Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.3
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.1.3.3
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 slow change to Earth’s surface.
- Identify one rapid change to Earth’s surface.
- Compare and contrast a method of slow change and rapid change to the Earth’s surface.
- Cause: it rains every day where a rock column is located. What is a possible effect?
- Draw conclusions on what is easier for a living thing to adjust to: a slow change or a rapid change to the Earth’s surface.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Weathering
- Erosion
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Volcanic activity
- Hurricane
- Earthquake
- Land/Mud slides
- Flood
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Both slow and rapid changes can change how the Earth looks.
- Rapid changes happen almost instantly; slow changes happen over time.
- Students should identify one slow and one rapid and explain how they are similar and different.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Effect: over time, the rock column may be worn down to almost nothing.
- Effect: there may not be an immediate effect, but eventually the rock column will have a different shape due to the water eroding the surface
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- A slow change will be easier to adjust to because it does not happen all at once.
- A slow change is not very noticeable, so it will not take much adjustment.
- Living things may adjust right along with a slow change and not even realize it is happening.
- A rapid change to Earth’s surface may be very difficult for a living thing to adjust to it.
- Almost instantly a habitat could be changed or destroyed, making it difficult to adjust.
