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EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (ESS)
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (ESS)
Topic: Earth’s Resources - This topic focuses on Earth’s resources. While resources can be living and nonliving, within this strand, the emphasis is on Earth’s nonliving resources, such as water, air, rock, soil and the energy resources they represent.
3.ESS.1: Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.
Rocks have specific characteristics that allow them to be sorted and compared. Rocks form in different ways. Air and water are also nonliving resources.
Soil is composed of pieces of rock, organic material, water and air and has characteristics that can be measured and observed. Use the term “soil”, not “dirt”. Dirt and soil are not synonymous.
Some of Earth’s resources become limited due to overuse and/or contamination. Reducing resource use, decreasing waste and/or pollution, recycling and reusing can help conserve these resources.
Topic: Behavior, Growth and Changes - This topic explores life cycles of organisms and the relationship between the natural environment and an organism’s (physical and behavioral) traits, which affect its ability to survive and reproduce.
3.LS.1: Offspring resemble their parents and each other.
Some behavioral traits are learned through interactions with the environment and are not inherited.
3.LS.2: Individuals of the same kind of organism differ in their inherited traits. These differences give some individuals an advantage in surviving and/or reproducing.
Plants and animals have certain physical or behavioral characteristics that influence their chances of surviving in particular environments.
3.LS.3: Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments.
Worldwide, organisms are growing, reproducing, dying and decaying. The details of the life cycle are different for different organisms, which affects their ability to survive and reproduce in their natural environments.
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE (PS)
PHYSICAL SCIENCE (PS)
Topic: Matter and Forms of Energy - This topic focuses on the relationship between matter and energy. Matter has specific properties and is found in all substances on Earth. Heat is a familiar form of energy that can change the states of matter.
3.PS.1: All objects and substances in the natural world are composed of matter.
3.PS.3: Heat, electrical energy, light, sound and magnetic energy are forms of energy.
There are many different forms of energy. Energy is the ability to cause motion or create change. The different forms of energy that are outlined at this grade level should be limited to familiar forms that a student is able to observe.