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Primary Grade: 3
Grade Range: 3
Credit Equivalency:
Semester: 0.5 Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
TEACHER SERVICES
All course teachers are certified, subject-area content experts. The teacher will grade student assessments and provide detailed feedback. The course teacher is available to answer student questions via email, during scheduled office hours, or by virtual appointment. The teacher will carry out documented modifications and accommodations that are applicable to the online course. Progress monitoring and supplemental material will be provided by the teacher as needed.
AUTO-GRADED COURSE
Auto-graded courses are self-paced, multimodal, and standards-aligned. Students progress independently and are assessed frequently through weekly checkpoints and Mastery Assessments. Upon submission of assessments, students receive immediate answers and feedback and can mark the completion of work via a completion button in the learning management system. These courses allow students to work at their own pace and spend the necessary time on course content to ensure mastery.