3rd Grade Big Idea 5: Overcoming Gravity

Brielle saw her friend Mikah talking on the phone. As she walked over to him, she heard him say, “I’ll see you tonight at home. Bye!”

What can Brielle infer based on what she observed?

• Mikah enjoys swinging on the swing.

• Mikah was talking to a family member.

• Mikah was standing underneath the tree.

• Mikah is wearing blue pants.

Mrs. Miller’s class got a new pet hamster. It is still a baby and they want to make sure that it is growing properly.

How can her students best determine the baby hamster’s growth?

• Observe the hamster’s fur color each day

• Record the temperature of the hamster’s cage each day.

• Take the hamster out each day and hold him in their hands to feel his weight.

• Place the hamster on a scale each day and record his weight.

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

If a baseball is thrown into the air, the force of gravity will _________________.

• push it back to Earth

• pull it back to Earth

• stop it from moving

• make the baseball lighter

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Zach and A’Zaria are working together to investigate which insects in their class garden are helpful and which ones are pests (harmful to the plants).

What is the most important reason that they communicate with each other throughout their investigation?

• To provide them more time to work on other investigations.

• To make sure they don’t observe the garden at the same time.

• To make sure that they are the only ones that know the results.

• To share their observations and data to help them analyze their results.

A group of students measured four objects using a spring scale. Their results are shown in the table below.

Based on the results, which object had the most weight?

• Toy block

• Water bottle

• Hat

• Box of crayons

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NGSS.5-PS1-2

An​ (a)   is something you notice using any of the five senses.

• observation
• inference
• idea

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What inference could be made about this picture?

• The child is wearing mostly red

• The child is cold

• The child will play in the snow

What force is acting on the cat at the end?

• Gravity

• Friction

• Momentum

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Which force is shown in this picture?

• push

• pull

• gravity

• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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The force that pulls all objects toward each other is called_______?

• push
• pull
• gravity
• mass

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