43Days
st
1 Cycle
Unit
Unit 1:Safety,
6
Measurement, and
45 min lessons
Claims Students
conduct field and
Suggested
laboratory
investigations using Pacing
appropriate tools for Part 1
measurement,
follow safety
Aug. 22-23
procedures and
investigate product Part 2
claims.
Aug. 24-25
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Part 3
Aug. 26-29
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SCI.3.2B Collect data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize
differences between observed and measured data.
SCI.3.2C Construct maps, graphic organizers, simple tables, charts, and bar graphs using
tools and current technology to organize, examine, and evaluate measured data.
SCI.3.4A Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including microscopes, cameras,
computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances,
graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, compasses, magnets, collecting
nets, notebooks, sound recorders, and Sun, Earth, and Moon system models; timing devices, including
clocks and stopwatches; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as
45 min lessons
Suggested
Pacing
Part 1
Aug. 30-31
st
1 Cycle
43Days
Aug. 22 Oct. 21, 2016
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Unit
#ofLessons
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Part 2
Sept. 1-14
Part 3
Part 2: Force and Motion (9 Lessons)S SCI.3.6B Demonstrate and observe how position and
motion can be changed by pushing and pulling objects to show work being done such as
swings, balls, pulleys, and wagons.SCI.3.6C Observe forces such as magnetism and gravity
acting on objects.
Sept. 15-20
drawing conclusions Sept. 21-23
about force, motion, Extend, Review
and work.
Assess, Reteach Part 3: Work (4 Lessons)S SCI.3.6B Demonstrate and observe how position and motion can
be changed by pushing and pulling objects to show work being done such as swings, balls,
Labor Day Sept. pulleys, and wagons.SCI.3.6C Observe forces such as magnetism and gravity acting on
objects.
5
Early Dismissal
Sept. 21
Unit 3: Matter
12
Students describe,
classify, and predict
changes in the
states of matter by
measuring, testing,
and recording their
physical properties.
45 min lessons
Suggested
Pacing
Part 1
Sept. 26-27
Part 2
Sept. 28-29
Part 3
Part 2: How Temperature Changes Affect Matter (2 Lessons)SCI.3.5A Measure, test, and
record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability
to sink or float.S SCI.3.5C Predict, observe, and record changes in the state of matter caused
by heating or cooling.
Part 3: Measuring Mass (2 Lessons)SCI.3.5A Measure, test, and record physical properties
of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float.
Part 4: Sink or Float (2 Lessons)SCI.3.5A Measure, test, and record physical properties of
matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float.
Sept. 30 Oct. 3
Part 4
Part 6: Mixtures (2 Lessons)SCI.3.5D Explore and recognize that a mixture is created when
two materials are combined such as gravel and sand and metal and plastic paper clips.
Oct. 4-5
Part 5
Oct. 6-7
Part 6
Oct.
10-13
2016-2017 Scope
and
Sequence Science Grade 3
43Days
st
1 Cycle
Unit
Cumulative
Formative
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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Assessment
(CFA) 1
Suggested
Window
Oct. 19-21
See Outline
for
TEKS Details
nd
2 Cycle
Unit
Unit 4:Energy
Students will
#ofLessons
12
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Unit 4: Energy (12 Lessons)SCI.3.6A Explore different forms of energy, including mechanical,
45 min lessons
explore different
forms of energy.
Suggested
Pacing
Oct. 24 - Nov. 8
10
Part 1
Unit 5:Natural
Resources
Students explore
the usefulness of
natural resources
and the formation
of soil.
Nov. 9-17
Part 2
Nov. 28 Dec. 1
Nov. 16,18-22, Part 2: Soil Formation (4 Lessons)SCI.3.7A Explore and record how soils are formed by
Dec. 2 Extend, weathering of rock and the decomposition of plant and animal remains.
Review Assess,
Reteach
Early Dismissal
Nov. 16
Thanksgiving
Holiday Nov.
23-25
7
45 minute
lessons
Suggested
Pacing Dec. 513
Unit 6:
Landforms
Students will
investigate and
construct models
of common
landforms and
identify how they
change rapidly.
Dec. 14-16
Extend, Review
Assess,
Unit 6: Landforms (7 Lessons)S SCI.3.7B Investigate rapid changes in Earths surface such as
Reteach
volcanic eruptions,
CFA 2
Suggested
Window Dec.
14-16
SCI.3.3C Represent the natural world using models such as volcanoes or Sun, Earth, and Moon
system and identify their limitations, including size, properties, and materials.
See Outline
for
TEKS Details
Winter Break
Dec. 19 Jan 2
rd
3 Cycle
47Days
Jan. 4 Mar. 10, 2017
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
Unit
#ofLessons
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
6
Unit 7:Weather
Unit 7: Weather (6 Lessons)SCI.3.8A Observe, measure, record, and compare day-to-day
Students will
45 min lessons
weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind
observe, measure
direction, and precipitation.
and record weather Suggested Pacing
changes.
Jan. 4-11
10
Unit 8:The Solar
System Students
will explore the
characteristics of
the Sun, the
location of the
planets in the solar
system, and the
Sun, Earth, and
Moon relationship.
45 min lessons
Suggested Pacing Unit 8: The Solar System (10 Lessons)SCI.3.8B Describe and illustrate the Sun as a star
composed of gases that provides light and heat energy for the water cycle.SCI.3.8C
Construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including
Jan. 12-27
orbits and positions.
Jan. 25, 30-31
Extend Review
S SCI.3.8D Identify the planets in Earths solar system and their position in relation to the
Assess Reteach
Sun.
MLK Jr. Day Jan. 16
Suggested
Pacing
cycles.
Part 2: Animal Life Cycles (9 Lessons)S SCI.3.10C Investigate and compare how animals
Part 1
and plants undergo a series of orderly changes in their diverse life cycles such as tomato
plants, frogs, and lady bugs.
Feb. 1-13
Part 2
Feb. 14-27
Part 3
Feb. 28Mar. 3
rd
3 Cycle
Unit
47Days
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Part 3: Comparing Plant and Animal Life Cycles (4 Lessons)S SCI.3.10C Investigate and
compare how animals and plants undergo a series of orderly changes in their diverse life
cycles such as tomato plants, frogs, and lady bugs.
48Days
th
4 Cycle
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
Unit
#ofLessons
Unit 10:Energy
Flow in an
Ecosystem
Students identify
and describe the
flow of energy in a
food chain.
Unit 11:
Environmental
Interactions
Students will
investigate
different
environmental
interactions and
how environmental
conditions affect
populations within
an ecosystem.
11
45 min
lessons
Suggested
Pacing Mar.
20-28
45 min
lessons
Suggested
Pacing
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Unit 10: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem (7 Lessons)SCI.3.9B Identify and describe the flow of
energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as
removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field.
Part 1: Environmental Changes (6 Lessons)S SCI.3.9A Observe and describe the physical
characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an
ecosystem.SCI.3.9C Describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some
organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.
Part 2: Adaptations (5 Lessons)SCI.3.10A Explore how structures and functions of plants and
animals allow them to survive in a particular environment.S SCI.3.9A Observe and describe the
Part 1
physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within
Mar. 29- Apr. an ecosystem.
5
Part 2
Apr. 6-12
Apr. 13-21
Extend
Review
Assess
Reteach
Spring
Holiday Apr.
CFA 4
Suggested
Window
April 19- 21
See Outline
for
TEKS Details
th
4 Cycle
Unit
Unit 12:Inherited
Traits and
Learned
Behaviors
Students will
explore both
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Unit 12: Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors (10 Lessons)SCI.3.10B Explore that some
characteristics of organisms are inherited such as the number of limbs on an animal
45 min lessons or flower color and recognize that some behaviors are learned in response to living in
a certain environment such as animals using tools to get food.
Suggested
Pacing Apr. 24 10
May 5
May 8-12
Extend Review
inherited traits and
Assess Reteach
learned behaviors.
STAAR Reading
and Math May 8
&9
Unit 13: Descriptive Investigations (7 Lessons)SCI.3.2A Plan and implement descriptive
investigations, including asking and
answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology
needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world.
7
Unit 13:
Descriptive
Investigations
Students conduct
various descriptive
investigations.
45 min lessons
SCI.3.2B Collect data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize
differences between observed and measured data.
SCI.3.2C Construct maps, graphic organizers, simple tables, charts, and bar graphs using tools
Suggested
and current technology to organize, examine, and evaluate measured data.
Pacing May 15SCI.3.2D Analyze and interpret patterns in data to construct reasonable explanations based on
23
evidence from investigations.
May 24-25
Extend Review SCI.3.2E Demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results.
Assess Reteach
SCI.3.2F Communicate valid conclusions supported by data in writing, by drawing pictures, and