Third grade , Science
Here is a list of science skills students learn in second grade! These skills are organized into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practicing, just click on any link. Smart Child Zone will track your score, and you will get immediate feedback as you practice!
1. Materials
- Identify properties of an object
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- Compare properties of objects
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- Compare properties of materials
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- Identify materials in objects
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- Identify multiple materials in objects
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2. Units and measurement
- Choose units of time
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- Choose customary units of distance
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- Choose metric units of distance
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- Abbreviate time and length units
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- Abbreviate mass and volume units
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3. Force and motion
- Identify pushes and pulls
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- How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?
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- Compare the speeds of moving objects
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4. States of matter
- Classify matter as solid, liquid, or gas
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- Identify solids, liquids, and gases
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5. Physical and chemical change
- Identify physical and chemical changes
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- Compare physical and chemical changes
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6. Rocks and minerals
- Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture
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- Identify rocks using properties
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- Identify minerals using properties
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- Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
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7. Magnets
- Identify magnets that attract or repel
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- Compare strengths of magnetic forces
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8. Classification
- Identify living and nonliving things
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- Identify plants and animals
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- Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
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- Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
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9. Plants
- Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
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- How do plants make food?
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- How do flowering plants make new plants?
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10. Traits
- Observe and compare traits
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- What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis
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11. Earth's features
- Water on Earth
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12. Earth events
- Classify changes to Earth's surface I
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- Classify changes to Earth's surface II
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- Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface
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- Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
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- Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
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- Changes to Earth's surface: erosion
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13. Mixtures
- Identify mixtures
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14. Heat and thermal energy
- Predict heat flow
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- Predict temperature changes
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15. Electricity
- Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
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16. Adaptations
- Introduction to adaptations
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- Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks
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- Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
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- Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings
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17. Heredity
- Match offspring to parents using inherited traits
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- Identify inherited and acquired traits
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- Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement
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