Science Standards of Learning for Florida Public Schools

Grade Three

 
 
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Note: a variety of digital games and exercises support scientific investigation, reasoning and logic.


Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
SC.3.N.1.1

Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them individually and in teams through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.

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SC.3.N.1.2

Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.

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SC.3.N.1.3

Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written, or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted.

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SC.3.N.1.6

Infer based on observation.

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SC.3.N.1.7

Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.

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Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
SC.3.N.3.1

Recognize that words in science can have different or more specific meanings than their use in everyday language; for example, energy, cell, heat/cold, and evidence.

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SC.3.N.3.2

Recognize that scientists use models to help understand and explain how things work.

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SC.3.N.3.3

Recognize that all models are approximations of natural phenomena; as such, they do not perfectly account for all observations.

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Idea 14: Organization & Development of Living Organisms
SC.3.L.14.1

Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.

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SC.3.L.14.2

Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity), such as the way plant stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity.

 Plant Adaptations Plant Adaptations Plant Adaptations   N/A
Idea 15: Diversity & Evolution of Living Organisms
SC.3.L.15.1

Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

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SC.3.L.15.2 Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics. Refer to Organism screens Botany section; Refer to Organism screens Refer to Organism screens   N/A
Idea 17: Interdependence
SC.3.L.17.1

Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.

 Adaptations Seasonality     N/A
SC.3.L.17.2

Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food

 Food Web section Dependency Web: Food Refer to Build-a-Desert   N/A