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Year 3 Science Curriculum
UNIT I - WEATHER
Essential Questions:
- What is weather?
- What kinds of patterns do we see in weather?
- How does location (both globally and locally) affect temperature?
- How do the elements of weather (temperature, air pressure, wind, and moisture) interact with each other?
- How does weather affect people, places, animals, and the environment in different places?
- How can we measure and forecast weather?
- How do humans contribute to global warming?
Unit Questions:
- What causes the seasons?
- Why is the Earth heated unequally?
- What is the water cycle?
- How can the rate of evaporation be changed?
- How can wind, rain, moisture, and temperature be measured?
- What are the predominant air masses that influence the weather in the United States?
- What are the effects of wind?
- How do clouds form?
- How are clouds and weather related?
- How do various storms form?
- Where do specific types of weather phenomena occur?
- What information is shown on weather maps?
- What are the cause and effects of global warming?
Content
Earth’s atmosphere
Water cycle
Measuring, recording, and graphing weather data
Making weather instruments
Weather predicting
Weather proofs: Proverbs
Weather station
Weather maps
Rainfall patterns
Properties of air
Wind currents
Air masses
Air pressure
Beaufort scale
Forms of precipitation
Clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbus cumulonimbus, nimbostratus
Severe and catastrophic weather: cause and effects
Greenhouse effect
Global changes in the atmosphere
Air masses
Air pressure
Beaufort scale
Forms of precipitation
Clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbus cumulonimbus, nimbostratus
Severe and catastrophic weather: cause and effects
Greenhouse effect
Global changes in the atmosphere
UNIT II - BIOMES OF THE WORLD
Essential Question:
- How do the characteristics of a biome support life?
Unit Questions:
- What are the earth’s biomes?
- What are the unique characteristics of each biome?
- How do the living and non -living things interact within a biome?
- How have humans affected the biomes?
Content
Earth’s atmosphere
Diversity
Endangered animals
Adaptations of plants and animals
Biomes:
rainforest
biodiversity, interdependence, deforestation, preservation
grasslands
tundra
deserts
savannah
UNIT III - MICROWORLDS
Essential Questions:
- How have microscopes changed what we know and understand about the world?
- What things exist that cannot be seen with the naked eye?
- How do microorganisms benefit or harm us?
- What are cells and how do they function?
Unit Questions:
- What are the parts of a microscope and how do you observe with it?
- How are plant and animal cells alike and different ?
- What are some examples of microorganisms?
- What types of bacteria are harmful? How can we protect ourselves?
- What bacteria are helpful? How are they used?
- Why were Louis Pasteur's discoveries important?
Content
Preparing slides
Parts of a cell
Compare and contrast plant and animal cells
Bacteria, fungi, protozoa
Louis Pasteur-Microbe discoverer
UNIT IV - THE HUMAN BODY
Essential Questions:
- How does my body work?
- How does my body communicate information?
- How can I keep my body healthy?
Unit Questions:
- What are the five senses? How do they help our body function?
- What are the vital systems of the human body?
- How do the systems of the body work together?
- What types of things are harmful and helpful to our body?
Content
Cells make up tissues, organs, and organ systems
Respiratory System
Role of the lungs
Circulatory System
Role of the hear, blood, and blood vessels
Digestive System
Major organs and functionings
Steps in digestive process
Skeletal System
Major bones in system
Functions and makeup of bones
Types of joints
Interaction of the muscular and skeletal systems
Muscular System
Function and makeup of muscles
Voluntary and involuntary
Muscles work in pairs
Nervous system
Role of the brain
UNIT V - SIMPLE MACHINES
Essential Questions:
- How do simple machines make work easier?
- How can simple machines combine to make complex machines?
- How do I use simple machines in my daily life?
- How can motion be changed by force?
- What is friction?
Unit Questions:
- How does a lever make lifting something easier?
- Where should you hold a level to maximize the effectiveness?
- How is friction useful, and when is it not useful?
- How do different surfaces affect friction?
- What are the six simple machines?
- How does each machine help us?
- What are some everday objects that are examples of each machine?
- How does one measure the efficiency of a machine?
- How do simple machines differ from compound machines?
Content
Friction
Motion
Force
Effort
Resistance
Lever
Pulley
Inclined plane
Wheel and axle
Screw
Wedge
Lift
Efficiency
Distance
Compound machine
History of simple machine
Applications of simple machines-past and present
Creating machines
