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Bring Science Alive! Exploring Science Practices Grade 3
Bring Science Alive!

Exploring Science Practices Grade 3

Third graders investigate forces, life cycles, and climate, learning to ask scientific questions and use evidence to build explanations that connect phenomena to bigger ideas about how the natural world works.

What Students Will Explore

Unit 1

Environments and Living Things

A Natural History Museum has hired you as junior paleontologists! Discover why Columbian Mammoths lived in groups and what their fossils tell you about their environment.

Unit 2

Forces and Motion

The carnival is coming to town! Here, things move quickly. Find out how rides and games make objects move by exploring forces and motion in this unit.

Unit 3

Weather and Climate

Learn about weather and climate in different places. Then you'll design a house that can withstand a snowstorm.

Unit 4

Life Cycles and Traits

As a science writer for Science Monthly, you've been assigned a feature on Ecuadorian wildlife. Investigate traits of different organisms and tell us your findings.

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Why Do Some Members of a Species Survive and Not Others?

Two girls sit at a desk in a classroom, smiling and talking, with a globe and map in the background. LESSON

In this lesson, students gather data during a game to help them construct an explanation for why some moths have a better chance of surviving.

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Student Materials

  • Unit 4 Life Cycles and Traits Science Journal Bring Science Alive! Grade 3 TCI.

    Student Journal

    The colorful, easy-to-use, print consumable Science Journals combine standards-based content and rich activities that challenge students to ask questions, investigate phenomena, and demonstrate their learning. Also available in Spanish.

Teacher Materials

  • Cover of Bring Science Alive! Grade 3 Teachers Guide with an orange sunflower and purple TCI logo.

    Teacher's Guide

    Teacher's Guide supports everything from lesson planning to grading—step-by-step procedures, time estimates, differentiation strategies, and answer keys, ready to use offline or as a quick reference while teaching. Also available in Spanish.

  • Orange cover of a picture card set with the words: Graphs, Maps, Photographs, and the TCI logo at the bottom.

    Picture Cards

    The Picture Cards are reusable handouts for investigations that engage students in analyzing powerful images, maps, and graphs. Also available in Spanish.

  • Clear plastic storage box with purple handles, labeled Bring Science Alive! on the side, contains classroom materials.

    Materials Kit

    Bring Science Alive! comes with ready-to-use Materials Kits that support in-class investigations. Kits are thoughtfully organized for ease of use and to reduce waste. If you run low on consumable materials, order a refill kit from TCI's online store.

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