Grade 3

 

Central Idea:

A balanced approach to nutrition, exercise, and sleep contributes to health.

An Inquiry Into:

• How nutrition contributes to a healthy body.
• How exercise affects the body.
• Why sleep is necessary for a healthy body.
• How nutrition, exercise, and sleep are inter-related to maintain a healthy body.

 

 

Central Idea:

Throughout history humans have explored.

An Inquiry Into:

• How people explored.
• Early explorers and their exploration routes.
• The reasons why people explored.

 

Central Idea:

Traditional stories are told to help people make sense of the world and to teach values that are still important today.

An Inquiry Into:

• Why people tell stories.
• The characteristic elements of traditional stories.
• What traditional stories teach us.

 

Central Idea:

All simple machines transfer force, which makes our lives easier.

An Inquiry Into:

• Ways simple machines facilitate work.
• Four types of simple machines.
• Exploration of force and friction.

Central Idea:

A market place is a system of exchange that serves the needs of a community.

An Inquiry Into:

• The elements that form a market place.
• Marketing a product or service.
• Why money and banks exist.

 

Central Idea:

Our planet has limited resources that are unevenly distributed.

An Inquiry Into:

• Where water comes from (the water cycle).
• How we use water, how much water we use, and what happens after we have used it.
• The distribution and availability of usable water.
• How human activity has affected the availability of usable water.
• Our responsibility for water conservation.