📗 YEAR 3 SCIENCE – FULL CURRICULUM

A. Materials

1. Identify properties of an object

2. Compare properties of objects

3. Compare properties of materials

4. Identify materials in objects

5. Identify multiple materials in objects

B. Light

1. More light or less light

2. Investigate shadows

C. Mixtures

1. Identify mixtures

D. Force and motion

1. Identify pushes and pulls

2. How do mass and force affect motion?

E. Magnets

1. What objects can a magnet pull?

2. How do magnets attract and repel each other?

3. Identify magnets that attract or repel

4. Label magnets that attract or repel

5. Solve problems using magnets

F. Living things

1. Identify living and non-living things

2. Identify plants and animals

G. Animals

1. Read animal life cycle diagrams

2. Construct animal life cycle diagrams

3. Compare different animals’ life cycles

4. Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

5. Identify animals with and without backbones

6. Body parts and their functions

H. Plants

1. What do plants need to survive?

2. Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts

3. Identify plant parts and their functions

4. How do plants make food?

5. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams

6. How do flowering plants make new plants?

I. Ecosystems

1. Pollinator: ruby-throated hummingbird

2. Pollinator: Indian flying fox

3. Pollinator: painted lady butterfly

4. Seed disperser: Eurasian red squirrel

5. Seed disperser: African elephant

6. Seed disperser: common ostrich

7. Benefits of group behaviour: North American caribou

J. Earth’s resources

1. Types of soils

2. Classify rocks and minerals by colour and shape

3. Identify minerals using properties

4. Identify rocks using properties

5. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic

K. Fossils

1. Introduction to fossils

L. Weather

1. Investigate sunlight and shade

2. Design a sunshade

3. Read a thermometer

4. Compare temperatures on thermometers

M. Earth’s features

1. Bodies of water

2. Natural resources

3. Identify Earth’s land features

N. Earth events

1. Classify changes to Earth’s surface

2. Find evidence of changes to Earth’s surface

O. Units and measurement

1. Choose units of time

2. Choose units of distance

3. Abbreviate time and length units

4. Abbreviate mass and volume units

P. Engineering practices

1. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion