Marci Kreutzer

Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
Indicator
3.1.1 Generate
sounds using
different
materials,
objects and
techniques.
Record the
sounds and then
discuss and
share the results.

Lesson

I can
I can generate
sounds using
different
materials.

Evidence

Vocabular
y
Sound

I can generate
using different
objects.
I can generate
sounds using
different
techniques.
I can record the
sounds and
discuss the
results.

3.1.2 Investigate
how the
loudness and
pitch of sound
changes when
the rate of
vibrations
changes.
3.1.3 Investigate
and recognize
that sound
moves through
solids, liquids
and gases (e.g.,
air).

I can record
sounds and share
the results.
I can investigate
how the loudness
of sound changes.
I can investigate
the pitch of how
sound changes
when the rate of
vibrations
changes.
I can investigate
that sound moves
through solids.
I can investigate
that sound moves
through liquids.
I can investigate
that sound moves
through gases
(example: air).

Loudness
Sound
Pitch
Vibrations

Sound
Solid
Liquid
Gas

Marci Kreutzer
Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
I can recognize
that sound moves
through solids.
I can recognize
how sound moves
through liquids.

3.1.4 Investigate
how light travels
through the air
and tends to
maintain its
direction until it
interacts with
some other
object or
material.
3.1.5 Observe
and describe
how light is
absorbed,
changes its
direction, is
reflected back
and passes
through objects.
Observe and
describe that a
shadow results
when light
cannot pass
through an
object.

I can recognize
that sound moves
through gases
(example: air).
I can investigate
how light travels
through the air
and tends to
maintain its
direction until it
interacts with
some other
objects or
material.

I can observe and

describe how light
is absorbed.
I can observe and
describe how light
changes its
direction.
I can observe and
describe how light
is reflected back
and passes
through objects.
I can observe and
describe that a
shadow results
when light cannot
pass through an
object.

Light

Light
Shadow

Marci Kreutzer
Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
3.1.6 Describe
evidence to
support the idea
that light and
sound are forms
of energy.

3.2.1 Examine
the physical
properties of
rock samples
and sort them
into categories
based on size
using simple
tools such as
sieves.

I can describe
evidence to
support the idea
that light is a
form of energy.
I can describe
evidence to
support the idea
that sound is a
form of energy.
I can examine the
physical
properties of rock
samples.

Light
Sound
Energy

Rock

I can sort the rock

samples into
categories based
on size using
sample tools.

3.2.2 Observe
the detailed
characteristics of
rocks and
minerals. Identify
rocks as being
composed of
different
combinations of
minerals.

I can observe the

detailed
characteristics of
rocks and
minerals.

3.2.3 Classify
and identify
minerals by their
physical
properties of
hardness, color,
luster and streak.

I can classify
minerals by their
physical
properties of
hardness, color,
luster, and streak.

Rock
Materials

I can identify
rocks as being
composed of
different
combinations of
minerals.

I can identify
minerals by their

Minerals

Marci Kreutzer
Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
physical
properties of
hardness, color,
luster, and streak.

3.2.4 Identify
fossils and
describe how
they provide
evidence about
the plants and
animals that
lived long ago
and the nature of
their
environment at
that time.

I can identify
fossils.

3.2.5 Describe
natural materials
and give
examples of how
they sustain the
lives of plants
and animals.

I can describe
natural
materials.

3.2.6 Describe
how the
properties of
earth materials
make them
useful to humans
in different ways.
Describe ways
that humans
have altered
these resources
to meet their

I can describe
how the
properties of
earth materials
make them useful
to humans in
different ways.

I can describe
how the fossils
provide evidence
about the plants
and animals that
lived long ago.

Fossils
Plants
Animals

I can describe the

nature of the
environment at
that time.

Plants
Animals

I can give
examples of
how natural
materials
sustain the
lives of plants
and animals.

I can describe
ways that humans
have altered
these resources
to meet their
needs for

Earth Materials

Marci Kreutzer
Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
needs for
survival.

survival.

3.3.1 Identify the

common
structures of a
plant including its
roots, stems,
leaves, flowers,
fruits and seeds.
Describe their
functions.

I can identify the

common
structures of a
plant including its
roots, stems,
leaves, flowers,
fruits, and seeds.

3.3.2 Investigate
plant growth over
time, take
measurements in
SI units, record
the data and
display the data
in graphs.
Examine factors
that might
influence plant
growth.

I can investigate
plant growth over
time.

3.4.1 Choose
and use the
appropriate tools
to estimate and
measure length,
mass and
temperature in SI
units.

Plants

I can describe the

common
structures
functions.

Plants

I can take
measurements in
SI units.
I can record the
data.
I can display the
data in graphs.
I can examine
factors that might
influence plant
growth.
I can choose and
use the
appropriate tools
to estimate and
measure length in
SI units.
I can choose and
use the
appropriate tools
to estimate and
measure mass in

Length
Mass
Temperature
SI Units

Marci Kreutzer
Danessa Crawhorn
Allison Koester
Charlotte Roberts

THIRD GRADE
SI units.

3.4.2 Define the

uses and types
of simple
machines and
utilize simple
machines in the
solution to a
real world
problem.

I can choose and

use the
appropriate tools
to estimate and
measure
temperature in SI
units.
I can define the
uses of simple
machines.
I can define the
types of simple
machines.
I can utilize
simple machines
in the solution to
a real world
problem.

Machines