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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
  • Standard Area - 3.4: Technology and Engineering Education
  • Organizing Category - 3.4.D: Abilities for a Technological World
  • Grade Level - 3.4.3.D: GRADE 3
Standard - 3.4.3.D3

Collect information about everyday products and systems by asking questions.

  • Assessment Anchor - S3.A.1 Reasoning and Analysis
    • Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.1.1 Identify the applications of scientific, environmental, or technological knowledge to possible solutions to problems.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.1.1.1 Distinguish between fact and opinion.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.1.1.2 Identify examples of common technological changes, past and present, in the community (e.g., energy production, transportation, communication, recycling).
  • Assessment Anchor - S3.A.2 Processes, Procedures, and Tools of Scientific Investigations
    • Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.2.1 Apply skills necessary to conduct an experiment or design a solution to solve a problem.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.2.1.1 Generate questions about objects, organisms, or events that can be answered through scientific investigations.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.2.1.2 Make predictions based on observations.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.2.1.3 Identify the variables in a simple investigation.
    • Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.2.2 Identify appropriate instruments for a specific task.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.2.2.1 Identify appropriate tools or instruments for specific tasks, and describe the information they provide (i.e., measuring [length—ruler; mass— balance scale] and making observations [hand lenses—very small objects]).
  • Assessment Anchor - S3.A.3 Systems, Models, and Patterns
    • Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.3.1 Identify systems as either natural or human-made.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.3.1.1 Classify systems as either human-made or natural (e.g., human-made systems [balancing systems, tops, wheel and axle systems, pencil sharpeners from manual to electric]; natural systems [plants, animals, water cycle, stream]).
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.3.1.2 Identify changes in natural or humanmade systems.
    • Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.3.2 Use models to illustrate simple concepts.
      • Eligible Content - S3.A.3.2.1 Identify what models represent (e.g., simple maps showing mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers; dioramas).
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