Third Grade: Inheritance and Traits
Talking Science Through Texts > Third Grade > Inheritance and Traits
Driving Question: How do organisms vary in their traits?
Third Grade Crosscutting Concepts
Select a concept to learn more.
Patterns
Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence.
Cause and Effect
Events have causes that generate observable patterns.
Talking Science: Crosscutting Concepts to Support Comprehension
Crosscutting concepts have application across all domains of science. As such, they are a way of linking the different domains of science. They include patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion, and quantity; systems and system models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change. The Framework emphasizes that these concepts need to be made explicit for students because they provide an organizational schema for interrelating knowledge from various science fields into a coherent and scientifically based view of the world.
Suggested Read Aloud Texts
Choose a text to view its read aloud guide.
Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds
Our Family Tree
Next Time You See A Spiderweb
In The Past
Talking Science: Formative Assessment Probes
Extend the discussion of these books using the suggested prompts from the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Series from Page Keeley and NSTA.
- 3-LS1-1
- #17 Is it Living, p. 135
- 3-LS3-1
- 3-LS3-2
- Probes for LS3.A grades 6-12 only
- #17 Baby Mice (USI Vol2) p. 129
- (LS3.B, gr. 3-5)
- 3-LS4-2
- #19 Habitat Change (USI Vol2) p. 143
Brought to You By
