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Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.3

Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.2.3

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Activities

  1. Identify one way animals use water.
  1. Identify one way humans use water.
  1. Compare and contrast how humans use water and how animals use water.                                
  1. Living things depend on water. Predict what will happen if our water becomes polluted.
  1. Living things benefit from water use in many different ways. Develop a logical argument as to why we should conserve water.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Animals can use water to drink, to bathe, as a habitat, etc.
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Humans can use water to drink, to cook, for electricity, etc.
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Humans and animals both use water for survival. They need to drink water to survive.
  • Both use water to clean themselves.
  • Humans use water for electricity and irrigation.
  • Animals use water as habitats.
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • If water becomes polluted, living things may not be able to use it.
  • Animals living in the water may not survive.
  • Living things drinking the water may become sick.
  • Populations will most likely die out as they depend on clean water
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Living things need water to survive, and there are many benefits of water.
  • We need to conserve water, because without it, we could not live.
  • Water is important for everything on the planet, so it is important to make sure we have enough of it.
  • Water is being depleted by population growth, climate change, and pollution
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