Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.C.1.1.1
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.C.1.1.1
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
- Define mass.
- Identify observable properties of matter.
- Compare and contrast shape and size.
- Identify an object in your classroom and describe it to a partner in terms of its observable properties.
- “Two balls are the same size and shape. That means they have the same mass”. Critique this statement.
- You see a ball in the park. Construct three different statements about the ball using the physical properties of matter. Use your imagination.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Mass is defined as how much matter is in an object.
- Acceptable answers may include, but are not limited to:
- Weight
- Mass
- Shape
- Size
- Color
- Texture
- State
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Shape and size are similar because they are both physical characteristics.
- Shape and size are similar because they both are ways to describe something.
- Shape is the outline of the object.
- Size is how big the object is.
- Student discussions may include, but are not limited to describing the object in terms of:
- Weight
- Mass
- Shape
- Size
- Color
- Texture
- State
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- This statement is not true.
- Mass is how much matter an object has.
- Just because an object is the same size, does not mean it is has the same mass.
- For example, a bowling ball and balloon can be the same size, but they have different masses.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- The ball has a round shape.
- The ball’s color is _________.
- The ball weighs __________.
- The ball is a solid.
- The ball feels __________.
