Grade 3 Science GSE Standards

Life Science

Physical Science

Earth and Space Science

Digital Awareness

Reflective Researcher

Global Collaborator

Creative Communicator

Computational Thinker

Innovative Designer and Creator

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Empowered Learner

Select and use the most appropriate platform, tool, style, format and digital media to clearly and creatively express thoughts, messages, goals, or positions.

Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

Develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that use the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate.

Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

Test and debug (identify and fix errors) a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, conditionals, and variables.

Understand the relationship between technology, lifelong learning, and the appropriate use of information.

Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

Identify and propose ways to improve usability of technology for diverse users.

Identify the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world, and then act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Discuss real-world cybersecurity problems (e.g. viruses, phishing attacks, click bait, etc) and how personal information can be protected.

Understand, demonstrate, and encourage respect for intellectual property of print and digital media.

Create and manage digital identity through positive, safe, and ethical online interactions.

Identify the features of current technologies and use that knowledge to understand emerging technologies.

Describe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system.

Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks.

Determine potential solutions to solve simple hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies.

Develop and apply keyboarding skills, utilizing current technology.

Compare and contrast prior knowledge on current technologies with that of new or emerging technologies.

Develop, reflect on, and revise personal learning goals in collaboration with their peers.

Use digital tools to expand personal viewpoints and enrich learning by collaborating effectively both locally and globally.

Explore local and global issues using digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures

Seek diverse perspectives for the purpose of improving computational artifacts.

Use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.

Explore and practice a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.

Select, evaluate, and use appropriate digital tools to plan and manage a design process.

Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one's own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) a variety of resources and digital tools to construct knowledge and produce creative artifacts.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues.

Explain why a real-world issue exists or was created and develop a possible solution.

Gather, evaluate, and organize quality information from multiple sources.

Understand and use effective research strategies to locate information and other resources.

Evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data, or other resources.

Use information from multiple sources to identify real-world issues and create solutions.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the physical attributes of rocks and soils.

Ask questions and analyze data to classify rocks by their physical attributes (color, texture, luster, and hardness) using simple tests.

Plan and carry out investigations to describe properties (color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support growth of plants) of soils and soil types (sand, clay, loam).

Make observations of the local environment to construct an explanation of how water and/or wind have made changes to soil and/or rocks over time.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on how fossils provide evidence of past organisms.

Construct an argument from observations of fossils (authentic or reproductions) to communicate how they serve as evidence of past organisms and the environments in which they lived.

Develop a model to describe the sequence and conditions required for an organism to become fossilized.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.

Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's geographic regions.

Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.

Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of pollution (air, land, and water) and humans on the environment.

Ask questions to collect information and create records of sources and effects of pollution on the plants and animals.

Explore, research, and communicate solutions, such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials, to protect plants and animals.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the ways heat energy is transferred and measured.

Ask questions to identify sources of heat energy.

Plan and carry out an investigation to gather data using thermometers to produce tables and charts that illustrate the effect of sunlight on various objects.

Use tools and every day materials to design and construct a device/structure that will increase/decrease the warming effects of sunlight on various materials.