Category: Grade 3
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3-ESS2-1: Seasonal Weather Patterns – Representing and Analyzing Weather Data
Students represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. This standard moves students from informal weather observation to formal data analysis, using bar graphs and tables of temperature, precipitation, and wind direction to reveal seasonal patterns that support predictions about future weather.
3-ESS2-2: World Climates – Describing and Comparing Climates Across Different Regions
Students obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. By gathering and synthesizing information from books, maps, data sources, and images, students build an evidence-based understanding of how climate varies across the globe and what factors, including latitude, elevation, and proximity to water, drive those differences.
3-ESS3-1: Weather-Related Natural Hazards – Evaluating Design Solutions That Reduce Their Impact
Students make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. From flood barriers and wind-resistant roofs to lightning rods and drought-tolerant landscaping, this engineering-integrated standard asks third graders to apply scientific understanding of weather hazards to evaluate how well specific solutions protect communities, using evidence to support their claims.