Review and apply key grade-3 science ideas, forces and motion, life cycles and traits, and weather and climate patterns, in a mixed practice format.
California's science test, the CAST, checks understanding built up over several years, not just the current one, so this week loops back to review important ideas from third-grade science. Remember forces and motion: pushes and pulls change how objects move, and patterns of motion, like a pendulum's swing, can be observed and predicted.
Also remember life cycles and inherited traits: living things grow through stages, like egg to caterpillar to butterfly, and inherit traits from their parents, though environment can also affect how an organism grows. And remember weather versus climate: weather is the day-to-day conditions in one place, while climate is the typical weather pattern over many years.
Mastery looks like: They can correctly answer mixed review questions spanning grade-3 forces and motion, life cycles and traits, and weather and climate ideas.
Common stumbles: Confusing weather with climate; forgetting that environment can affect growth even when traits are inherited.