AISL Grade 3 Benchmarks in Science
(Revised June, 2010)
- AISL.SCI.01. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
- AISL.SCI.01.G3.01 Describe properties of matter
- AISL.SCI.01.G3.02 Classify and compare properties of different and similar matters.
- AISL.SCI.02. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the sources and properties of energy.
- AISL.SCI.02.G3.01 Explain electricity and its uses.
- AISL.SCI.02.G3.02 Describe how heat is produced and transferred.
- AISL.SCI.03. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of forces and motion.
- AISL.SCI.03.G3.01 Define and explain how force and motion move objects.
- AISL.SCI.03.G3.02 Define the term work in a scientific context.
- AISL.SCI.03.G3.03 Identify and name some simple machines.
- AISL.SCI.04. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of living systems.
- AISL.SCI.04.G3.01 Identify and name the various bones and muscles in the human body.
- AISL.SCI.04.G3.02 Explain the relationship between the two and their uses.
- AISL.SCI.04.G3.03 Compare and contrast how sense organs help us in our daily activities.
- AISL.SCI.04.G3.04 List the seven major systems of the body and explain their functions.
- AISL.SCI.05. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of reproduction and heredity
- AISL.SCI.05.G3.01 Know that plants and animals progress through life cycles of birth, growth and development, reproduction, and death
- AISL.SCI.06. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them.
- AISL.SCI.06.G3.01 Recognize types of environments living things need in order to survive.
- AISL.SCI.06.G3.02 Recognize how living things depend on others.
- AISL.SCI.06.G3.03 Explain how the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem interact.
- AISL.SCI.06.G3.04 Identify how people can affect their environment.
- AISL.SCI.07. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the diversity and adaptations of organisms
- AISL.SCI.07.G3.01 Explain how adaptation helps living things meet their needs.
- AISL.SCI.08. LIFE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of human body systems and healthy physical growth.
- AISL.SCI.08.G3.01 Demonstrate proper hygiene practices.
- AISL.SCI.08.G3.02 Demonstrate proper safety practices.
- AISL.SCI.08.G3.03 Identify healthy eating practices and the food groups.
- AISL.SCI.08.G3.04 Identify how drugs, tobacco and alcohol can affect our bodies.
- AISL.SCI.09. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the earth's composition and structure.
- AISL.SCI.09.G3.01 Identify and name the three types of rocks and how they are formed.
- AISL.SCI.09.G3.02 Identify and name the different types of soil.
- AISL.SCI.09.G3.03 Identify and name the three levels of soil.
- AISL.SCI.09.G3.04 Identify natural resources needed by humans.
- AISL.SCI.09.G3.05 Explain fossil formation.
- AISL.SCI.10. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will understand the processes that shape the earth.
- AISL.SCI.10.G3.01 Identify the causes and effects of volcanoes and earthquakes.
- AISL.SCI.11. EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the composition and structure of the universe and the earth's place in it.
- AISL.SCI.11.G3.01 Explain what causes the seasons to occur.
- AISL.SCI.11.G3.02 Identify name and describe the phases of moon.
- AISL.SCI.12. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will demonstrate the use of the scientific method.
- AISL.SCI.12.G3.01 Plan and conduct a simple investigation
- AISL.SCI.13. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Students will be able to demonstrate scientific thinking
- AISL.SCI.13.G3.01 Understand the importance of evidence in science and that evidence comes through investigations, data, and observations.