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Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.2

Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.2

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 effect of an earthquake.
  1. Identify one form of erosion. 
  1. Identify whether a hurricane will tear down or build up the Earth’s surface and explain why.                              
  1. Compare and contrast earthquakes and floods.
  1. “Volcanic activity can both tear down and build up the Earth’s surface.” Critique this statement.
  1. Hypothesize different ways erosion can actually build up the Earth’s surface.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Landslides
  • Cracks in the earth’s surface
  • Earthquakes can cause things to fall down
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • Wind erosion
  • Water erosion
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
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