Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 3 Science): Hazard-Reduction Solutions

Make and defend evidence-based claims about which design solutions—like levees, firebreaks, and storm-resistant structures—best reduce the impacts of weather-related hazards.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 3 Science): Hazard Maps & Risk Patterns

Use hazard maps to identify where storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires occur most often, helping students recognize risk patterns and suggest smart community safety planning.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 3 Science): Weather-Related Hazards

Investigate major weather hazards and evaluate design solutions—like levees, fire breaks, and warning systems—to understand how communities reduce danger and stay safe.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 3 Science): Sunlight, Weather & Energy

Explain how sunlight warms Earth’s surfaces and drives weather patterns and climate differences, using data, graphs, and regional comparisons to show clear evidence-based connections.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 3 Science): Climate Around the World

Compare climates around the world by analyzing temperature and precipitation data, using maps, texts, and graphs to explain long-term regional weather patterns.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 3 Science): Seasonal Weather Patterns

Graph daily and seasonal weather data to identify patterns—helping students describe typical temperature, precipitation, and sky conditions using clear visual evidence.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 3 Science): Weather Observations

Collect and graph daily temperature, precipitation, and wind data to identify patterns and describe the typical seasonal weather conditions expected in your region.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 3 Science): Life Science — Quarter Synthesis

Synthesize Grade 3 life science by connecting life cycles, traits, fossils, adaptations, group behaviors, and habitat survival to explain how organisms grow, change, and thrive over time.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 3 Science): Habitats & Survival Success

Construct evidence-based arguments about which organisms survive well, less well, or not at all in specific habitats by analyzing traits, resources, and environmental conditions.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 3 Science): Trait Variation & Survival

Explore how differences in traits—like color, size, coverings, or behaviors—give organisms survival advantages, helping them find food, stay safe, and reproduce successfully.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 3 Science): Fossils & Earth’s Past

Analyze fossil evidence to infer ancient organisms and past environments as students study rock layers, identify patterns, and explain how Earth’s landscapes changed over time.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 3 Science): Environmental Influences on Traits

Explore how environment shapes traits and behaviors as students analyze real examples, compare conditions, and use evidence to explain changes in plants and animals.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 3 Science): Inherited Traits

Analyze inherited traits and variations as students compare parent–offspring patterns, collect class data, interpret graphs, and explain how traits are shared yet diverse.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 3 Science): Group Behaviors & Survival

Explore how animal groups improve survival as students analyze herds, flocks, packs, and schools, gather evidence, and construct clear CER arguments about group behaviors.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 3 Science): Diverse Life Cycles

Compare amphibian, insect, bird, mammal, and plant life cycles to reveal shared stages—birth, growth, reproduction, death—while highlighting unique patterns like metamorphosis.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 3 Science): Life Cycles Overview

Model plant and animal life cycles as students explore birth, growth, reproduction, and death, compare organisms, and create clear, evidence-based life cycle models.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 3 Science): Forces & Motion — Quarter Synthesis

Synthesize forces, motion patterns, and magnetic interactions as students investigate, predict, and engineer a magnet-based solution in a hands-on showcase.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 3 Science): Magnet Engineering Challenge

Design magnetic tools that move, retrieve, or sort objects as students apply force ideas, test prototypes, collect data, and improve solutions using cause-and-effect.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 3 Science): Magnetic Forces & Materials

Investigate which materials are magnetic and how force strength changes with distance and orientation as students test, graph patterns, and explain cause-and-effect.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 3 Science): Magnet Interactions

Explore how magnets attract and repel at a distance as students ask questions, test objects, and explain magnetic forces that change motion without touching.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 3 Science): Speed & Direction

Investigate how changes in force affect speed and direction as students measure motion, find patterns, and predict future movement in hands-on science activities.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 3 Science): Patterns of Motion

Predict motion by observing patterns as students measure how objects move, identify repeating motion, and use data to explain and forecast future motion.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 3 Science): Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

Explore how balanced and unbalanced forces combine to change motion as students investigate pushes and pulls, collect data, and explain real-world force effects.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 3 Science): Force Basics

Explore pushes and pulls in everyday motion as students investigate balanced vs. unbalanced forces, gather data, and explain how force changes speed and direction.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 3 Science): Science Skills & Safety

Build Grade 3 science skills with safety routines, measurement practice, data tables, and simple design challenges to think and work like real scientists.