? • How can you control the flow of heat? Inquiry Skill Builder: Experiment Lesson 2 – Sound (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe how vibrations produce sounds. - Compare the pitch and volume of a sound. • Explore Activity: How can you make sounds? • What is sound? • How are sounds different? • How do you hear sounds? Inquiry Investigation Lesson 3 - Light (10 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Explore how light travels. - Describe how colors are seen. • Explore Activity: How does light move? • What is light? • What happens when light hits different objects? (opaque, transparent, translucent) • Why can you see colors? • How do you see? Reading in Science: Laser Lesson 4 – Electricity (8 pp) OBJECTIVES: - Describe electrical charge. - Identify the part of a circuit. • Explore Activity: What makes a bulb light? • What is electrical charge? • What is electric current? • What are conductors and insulators? Writing in Science Math in Science Chapter 12 Review Careers: Lighting Designer

The Grade 3 Student Edition covers units such as Ecosystems, Earth and Its Resources, Matter, and Forces of Energy.