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PA.3.1.Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
3.1.A. Organisms and Cells
Common Characteristics of Life
3.1.3.A1. Describe characteristics of living things that help to identify and classify them.
Flip Charts How Living Things Grow & Change
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms How living things grow and change?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How living things grow and change?
Energy Flow
3.1.3.A2. Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter.
Flip Charts All About Animals
Flip Charts How Do Plants Grow?
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms Animals
Vocabulary Terms How animals grow and change and live
Vocabulary Terms How do plants and animals live together?
Vocabulary Terms How do plants grow?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Did you Know... 3rd grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How animals grow and change and live
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants and animals live together?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants grow?
Form and Function
3.1.3.A5. Identify the structures in plants that are responsible for food production, support, water transport, reproduction, growth, and protection.
Flip Charts All About Plants
Flip Charts Grouping of Plants
Flip Charts How Do Plants Grow?
Flip Charts Main Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms How do plants grow?
Vocabulary Terms Main Parts of Plants
Vocabulary Terms Plant growth and reproduction
Vocabulary Terms Plant Structure and function
Vocabulary Terms Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How do plants grow?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Parts of Plants
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plant growth and reproduction
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plant Structure and function
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plants
3.1.B. Genetics
Heredity
3.1.3.B1. Understand that plants and animals closely resemble their parents.
Flip Charts Animal Growth & Reproduction
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
Unifying Themes
3.1.3.B5. PATTERNS: Identify characteristics that appear in both parents and offspring.
Flip Charts Animal Growth & Reproduction
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
3.1.C. Evolution
Adaptation
3.1.3.C2. Describe animal characteristics that are necessary for survival.
Vocabulary Terms How animals grow and change and live
Vocabulary Terms Introduction to animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide How animals grow and change and live
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Introduction to animals
Unifying Themes
3.1.3.C3. CONSTANCY AND CHANGE: Recognize that fossils provide us with information about living things that inhabited the Earth long ago.
Flip Charts Fossils & Dinosaurs
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Fossils and extinct animals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Fossils and extinct animals
PA.3.2.Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics
Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics
3.2.A. Chemistry
Structure of Matter
3.2.3.A2. Recognize that all objects and materials in the world are made of matter.
Flip Charts Matter & Its Properties
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Vocabulary Terms Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter
Unifying Themes
3.2.3.A5. CONSTANCY AND CHANGE: Recognize that everything is made of matter.
Flip Charts Matter & Its Properties
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Vocabulary Terms Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter
Matter & Energy
3.2.3.A3. Demonstrate how heating and cooling may cause changes in the properties of materials including phase changes.
Vocabulary Terms Comparing matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Comparing matter
Reactions
3.2.3.A4. Use basic reactions to demonstrate observable changes in properties of matter (e.g., burning, cooking).
Vocabulary Terms Changes in matter
Vocabulary Terms Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Changes in matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter
3.2.B. Physics
Force & Motion of Particles and Rigid Bodies
3.2.3.B1. Explain how movement can be described in many ways.
Flip Charts Force, Motion & Energy
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
Vocabulary Terms Force, motion and energy
Vocabulary Terms Forces and motion-how things move
Vocabulary Terms Objects in motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force, motion and energy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forces and motion-how things move
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Objects in motion
Nature of Waves (Sound and Light Energy)
3.2.3.B5. Recognize that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one material to another.
Vocabulary Terms Light and sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Light and sound
PA.3.3.Earth and Space Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
3.3.A. Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Earth Features and the Processes that Change It
3.3.3.A1. Explain and give examples of the ways in which soil is formed.
Flip Charts Earth - Inside & Out
Flip Charts Rocks, Minerals & Soil
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
Vocabulary Terms Earth - Inside and Out
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Soil and water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth - Inside and Out
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Soil and water
Weather and Climate
3.3.3.A5. Explain how air temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction, and precipitation make up the weather in a particular place and time.
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
Flip Charts Weather & Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth's weather and seasons
Vocabulary Terms Weather
Vocabulary Terms Weather and climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather and climate
Earth’s Resources/Materials
3.3.3.A2. Identify the physical properties of minerals and demonstrate how minerals can be tested for these different physical properties.
Flip Charts Rocks & Minerals
Flip Charts Rocks, Minerals & Soil
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
Flip Charts Science Grade 4
Vocabulary Terms Rocks and minerals
Vocabulary Terms Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks and minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks, Minerals, and soil
Water
3.3.3.A4. Connect the various forms of precipitation to the weather in a particular place and time.
Vocabulary Terms Earth's weather and seasons
Vocabulary Terms Water
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's weather and seasons
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Water
3.3.B. Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Composition and Structure
3.3.3.B1. Relate the rotation of the earth and day/night, to the apparent movement of the sun, moon, and stars across the sky. Describe the changes that occur in the observable shape of the moon over the course of a month.
Flip Charts Moon, Stars & Planets
Flip Charts Science Grade 2
Vocabulary Terms Earth in space
Vocabulary Terms Moon, star and planets
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar system and beyond
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth in space
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Moon, star and planets
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Our Solar system and beyond
PA.3.4.Technology and Engineering Education
Technology and Engineering Education
3.4.B. Technology and Society
Technology and Environment
3.4.3.B2. Explain how materials are reused or recycled.
Vocabulary Terms Natural resources
Vocabulary Terms Using and saving natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Natural resources
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using and saving natural resources
Technology and History
3.4.3.B4. Illustrate how people have made tools to provide food, clothing, and shelter.
Vocabulary Terms Science in our world
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Science in our world
3.4.E. The Designed World
Medical Technologies
3.4.3.E1. Identify the technologies that support and improve quality of life.
Vocabulary Terms Science in our world
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Science in our world
Agricultural and Related Biotechnologies
3.4.3.E2. Identify some processes used in agriculture that require different procedures, products, or systems.
Flip Charts Main Parts of Plants
Flip Charts Science Grade 3
PA.SI.Science as Inquiry
Science as Inquiry
SI.3. Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known.
Vocabulary Terms Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
SI.5. Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information.
Vocabulary Terms Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Vocabulary Terms Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
Vocabulary Terms Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 4th grade
Vocabulary Terms What is science?
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on lab skills/Science Inquiry
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 3rd grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 4th grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide What is science?
SI.6. Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge.
Vocabulary Terms Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 4th grade
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Hands-on Lab Skills/Science Inquiry - 4th grade
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