nature's structures--curriculum information
Specific Curriculum Objectives: Grade 3: Physical Science: Materials and Structures
- 100-34: Describe the properties of some common materials and evaluate their suitability for use in building structures.
– 102-16: Identify shapes that are a part of nature and describe ways that these shapes help provide strength, stability, or balance.
– 102-17: Evaluate simple structures to determine if they are effective and safe, if they make efficient use of materials, and if they are appropriate to the use and the environment.
– 202-5: Identify and suggest explanations for patterns and discrepancies in observed objects and events.
– 202-8: Compare and evaluate personally constructed objects with respect to their form and function
- 100-34: Describe the properties of some common materials and evaluate their suitability for use in building structures.
– 102-16: Identify shapes that are a part of nature and describe ways that these shapes help provide strength, stability, or balance.
– 102-17: Evaluate simple structures to determine if they are effective and safe, if they make efficient use of materials, and if they are appropriate to the use and the environment.
– 202-5: Identify and suggest explanations for patterns and discrepancies in observed objects and events.
– 202-8: Compare and evaluate personally constructed objects with respect to their form and function
