| Galena City School District | ||
| Standards and Skills | ||
| S.03 | Science - Grade 3 | |
| S.03.01 | interpret weather maps. | |
| S.03.01.01 | - identify the symbol for storms. | |
| S.03.01.02 | - identify the symbol for rain. | |
| S.03.01.03 | - identify the symbol for snow. | |
| S.03.01.04 | - identify the symbol for wind. | |
| S.03.02 | describe the solar system. | |
| S.03.02.01 | - tell that the sun is the nearest star to Earth. | |
| S.03.02.02 | - identify the sun on a model of the solar system. | |
| S.03.02.03 | - comprehend that objects in space closest to Earth appear larger. | |
| S.03.03 | apply basic facts about the moon. | |
| S.03.03.01 | - locate the moon on a model of the solar system. | |
| S.03.03.02 | - describe the moon's atmosphere. | |
| S.03.03.03 | - compare the gravity on the moon to the earth's gravity. | |
| S.03.03.04 | - describe the orbit of the moon around the earth. | |
| S.03.04 | identify man-made and natural products made from earth materials. | |
| S.03.05 | identify technologies used to study space science. | |
| S.03.05.01 | - tell what astronauts do. | |
| S.03.05.02 | - tell what astronomers do. | |
| S.03.05.03 | - identify astronomical instruments. | |
| S.03.06 | define food chains. | |
| S.03.06.01 | - diagram food chains. | |
| S.03.06.02 | - identify examples of food chains. | |
| S.03.07 | describe the life cycles of organisms. | |
| S.03.07.01 | compare life cycles of birds, reptiles, mammals, amphibians. | |
| S.03.07.02 | - differentiate organisms from non-living things. | |
| S.03.07.03 | - identify the example of a life cycle of a single animal. | |
| S.03.07.04 | - analyze metamorphic changes. | |
| S.03.07.05 | - identify the life cycle of plants. | |
| S.03.08 | identify examples of resource management. | |
| S.03.08.01 | - tell purpose of recycling. | |
| S.03.08.02 | - identify examples of recycling. | |
| S.03.08.03 | - identify examples of natural resources. | |
| S.03.08.04 | - identify examples of conservation of limited resources. | |
| S.03.08.05 | - identify sources of air pollution. | |
| S.03.08.06 | - identify activities which improve air quality. | |
| S.03.09 | apply concepts of evolution of species. | |
| S.03.09.01 | - identify examples of new species created by adaptation to environment. | |
| S.03.09.02 | - identify examples of new species created by adaptation to food sources. | |
| S.03.09.03 | - explain how adaptation leads to species diversity. | |
| S.03.09.04 | - identify extinct species. | |
| S.03.09.05 | - define extinction. | |
| S.03.09.06 | - match physical adaptations to survival purposes (beaks to open seeds). | |
| S.03.09.07 | - compare food getting, reproductive, protective, climatic adaptations. | |
| S.03.10 | predict the effect that magnets have on metallic objects. | |
| S.03.11 | apply the concept of the conservation of matter and mass. | |
| S.03.11.01 | - predict the effect an action will have on matter. | |
| S.03.12 | identify examples of different states of matter. | |
| S.03.12.01 | - predict the effect that heating or cooling will have on a substance. | |
| S.03.12.02 | - identify the processes which cause changes in states of matter. | |
| S.03.13 | match types of energy and their sources. | |
| S.03.13.01 | - identify sources of heat. | |
| S.03.13.02 | - identify sources of light. | |
| S.03.13.03 | - identify sources of electrical energy. | |
| S.03.13.04 | - identify combustion. | |
| S.03.13.05 | - identify sources of chemical energy. | |
| S.03.14 | identify every day examples of motion and force. | |
| S.03.14.01 | - identify examples of force. | |
| S.03.14.02 | - identify examples of the action of gravity. | |
| S.03.14.03 | - identify examples of mass. | |
| S.03.14.04 | - identify examples of the interaction of force and motion. | |
| S.03.15 | conduct scientific inquiry. | |
| S.03.15.01 | - tell the purpose of an experiment. | |
| S.03.15.02 | - analyze experimental design to determine purpose. | |
| S.03.15.03 | - compare the types questions answered by different experiment designs. | |
| S.03.15.04 | - differentiate "how many, what kind, how much, where, when." | |
| S.03.15.05 | - test a hypothesis against given results. | |
| S.03.16 | interpret scientific data. | |
| S.03.16.1 | - interpret bar graph results. | |
| S.03.16.2 | - summarize data results. | |
| S.03.17 | apply technology to scientific inquiry. | |
| S.03.17.01 | - estimate and compare the mass of objects. | |
| S.03.17.02 | - tells the purposes of scientific tools and instruments. | |
| S.03.17.03 | - match different scientific tools to the appropriate field of science. | |
| S.03.17.04 | - identify technology used in medicine. | |
| S.03.17.05 | - identify technology used in astronomy. | |
| S.03.17.06 | - identify technology use in meteorology. | |
| S.03.17.07 | - identify the sources of energy used in technologies. | |
| S.03.18 | place everyday inventions/technologies on a timeline. | |
| S.03.18.01 | - identify ancient technologies. | |
| S.03.18.02 | - identify recent past technologies. | |
| S.03.18.03 | - identify medieval technologies. | |
| S.03.18.04 | - identify current technologies. | |
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