Scott Foresman Science: Grade 3

by Chamot, Anna Uhl; Cummins, Jim; Kahn, Gale Philips; Sipkovich, Vincent; Weinberg, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780328034239
• ISBN10: 0328034231
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

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