Third
Grade Curriculum Third
Grade Curriculum Living
Organisms
•Arthropods (insects, spiders) and
how they are classified, their life cycles, habitats, food, and survival characteristics
•Food chain/food web and the part insects and spiders play in the food
web.
Simple
Machines
•Identify
and build six simple machines and describe how they make work easier
Rocks and Minerals
•Recognize characteristics of common rocks and minerals
•Describe uses of materials taken from the earth
•Explain how rocks and fossils can be used to understand earth's history.
Measurement
•Continue measuring in the metric system using
balances, thermometers, ruler
Weather
•Weather forecasting
•Water cycle and precipitation, evaporation, and clouds
Inquiry
•Creating graphs, charts, and diagram
•Interpreting graphs, charts, and diagrams
Economics
•Describe markets, pricing and the need for money
•Introduce division of labor and productivity
