Government Standards



Next Generation Science

Science - Grade 3

Assessment Exam - NGS - Grade 3
Physical Science eTAP Lesson
Forces and Interactions
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
NGS.3-PS2-1
Observing Relative Position
Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
NGS.3-PS2-2
Making Predictions Through Observations
Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
NGS.3-PS2-3
Magnetic Force
Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
NGS.3-PS2-4
Magnetic Poles
Life Science eTAP Lesson
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
NGS.3-LS2-1
Animal Match
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
NGS.3-LS4-1
Fossils
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
NGS.3-LS4-3
Habitats
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
NGS.3-LS4-4
Where does this Plant Belong
Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
NGS.3-LS1-1
Life Cycles
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
NGS.3-LS3-1
Plant Sort
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
NGS.3-LS3-2
Plant Growth
Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
NGS.3-LS4-2
Let it Grow Experiments
Earth and Space Science eTAP Lesson
Weather and Climate
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
NGS.3-ESS2-1
Weather

Data Collecting
Life Science eTAP Lesson
Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
NGS.3-ESS2-2
 
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impactsof a weather-related hazard.
NGS.3-ESS3-1