Science 3

Science 3 guides students on an exploration of the natural world, its animals, its plants, and its habitats. Students examine some of Earth’s major biomes and identify how adaptations help plants and animals to survive varying conditions. They will learn about life cycles and ways in which organisms' traits may provide advantages in surviving and finding mates in order to reproduce. Students become junior meteorologists and learn to explain weather and climate, and they use weather instruments and knowledge of patterns to observe and predict the weather. They also learn to recognize how fossils are formed and about the information fossils can provide about Earth’s past, using geologic time scales to identify the eras when fossilized organisms lived. They explore the ways in which force and motion are related, and they investigate energy, magnetism, and electricity. Finally, students research topics and formulate questions, make predictions and observations, experiment and use evidence, and draw inferences and identify patterns based on their scientific inquiries. This course includes a printed Parent and Teacher Guide that will help you support your student’s learning.