Minnesota State Standards for Science: Grade 3

MN.I.A. History and Nature of Science: Scientific World View: The student will understand the use of science as a tool to examine the natural world.

I.A.1. The student will explore the use of science as a tool that can help investigate and answer questions about the environment. 31
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MN.I.B. History and Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry: The student will understand the nature of scientific investigations.

I.B.1. The student will ask questions about the natural world that can be investigated scientifically. 24
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I.B.2. The student will participate in a scientific investigation using appropriate tools. 24
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I.B.3. The student will know that scientists use different kinds of investigations depending on the questions they are trying to answer. 33
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MN.II.C. Physical Science: Energy Transformation: The student will explore the characteristics and properties of sound and light.

II.C.1. The student will investigate how sounds are made when objects vibrate. 12
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II.C.2. The student will know that light tends to maintain its direction of motion until it is absorbed, refracted, or reflected by an object. 14
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MN.III.B. Earth and Space Science: The Water Cycle, Weather and Climate: The student will investigate weather conditions.

III.B.1. The student will measure, record, and describe weather conditions using common instruments. 40
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III.B.2. The student will identify cumulus, cirrus and stratus clouds. 2
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MN.III.C. Earth and Space Science: The Universe The student will understand the characteristics and relationships of objects in the solar system.

III.C.1. The student will recognize the difference between rotation and revolution and their connection to day, night, seasons and the year. 6
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III.C.2. The student will identify the planets in the solar system and their relative sizes, distances and basic characteristics. 37
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MN.III.C. Earth and Space Science: The Universe: The student will understand the characteristics and relationships of objects in the solar system.

III.C.3. The student will observe that the sun supplies heat and light to the Earth. 4
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III.C.4. The student will know that planets look like stars, but over time they move differently than stars. 42
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MN.IV.B. Life Science: Diversity of Organisms: The student will recognize that plants and animals have different structures that serve various functions.

IV.B.1. The student will describe the structures that serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction for plants and animals. 128
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IV.B.2. The student will know that plants have different structures from animals that serve the same necessary functions in growth, survival and reproduction. 128
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MN.IV.C. Life Science: Interdependence of Life: The student will understand that an organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of its environment.

IV.C.1. The student will know that organisms interact with one another in various ways besides providing food. 54
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IV.C.2. The student will know that changes in a habitat can be beneficial or harmful to an organism. 54
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MN.IV.D. Life Science: Heredity: The student will understand that many characteristics of an organism are inherited from its parents, but that other characteristics result from an individual's interactions with the environment.

IV.D.1. The student will observe and differentiate between characteristics of organisms that are inherited and characteristics that are acquired. 7
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IV.D.2. The student will identify similarities and differences between parent and offspring. 3
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