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Science - Grade 3

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Goals and Descriptions

Goal 11: Inquiry/Tech Design | Goal 12: Life/Physical/Earth/Space | Goal 13: Science and Society

Goal 11: Inquiry/Tech Design

Goal 11: Inquiry/Tech Design Description

Standard 11.A
The learner will be able to know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A		Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 11.A	Classroom Home

Inquiry: Describe/Observed/Event
The learner will be able to describe an observed event by: (Knowledge) - using senses to describe an event; (Knowledge) - using measurements to describe an event, extending the senses; (Knowledge) - using observations to make predictions; (Application) - explaining systematically what happened in an event; (Application) - creating a prediction based on observations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Data: Collection
The learner will be able to collect data for investigations by: (Knowledge) - asking questions from prior knowledge; (Knowledge) - asking questions from observations; (Knowledge) - asking questions using inferences from observations and prior knowledge; (Application) - using prior knowledge to ask questions; (Application) - using observations to ask questions; (Applications) - making inferences from observations and prior knowledge to ask questions.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Data: Collection/Select/Use/Tools
The learner will be able to collect data for investigations using measuring instruments and technologies by: (Knowledge) - identifying appropriate instruments for gathering data; (Knowledge) - comparing of standard and non-standard measurements; (Knowledge) - summarizing and graphically displaying data collected from instruments; (Application) - selecting and discussing appropriate instruments for gathering data; (Application) - using standard and non-standard measurements; (Application) - reading data from data-collection instruments.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Data: Record/Store
The learner will be able to record and store data by: (Knowledge) - explaining pictures or drawings that illustrate data; (Knowledge) - describing data on classroom charts; (Knowledge) - describing data on simple tables, in journals, or on computers; (Application) - creating pictures or drawings to illustrate data; (Application) - recording data on classroom charts; (Application) - recording data on simple tables, in journals, or on computers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Results: Report/Display
The learner will be able to report and display results by: (Knowledge) - restate data on graphs and/or charts; (Knowledge) - explaining terminology that describes patterns; (Knowledge) - interpreting data noting similarities and differences in the patterns of the data; (Knowledge) - giving examples of data that predict future events; (Application) - displaying and discussing data on graphs and/or charts; (Application) - choosing terminology to describe patterns; (Application) - summarizing and discussing data noting similarities and differences in the patterns of the data; (Application) - using data to predict future events.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Observations: Compare/Individuals/Groups
The learner will be able to compare observations of individual and group results by: (Knowledge) - interpreting data from other individuals and/or groups; (Knowledge) - explaining possible reasons for differences or discrepancies in the data; (Application) - compare and discuss data from other individuals and/or groups; (Application) - suggesting possible reasons for differences or discrepancies in the data.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Standard 11.B
The learner will be able to know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of technological design.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 11.B	Classroom Home

Design: Device/Solve/Problem
The learner will be able to design a device that will be useful in solving the problem by: (Knowledge) - identify possible solutions to design a device; (Application) - building models of possible designs.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Design: Solution/Test/Report/Results
The learner will be able to compose a report regarding an instrument he/she created to solve a design problem, report the design of the device, the test, process and the results in solving a given problem by: (Knowledge) - listing the steps to follow to build and test a device; (Knowledge) - remembering procedures to follow and data to collect to support a solution to a problem; (Application) - demonstrating and discussing for the class the steps to follow to build and test a device; (Application) - reporting and discussing to the class about experiences, problems, and data collection that took place during the construction and testing of a device.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Results: Build/Test/Record
The learner will be able to test the device and record results using given instruments, techniques, and measurement methods by: (Knowledge) - examine a strategy chosen for testing a device; (Knowledge) - summarizing data from a test of a device in a table or chart; (Knowledge) - identifying changes that can be made in a device based on test results; (Application) - developing a strategy to test a device; (Application) - collecting data from a test of a device in a table or chart; (Application) - modifying the device based on test results.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Build: Design/Device/Tools
The learner will be able to build the device using the materials and tools provided by: (Knowledge) - describing how to build a device using materials and tools provided; (Application) - building device using materials and tools provided.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Solutions: Know/Possible/Problem
The learner will be able to know possible solutions when given a design problem by: (Knowledge) - selecting a design problem solution (e.g., best design for a paper airplane); (Knowledge) - discuss the best design; (Application) - recording possible solutions to a design problem; (Application) - using observations, prior experiences, and facts to propose solutions.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 11.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 11B, Stage C	Classroom Home

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Goal 12: Life/Physical/Earth/Space

Goal 12: Life/Physical/Earth/Space Description

Standard 12.A
The learner will be able to know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.A		Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 12.A	Classroom Home

Living Systems: Know/Components
The learner will be able to know the component parts of living things and their major functions by: (Knowledge) - matching the component parts of living things to their functions; (Knowledge) - listing component parts and their functions for a chosen organism; (Application) - predicting how a change of one component part would change the major functions of an entire living system.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Organisms: Categorize/Features
The learner will be able to categorize living organisms using a variety of observable features by: (Knowledge) - identifying the size, color, and shape of organisms; (Knowledge) - giving examples of animals that have a backbone or do not have a backbone; (Knowledge) - communicating the rules for grouping living organisms; (Application) - classifying organisms by size, color, and shape and explaining the group rules; (Application) - classifying living organisms according to whether they have a backbone or not; (Application) - categorizing animals according to common physical characteristics (e.g., long segmented bodies; hair, feathers) and explaining the group rules.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12A, Stage C	Classroom Home

Standard 12.B
The learner will be able to know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.B		Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 12.B	Classroom Home

Organisms: Environment/Relationship
The learner will be able to know the relationship of living things to their environment by: (Knowledge) - identifying adaptations animals and plants have made to survive in their habitat (e.g., camouflage in animals); (Knowledge) - describing what would happen if an animal lost one of its basic adaptations or was placed in an unfavorable environment (e.g., polar bear in the desert); (Knowledge) - identify animals and/or plants by their habitat (e.g., forest, pond, desert); (Application) - explain adaptations that distinguish animals and plants from different habitats; (Application) - predicting how adaptations help animals survive in the environment; (Application) - distinguishing animals that would be found in one habitat from those that would be found in another type of habitat.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Living Systems: Interdependent
The learner will be able to know how living things are dependent on one another for survival by: (Knowledge) - identifying what living things need to stay alive; (Knowledge) - explaining what natural resources living things need to stay alive; (Knowledge) - explaining how living things depend on one another for survival (e.g., a food chain); (Application) - summarize survival needs of organisms; (Application) - relate what would happen to an organism if it lost its environmental resources; (Application) - Role playing what would happen if a group of organisms (e.g., plant eaters) were removed from an environment.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12B, Stage C	Classroom Home

Standard 12.C
The learner will be able to know and apply concepts that describe properties of matter and energy and the interactions between them.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.C		Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 12.C	Classroom Home

Energy: Sources/Know
The learner will be able to know sources of energy by: (Knowledge) - listing and comparing sources of energy; (Knowledge) - identifying which energy source would be used in a given situation; (Application) - identify energy sources and the objects they power; (Application) - choosing and evaluating the best source of energy to be used in a given situation.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12C Stage C	Classroom Home

Matter: Physical/Properties
The learner will be able to know large-scale physical properties of matter by: (Knowledge) - giving examples of physical properties of matter; (Application) - classifying objects according to physical properties.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.C	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12C Stage C	Classroom Home

Standard 12.D
The learner will be able to know and apply concepts that describe force and motion and the principles that explain them.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.D		Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 12.D	Classroom Home

Motion: Know/Examples
The learner will be able to know examples of motion by: (Knowledge) - listing various examples of motion; (Knowledge) - describing and giving examples of how sound is produced by vibrating objects; (Application) - discovering and discussing multiple examples of how objects move; (Application) - demonstrating and discussing how sound is produced by vibrating objects.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.D	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12D, Stage C	Classroom Home

Forces: Nature/Know
The learner will be able to know observable forces in nature by: (Knowledge) - making observations and describing the effects of forces in nature; (Knowledge) - describing observational data on push-pull forces; (Knowledge) - discovering how force changes the position and motion of an object; (Application) - examine the effects of forces in nature; (Application) - recording and discussing observational data on push-pull forces; (Application) - demonstrating and summarizing how force changes the position and motion of an object.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 12.D	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 12D, Stage C	Classroom Home