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Since different districts approach the topics in different orders, I have organized the units in an order which flows smoothly and logically, but I have also tried to make the units modular, so that you can reorder them easily to fit your District's curriculum. If you run into questions or would like suggestions for adapting these units to your curriculum, please let me know.

Nature of Science
SC.3.N.1.1 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.

SC.3.N.1.3 Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written, or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted.

Replication
SC.3.N.1.4 Recognize the importance of communication among scientists.

SC.3.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.

SC.3.N.1.5 Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each others' evidence and explanations.

Evidence
SC.3.N.1.6 Infer based on observation.

SC.3.N.1.7 Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.

Energy
SC.3.P.10.2 Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.

SC.3.P.10.1 Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion.

Heat
SC.3.P.11.2 Investigate, observe, and explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as rubbing one's hands together.

SC.3.P.9.1 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.

SC.3.P.8.1 Measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids.

SC.3.P.11.1 Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.

Light
SC.3.P.10.4 Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.

SC.3.P.10.3 Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.

SC.3.E.5.2 Identify the Sun as a star that emits energy; some of it in the form of light.

SC.3.E.6.1 Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.

Plants
SC.3.L.17.2 Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food.

SC.3.L.15.2 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.

SC.3.L.14.1 Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.

SC.3.L.14.2 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.

Animals
SC.3.L.15.1 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.

Adaptation
SC.3.L.17.1 Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.

Force
SC.3.E.5.4 Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that gravity is a force that can be overcome.

Stars
SC.3.E.5.1 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.

SC.3.E.5.3 Recognize that the Sun appears large and bright because it is the closest star to Earth.

SC.3.E.5.5 Investigate that the number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than those seen by the unaided eye.

Properties
SC.3.P.8.3 Compare materials and objects according to properties such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.

SC.3.P.8.2 Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids.

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