Correlation to Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum3rd Grade Science |
ISBN: 1-4042-6439-6
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Unit 1: Measuring and Describing Matter and Materials
In this unit, the student will explore changes in the states of matter and will utilize both the metric and U.S. units of measurement in their investigations of these changes.
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| Let’s Graph It! |
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| Solid, Liquid, Gas: What Is Matter? |
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| Fun with Fractions |
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| Let’s Have a Bake Sale: Calculating Profit and Unit Cost |
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| Guess How Many |
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| Let’s Visit Canada: The Metric System |
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| Everyday Physical Science Experiments with Liquids |
$42.00 |
| Everyday Physical Science Experiments at the Playground |
$42.00 |
Unit 2: Forces and Motion
The exploration of Newton’s laws of force, motion, and the position of objects over time is the focus of this unit. Investigation of the characteristics of force and motion is provided throughout the activities.
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| How Do Airplanes Fly? |
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| Heads or Tails? Exploring Probability Through Games |
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| Everyday Physical Science Experiments with Gravity |
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| Everyday Physical Science Experiments with Magnetism |
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Unit 3: Energy
Explorations of the transformation of energy into sound, heat, and electricity are the focus of this unit. Hands-on activities are used to explore sound through pitch and volume, heat through temperature changes, and electricity through basic circuitry.
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| Inside the Sun |
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| Simple Machines |
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| It’s Electric! |
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Unit 4: Plants and Animals
In this unit the relationships of plants and animals to each other and to their environment will be explored. The human body structures will be examined, as well as the skeletal and digestive systems. Relationships and growth will be analyzed with respect to proper diet, using the food pyramid.
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| How a Frog Gets Its Legs |
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| Gorilla Families |
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| Animals of the Savanna |
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| How Leaves Change Color |
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| Reptiles and Amphibians |
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| How Do Plants Grow? |
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| Birds: Modern-Day Dinosaurs |
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| Amazing Animals: Multiplying Multidigit Numbers by a One-Digit Number with Regrouping |
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| Animals of the Tropical Rainforest |
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| Kangaroos in the Land Down Under |
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| A Frog’s Life: Learning Sequential Order Using a Timeline |
$32.00 |
| How Many Legs? Learning to Multiply Using Repeated Addition |
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| Our New Fish Tank: Learning to Estimate and Round Numbers to the Nearest Ones, Tens, and Hundreds Places |
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| Snakes of the World: Learning to Use Inches and Feet to Measure an Object |
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| The Life Cycle of a Mouse |
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| The Life Cycle of a Painted Turtle |
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| Producers in the Food Chain |
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| Eat Right, Feel Good |
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| It’s Fun to Exercise! |
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| How to Be Healthy |
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| Food Fractions: Learning How Fractional Parts Equal a Whole |
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Unit 5: Rocks, Soils, and Change
This unit focuses on the properties of earth materials and how they are formed. Explorations will include the characteristics of minerals and the identification of rocks and minerals. Both physical and chemical processes will be analyzed to determine changes to the environment through weathering, rusting, and erosion.
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| Warning: Volcano! The Story of Mount St. Helens |
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| Beneath Earth’s Surface |
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| Facts About Earthquakes |
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| How the Dinosaurs Disappeared |
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| Rocks and Fossils |
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| Hands-on Projects About Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils |
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| Icthyosaurus and Little Mary Anning |
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Unit 6: The Solar System
This unit is focused on the observation and exploration of the objects in the sky and their describable characteristics. The structure and composition of the solar system will be investigated, using various reference documents and models, as well as direct observations of visible bodies.
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| Mars: The Red Planet |
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| Galileo: Man of Science |
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| Dennis Tito: First Space Tourist |
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| Space Rocks: A Look at Asteroids and Comets |
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| All About the Moon |
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| Let’s Look at Venus |
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| Exploring Saturn |
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| Hands-on Projects About Earth and Space |
$42.00 |
| Super Space Stations |
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| A Trip Through Our Solar System |
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| Space Math |
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| The History of Space Exploration: Sequencing Events Chronologically on a Timeline |
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Unit 7: The Environment
Characteristics of ecosystems and their relationship with the living and nonliving components within will be explored in this unit. Changes in habitats and their subsequent effects will be explored through investigations.
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| Creating a City Park: Dividing Three-Digit Numbers by One-Digit Numbers Without Remainders |
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| What’s Under the Sea? |
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| What Lives on a Prairie? |
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| Facts about Forest Fires |
$23.10 |
| Life in the Rain Forest |
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| Life in the Artic |
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| Life in the Desert |
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| How Do Trees Grow? |
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| Life in a Coral Reef |
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| Recycling a Can |
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| Exploring the Grand Canyon |
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| The Galapagos Islands |
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| Exploring Australia: Using Charts, Graphs, and Tables |
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| Let’s Take a Hike! Converting Fractions to Decimals |
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| The Ecosystem of a Fallen Tree |
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Unit 8: Weather Patterns
This unit focuses on the identification and description of the differences between weather and climate as a basis for understanding the water cycle and patterns of precipitation and violent weather. Earth’s rotation on its own axis plus its revolution around the Sun are factors involved in developing weather patterns. Seasonal changes may be incorporated into the development of weather patterns.
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| Where Does Rain Come From? |
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| I Wonder Why the Sky is Blue |
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| Avalanche! |
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| Water in the Atmosphere |
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| Hurricanes and Tropical Storms |
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| Facts About Tornadoes |
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| It’s a Blizzard! |
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| Dangerous Droughts |
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