Nebraska 3rd Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Nebraska 3rd Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (**DRAFT**)
Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska 1st Grade Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.
| Topic | Standard | Standard/Indicator Code | Indicator | Unwrapping Document Link |
| Forces and Interactions |
Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. | NE.SC.3.1.1.A | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cwB98Mv33BCFBcE7_i4kaRKZfMDlRY4teMPA0ulgrWM/edit?usp=sharing |
| Forces and Interactions |
Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. | NE.SC.3.1.1.B | Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKKvAjdvuC5oYeUUQ8tMIoNtGzm8SnIWPBjLSPGV81Q/edit?usp=sharing |
| Forces and Interactions |
Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. | NE.SC.3.1.1.C | Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electrical or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vDzs-n5pKA6iNrMarsX6zlhpR09fmoXLrKbcZQ0_cGs/edit?usp=sharing |
| Forces and Interactions |
Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and their interactions. | NE.SC.3.1.1.D | Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FgqMjusSGILTxRuX9pEsMktxnjfZDipS6Px42TbsDY8/edit?usp=sharing |
| Ecosystems | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. | NE.SC.3.7.2.A | Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mla1cwK5zowlf9cyknzG1mP8axGgN8bU7AVBIRR-0V0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Ecosystems | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. | NE.SC.3.7.2.B | Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-zyjcnfIlujiDcBVuW5HlJ9xnR6O6QZpdqJ5E43D3m8/edit?usp=sharing |
| Ecosystems | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. | NE.SC.3.7.2.C | Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZPj_DvcInMwWl3peFMmY2LkzKK09ijpqXNup1Sv1fEI/edit?usp=sharing |
| Ecosystems | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. | NE.SC.3.7.2.D | Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YQAv1ZyV3Cjh28drjHaAgjT7A4uaN6soyuNbayJ2A7g/edit?usp=sharing |
| Ecosystems | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of the interdependent relations in ecosystems. | NE.SC.3.7.2.E | Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rbwg4_CnQaWrDkeKKI935IReqiChMka7wFi1MX7G57Y/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits though life cycles and environmental influences. | NE.SC.3.9.3.A | Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aUeNMQ1C8mC6xLUVoSXN8WBOwVaGEdFt9ssCEoVva_8/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits though life cycles and environmental influences. | NE.SC.3.9.3.B | Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ufokEu8cTgU8WtbVT8DyaSirYBFc1hVftDBxAcC9MnE/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits though life cycles and environmental influences. | NE.SC.3.9.3.C | Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qrgwpNLqAyqRoZkMzcmWl-74IHOEk5XFwiFsDuyrw_I/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits though life cycles and environmental influences. | NE.SC.3.9.3.D | Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YAANQbGUDQdWTSgo8kLJlNxNQXxe64JtePnYH1OEik0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. | NE.SC.3.12.4.A | Represent data in table, pictograph, and bar graph displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VEOSgkzY14-Z11qkOIrxeWuEajXobGnPyz-x9xRtGAI/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. | NE.SC.3.12.4.B | Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_z8DhAi-k4k_S3s9day6HPZ0RSPFI5MEjY0viNynlcw/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather and analyze data to communicate an understanding of weather and climate. | NE.SC.3.12.4.C | Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pmOhr0Iekj3Hev-CILC-8YfW8UM6OOdYMfx85gBy64A/edit?usp=sharing |