Title: 3rd Grade Science Standards Glossary
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The 3rd Grade Science Standards Glossary has been updated to the ND Science Content Standards MAY 2018 1st Draft for Public Release. No major changes except for One standard DROPPED and verbiage changes (noted in comments) to 5 standard listed below:

- SCI-03.PS2.01 -  VERBIAGE Removed
NEW Plan and Conduct an investigation to prove the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
OLD Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object
- SCI-03.PS2.02 -  VERBIAGE Removed (and/or)
NEW Make observations and metric measurements of an object's motion to prove that a pattern can be used to predict future motion
OLD Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
- SCI-03.PS2.03 -  VERBIAGE ADDITION (Dropped - Static)
NEW Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of static electricity or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
OLD Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
- SCI-03.LS3.02 -  VERBIAGE ADDITION (the expression)
NEW Use evidence to support the explanation that the expression of traits can be influenced by the environment.
OLD Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
- SCI-03.LS4.04 -  DROPPED from 2018 ND State Science Document
DROPPED 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.
Note - this doesn't mean that BPS has to drop
- SCI-03.ESS2.01 -  VERBIAGE ADDITION ( and predict)
NEW Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe and predict typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
OLD Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Other changes is updating the glossaries proficiency scales from a table to a responsive grid to be accessibility compliant. Plus the new format also matches the new Visual Progress Report going from left to right.

The BPS District Science Standards Book will be updated later once all the glossaries are completed.

The state released the ND Science Standards Second Draft , which had some minor changes/corrections.

Below is a list of those edits done in 3rd Grade Science Standards Glossary: Below is a list of those edits:

Second Draft Edits
Standard / Edit | 1st Draft | 2nd Draft
None | listed first post | Same

Overview of all the changes with the 3rd Grade Science Standards.

Bismarck has been using the NGSS for two years in anticipation of the state adopting these as the new science standards. Of the 291 overall standards the state keep 223 the same, while making verbiage changes to 55. Plus the state dropped 7 standards while adding 6 new standards.

For 3rd Grade Science those were 16 the same with 6 verbiage changes - Plus 1 dropped.

Below is a table showing the all the standards: So if you click on the Identifiers in the first column of the chart below, the Standards Glossary Term will display in a pop-up. The last column will list the type of change to the standard. You will notice a change to the Proficiency Scales to be a colored responsive grid that corresponds with the new Visual Graphics Standards Progress Report that uses dots with a target range. So there may need to be discussions on how those could populated with your new scales.

Science Standard Changes
IDENTIFIER | 17-18 BPS SCI Standards from NGSS | 18-19 BPS SCI Standards from New ND State | STATUS
 | SCI-03 Grade 3 Science Standards | SCI-03 Grade 3 Science Standards | SAME
SCI-03.PS2 | - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions | Motion & Stability: Forces & Interactions | SAME
SCI-03.PS2.01 | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | Plan and conduct an investigation to prove the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | VERBIAGE
SCI-03.PS2.02 | Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. | Make observations and metric measurements of an object's motion to prove that a pattern can be used to predict future motion | VERBIAGE
SCI-03.PS2.03 | Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. | Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of static electricity or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. | SAME
SCI-03.PS2.04 | Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.* | Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. | SAME
SCI-03.LS1 | - From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes | From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes | SAME
SCI-03.LS1.01 | Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. | Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all experience birth, growth, reproduction, and death. | VERBIAGE
SCI-03.LS2 | Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics | Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, Dynamics | SAME
SCI-03.LS2.01 | Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. | Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. | SAME
SCI-03.LS3 | - Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits | Heredity: Inheritance & Variations of Traits | SAME
SCI-03.LS3.01 | 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. | 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. | SAME
SCI-03.LS3.02 | Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. | 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. | VERBIAGE
SCI-03.LS4 | - [LS4] Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity | Biological Evolution: Unity & Diversity | SAME
SCI-03.LS4.01 | Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. | Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. | SAME
SCI-03.LS4.02 | 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. | 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. | SAME
SCI-03.LS4.03 | 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. | 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. | SAME
SCI-03.LS4.04 | 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. | State Dropped from NGSS | DROPPED
SCI-03.ESS2 | - Earth's Systems | Earth's Systems | SAME
SCI-03.ESS2.01 | Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. | Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe and predict typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. | VERBIAGE
SCI-03.ESS2.02 | Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. | Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. | SAME
SCI-03.ESS3 | Earth and Human Activity | Earth and Human Activity | SAME
SCI-03.ESS3.01 | Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. | Evaluate the feasibility of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. | VERBIAGE