Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.2
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.2
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
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Identify one effect of an earthquake.
- Identify one form of erosion.
- Identify whether a hurricane will tear down or build up the Earth’s surface and explain why.
- Compare and contrast earthquakes and floods.
- “Volcanic activity can both tear down and build up the Earth’s surface.” Critique this statement.
- Hypothesize different ways erosion can actually build up the Earth’s surface.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Landslides
- Cracks in the earth’s surface
- Earthquakes can cause things to fall down
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Wind erosion
- Water erosion
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Hurricanes tear down Earth’s surface with high winds and flooding.
- The winds can blow over trees and cause erosion on surfaces.
- Flooding can cause changes to the surface of riverbanks wearing them away.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Earthquakes and floods both change Earth’s surface.
- Earthquakes can cause land structures to crumble or fall down.
- Flooding can cause changes to riverbanks.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Volcanic activity can tear down the Earth’s surface. Hot lava can destroy any living thing in its path.
- Volcanic activity can also build Earth’s surfaces. New landforms are made. The ash from the volcano helps new life start.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Water erosion can build up Earth’s surface when the river brings eroded material to form new structures.
- Volcanic erosion can form new landforms.
- Wind erosion carries the particles, and they build up other places.
