Science Long Range Plans—Grade 3

2007-2008  

School Calendar

Days

Topic

Resources/ Assessments

August 2007

 

 

 

 

 

X

2

3

1-2

Unity & Diversity/ Biological Change (1st Nine Weeks)

 

6

7

8

9

10

3-7

Living/ Non-living/ Once Living Organisms (10 Days) Aug 6th-17th

SC-03-3.4.1. 3.4.2

 

13

14

15

16

17

8-12

 

 

20

21

22

23

24

13-17

Plants and Animals (19 Days) Aug.10th- Sept 21st

 

27

28

29

30

31

18-22

Structures/ Basic Relationships/Life Cycles

SC-03-3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.6.1,

September

 

 

 

X

4

5

6

7

23-26

 

 

10

11

12

13

14

27-31

 

 

17

18

19

20

21

32-36

 

 

24

25

26

27

28

37-41

Habitats (8 days) Sept. 24th – Oct 3rd

SC-03-4.7.1,

October

 

Cause & Effect Relationships between organisms and their environment (Basic Needs)

 

1

2

3

X

X

42-44

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

15

16

17

18

19

45-49

Earth & Universe (2nd Nine Weeks)

 

22

23

24

25

26

50-54

Earth Materials (19 days) Oct 15th- Nov 9th

SC-03-1.1.1, 1.1.1.2, 2.3.1

Rock Cycle, Describe & Classify Earth Materials (properties), Layers of the Earth,

29

30

31

 

 

55-57

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

58-59

 

 

5

X

7

8

9

60-63

 

 

12

13

14

15

16

64-68

Fossils (7 days) Nov 12th- 20th

SC-03-3.5.1

Fossil versus Trace fossils, extinct & endangered animals, What fossils can tell us

19

20

X

X

X

69-70

 

 

26

27

28

29

30

71-75

Weather (15 days) Nov 26th- Dec 14th

SC-03-2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4

Maps, Predictions, Water Cycle, Tools, Seasons

December

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

7

76-80

 

 

10

11

12

13

14

81-85

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 


 

School Calendar

Days

Topic

Resources/ Assessments

January 2008

 

 

 

 

X

2

3

4

86-88

Solar System (13 days) Jan 2nd- Jan 18th

SC-03-2.3.3,2.3.4, 2.3.5, 4.6.2

Movement of objects in the solar system, Moon phases, importance of the Sun to Solar System, Rotations,

Revolution, Seasons, Day and Night

7

8

9

10

11

89-93

 

 

14

15

16

17

18

94-98

 

 

X

22

23

24

25

99-102

Matter (9 days) Jan 22nd –Feb 1st

SC-03-1.1.1, 1.1.3

States of Matter, Properties & Materials, Classifying by properties

28

29

30

31

 

103-106

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

107

 

 

4

5

6

7

8

108-112

Energy Transformation

 

11

12

13

14

15

113-117

Electricity (10 days) Feb 4th – Feb 15th

SC-03-4.6.3

Diagram/make a circuit, Open & close circuit, conductors & Insulators

X

19

20

21

22

118-121

Magnetism (9 days) Feb 19th – Feb 29th

SC-03-1.2.1

Poles, Attract & Repel, Force, Interactions of magnets with other materials

25

26

27

28

29

122-126

 

 

March

 

 

 

3

4

5

6

7

127-131

Light (10 days) March 3rd – March 14th

SC-03-4.6.4, 4.6.2, 2.3.4

Reflection, Refraction, Absorption, Light travels in a straight line, Shadows

10

11

12

13

14

132-136

 

 

17

18

19

20

21

13