Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.3.1.2
Grade 03 Science - EC: S3.D.3.1.2
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
- Define pattern.
- Identify one phase of the moon.
- Cause and effect: what causes the different phases of the moon?
- Summarize the phases of the moon.
- “A lunar month and a month are the same thing”. Critique this statement.
- Develop a logical argument as to why the Moon phases going in a pattern make it easy to predict the phases of the Moon.
Answer Key/Rubric
- A pattern is defined as a regular and repeated way in which something happens.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Any phase of the moon (e.g., full moon, new moon, crescent).
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
The cause of the different phases of the moon is the positioning of the Earth, moon, and Sun.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- The moon starts as a new moon, and then is a waxing crescent, then a first quarter, then a waxing gibbous, then a full moon, then a waning gibbous, then a last quarter, then a waning crescent, and back to a new moon.
- It goes in a pattern.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- This statement is not true.
- A lunar month takes almost 30 days to complete.
- Earth months take between 28-31 days to complete.
- Therefore, they are not the same thing.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Patterns are predictable because they are repeated.
- There are no surprises because you know what is coming next.
- You can use the pattern of moon phases to help you see what phase will come next and when.
