Scott Foresman Science: Grade 3

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Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Pearson Prentice Hall
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Table of Contents

Using Scientific Methods for Science Inquiry xii
Using Process Skills for Science Inquiry xiv
Science Inquiry xvi
Unit A Life Science
Science and Technology
2(2)
How Plants Live and Grow
4(24)
Exploring Parts of a Plant
6(1)
Sequencing
7(1)
What Do Roots, Stems, and Leaves Do?
8(4)
Observing Fruits and Seeds
12(2)
What Do Flowers and Cones Do?
14(4)
Investigating Light and Plant Growth
18(2)
How Do Plants Grow from Seeds?
20(6)
Chapter Review
26(2)
How Animals Grow and Change
28(26)
Exploring Eggs
30(1)
Measuring Elapsed Time
31(1)
How Are Babies Like Their Parents?
32(4)
How Do Spiders and Insects Grow?
36(4)
Observing the Life Cycle of a Beetle
40(2)
How Do Fishes, Frogs, and Mammals Grow?
42(6)
How Do Babies Learn?
48(4)
Chapter Review
52(2)
Living Things and Their Environments
54(28)
Exploring Where Pond Snails Live
56(1)
Comparing Numbers
57(1)
Where Do Organisms Live?
58(6)
Comparing How Quickly Water Moves Through Leaves
64(2)
How Are Organisms Adapted to Their Environments?
66(4)
How Do Organisms Get Food?
70(4)
How Do Organisms Live Together?
74(3)
Experimenting with a Plant Habitat
77(3)
Chapter Review
80(2)
Changing Environments
82
Exploring Habitats
84(1)
Making a Prediction
85(1)
How Can Environments Change?
86(4)
How Do Changes Affect Living Things?
90(4)
How Do People Affect Plants and Animals?
94(6)
Cleaning Polluted Water
100(2)
What Does the Environment Provide for People?
102(4)
Chapter Review
106(2)
Unit A Review
108(2)
Unit A Performance Review
110(2)
Writing for Science
112
Unit B Physical Science
Science and Technology
2(2)
Matter and How It Changes
4(26)
Exploring Properties of Matter
6(1)
Measuring Volume
7(1)
What Are Objects Made Of?
8(6)
Estimating and Measuring Mass
14(2)
What Are Physical Changes?
16(4)
Changing States of Matter
20(2)
What Are Chemical Changes?
22(3)
Experimenting with a Chemical Change
25(3)
Chapter Review
28(2)
Forces, Machines, and Work
30(26)
Exploring the Motion of a Ball
32(1)
Identifying Cause and Effect
33(1)
What Makes Things Move?
34(4)
What Are Gravity and Magnetism?
38(4)
Investigating Magnetic Force
42(2)
How Do Simple Machines Help You Do Work?
44(8)
Lifting Objects with a Lever
52(2)
Chapter Review
54(2)
Energy in Your World
56(28)
Exploring Forms of Energy
58(1)
Measuring Temperature
59(1)
What Are Some Forms of Energy?
60(4)
How Is Matter Heated?
64(4)
Making a Thermometer
68(2)
How Does Light Travel?
70(4)
What Is Electricity?
74(6)
Making an Electric Circuit
80(2)
Chapter Review
82(2)
Sound
84
Exploring Sound
86(1)
Drawing Conclusions
87(1)
How Is Sound Made?
88(4)
Changing Pitch
92(2)
How Does Sound Travel?
94(4)
Listening to Sound Through Matter
98(2)
How Do Living Things Make and Use Sound?
100(6)
Chapter Review
106(2)
Unit B Review
108(2)
Unit B Performance Review
110(2)
Writing for Science
112
Unit C Earth Science
Science and Technology
2(2)
Changes in the Earth's Surface
4(26)
Exploring Rocks Formed from Molten Rock
6(1)
Identifying the Main Idea
7(1)
How Do Volcanoes and Earthquakes Change the Earth?
8(6)
What Landforms Are on the Earth's Surface?
14(4)
Making a Model of a Landform
18(2)
How Do Water and Wind Change the Earth's Surface?
20(4)
How Can Living Things Affect the Earth's Surface?
24(4)
Chapter Review
28(2)
Materials of the Earth
30(26)
Exploring Properties of Rocks
32(1)
Exploring Multiplying Tens
33(1)
What Materials Come from the Earth?
34(6)
What Is Soil?
40(6)
Observing What Is in Soil
46(2)
How Can We Protect Natural Resources?
48(3)
Experimenting with Soils and Water
51(3)
Chapter Review
54(2)
The Sun, Planets, and Moon
56(28)
Exploring Size and Distance of Earth and Sun
58(1)
Identifying Supporting Facts and Details
59(1)
What Are the Sun and Planets Like?
60(4)
Observing Shadows Caused by Sunlight
64(2)
How Does the Sun Affect Earth?
66(6)
Modeling the Moon's Motion and Light
72(2)
How Does the Moon Move?
74(4)
How Do Scientists Learn About the Sun, Moon, and Planets?
78(4)
Chapter Review
82(2)
Clouds and Storms
84
Exploring How Clouds Form
86(1)
Reading Bar Graphs
87(1)
What Are Clouds?
88(4)
Investigating Clouds and Weather
92(2)
What Happens to Water in Clouds?
94(4)
Making a Model Tornado
98(2)
What Causes Storms?
100(6)
Chapter Review
106(2)
Unit C Review
108(2)
Unit C Performance Review
110(2)
Writing for Science
112
Unit D Human Body
Science and Technology
2(2)
The Body's Systems
4(28)
Exploring Balance
6(1)
Using Graphic Sources
7(1)
What Parts Make Up Your Body?
8(6)
How Do Bones and Muscles Work?
14(8)
Modeling How Muscles Work
22(2)
What Are Some Other Body Systems?
24(4)
Observing Your Nervous System in Action
28(2)
Chapter Review
30(2)
Staying Healthy
32(30)
Exploring Food Choices
34(1)
Making Pictographs
35(1)
What Are Some Ways to Stay Healthy?
36(8)
Testing Foods for Fat
44(2)
What Are Germs?
46(4)
How Do Some Substances Affect the Body?
50(5)
Conducting a Sleep Survey
55(3)
Chapter Review
58(2)
Unit D Review
60(2)
Unit D Performance Review
62(2)
Writing for Science
64
Your Science Handbook
Table of Contents
1(1)
Safety in Science
2(2)
Using the Metric System
4(2)
Science Process Skills Lessons
Observing
6(2)
Communicating
8(2)
Classifying
10(2)
Estimating and Measuring
12(2)
Inferring
14(2)
Predicting
16(2)
Making Operational Definitions
18(2)
Making and Using Models
20(2)
Formulating Questions and Hypotheses
22(2)
Collecting and Interpreting Data
24(2)
Identifying and Controlling Variables
26(2)
Experimenting
28(2)
Science Reference Section
30(20)
History of Science
50(12)
Glossary 62(9)
Index 71

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