Weeks are a guide. If a class needs another day on a unit, it gets one. What does not move is coverage. Every TEKS statement for Grade 3 science is taught.
| Unit | Title | TEKS strand | Lessons | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Scientist’s Toolkit | 1 to 4 | 7 | Weeks 1 to 6 |
| 2 | Stuff and What It Is Like | 6 | 6 | Weeks 7 to 11 |
| 3 | Pushes, Pulls and Magnets | 7 | 5 | Weeks 12 to 15 |
| 4 | Energy All Around | 8 | 4 | Weeks 16 to 19 |
| 5 | Sun, Earth and Moon | 9 | 3 | Weeks 20 to 22 |
| 6 | Weather and a Changing Earth | 10 | 5 | Weeks 22 to 26 |
| 7 | What the Earth Gives Us | 11 | 3 | Weeks 27 to 29 |
| 8 | Living Things and Where They Live | 12 | 5 | Weeks 29 to 33 |
| 9 | Animal Bodies and Life Cycles | 13 | 3 | Weeks 34 to 36 |
Week by week
The whole year
Week 1Safe Scientists
Tools in Your Hand
Tools in Your Hand
Week 2Ask a Question, Then Look
Week 3Tables and Graphs
Week 4Models and Their Limits
Week 5Share What You Found
Week 6Inventors, Helpers and Science Jobs
Week 7How Warm? How Heavy?
Week 8Magnets and Sinkers
Solid, Liquid or Gas
Solid, Liquid or Gas
Week 9Melting and Freezing
Week 10Boiling and Condensing
Week 11Build with the Right Stuff
Week 12Pushes and Pulls
Week 13Magnets Reach Out
Week 14Gravity Pulls Down
Week 15Change the Motion
Design a Ramp Run
Design a Ramp Run
Week 16Light and Sound
Week 17Heat and Motion
Week 18Faster Means More Energy
Week 19Energy Detective
Week 20Sun, Earth and Moon Orbits
Week 21Model the Orbits
Week 22The Planets in Order
Weather in Two Places
Weather in Two Places
Week 23Weather Tools
Week 24Where Soil Comes From
Week 25Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Week 26Landslides
Week 27Resources We Use
Week 28Why We Conserve
Week 29Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Weather and Animals
Weather and Animals
Week 30Weather and Plants
Week 31Food Chains
Week 32Floods and Droughts
Week 33Fossils Tell the Past
Week 34Outside Structures
Week 35Insect Life Cycles
Week 36Plant Life Cycles