CURRICULUM MAP

School: Central/Liberty

Teacher(s):

Grade/Level: 3

Discipline: Soil/Plants

Year:	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3		Day 4		Day 5
Content Theme Topic Area	Breaking Ground	Planting and Labeling	What Plants Need to Grow and Stay Healthy		Parts of Plants		Photosynthesis
			<-----------------Monitor and Chart Plant Growth ---------------->
Outcomes Essential Questions	Examine and compare soil samples from students’ homes.	Prepare for plant growth observations.	Monitor plant growth using different variables.		Identify parts of a plant.		Discover the process of photosynthesis.
Skills	5.1A 1,2,3 5.6A 1	5.1A 1,2,3	5.1A 1,2,3 5.1B 2 5.3A 1 5.3B 1,2	5.3D 1 5.5A 2 5.5C 1 5.6A 4	5.1A 1,2,3 5.3A 1 5.3B 1,2	5.3D 1 5.5A 3 5.5C 1	5.3A 1 5.3B 1,2 5.3D 1 5.5C 1
Assessment	Examine and list all things found in soil.	Correctly labeling plants as they are planted	Use Scientific Process in predicting outcomes.		Sketch and label parts of a plant. Celery Activity		Leaf rubbing and predict by coloring what leaf will look like in autumn.
Key Resources	National Geographic Soil Windows on Science DSM Classroom Plants	Discovery Works Pgs. A36-A62	How Does My Garden Grow? National Geographic Peculiar Plants Newbridge Discovery Links		From Seed to Plant Gail Gibbons		How Plants Survive New Bridge Discovery Links The Fall of Freddy the Leaf Leo Buscaglia

CURRICULUM MAP

School: Central/Liberty

Teacher(s):

Grade/Level: 3

Discipline: Moon

Year:	Day 6		Day 7		Day 8	Day 9
Content Theme Topic Area	Seed Plants Monitor and chart plant growth,		Plant Defenses Monitor and chart plant growth.		Review and Assessment
Outcomes Essential Questions (Objectives)	Examine a variety of fruit and vegetable seeds.		Investigate how plants protect themselves.
Skills NJ CCS	5.1C 1,2 5.3A 1 5.3B 1,2	5.3D 1 5.5C 1	5.3A 1 5.3B 1,2 5.3D 1	5.5A 1 5.5C 1
Assessment	Compare the size, shape, and quantity of seeds in different fruits and vegetables.		Illustrate and describe various ways plants protect themselves.
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