Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

TEKS Covered in Third Grade Guided Field Experience

TEKS – Science, Grade 3

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

(1)  Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and

(2)  Scientific processes. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:

(B)  collect information by observing and measuring;
(C)  analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence;

(4)  Scientific processes. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected to:

(A)  collect and analyze information using tools such as collecting nets.

(8)  Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms need food, water, light, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which to live. The student is expected to:

(A)  observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem;
(B)  observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space;
(C)  describe environmental changes in which some organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish

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