The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding strand for the relevant year level to ensure that these two strands are addressed over the two-year period. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated and their content is taught in an integrated way. The order and detail in which the content descriptions are organised into teaching and learning programs are decisions to be made by the teacher. Incorporating the key ideas of science Over Years 3 to 6, students develop their understanding of a range of systems operating at different time and geographic scales. In Year 3, students observe heat and its effects on solids and liquids and begin to develop an understanding of energy flows through simple systems. In observing day and night, they develop an appreciation of regular and predictable cycles. Students order their observations by grouping and classifying; in classifying things as living or non-living they begin to recognise that classifications are not always easy to define or apply. They begin to quantify their observations to enable comparison, and learn more sophisticated ways of identifying and representing relationships, including the use of tables and graphs to identify trends. They use their understanding of relationships between components of simple systems to make predictions. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au) By the end of Year 3, students use their understanding of the movement of Earth, materials and the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations. They group living things based on observable features and distinguish them from non-living things. They describe how they can use science investigations to respond to questions. Students use their experiences to identify questions and make predictions about scientific investigations. They follow procedures to collect and record observations and suggest possible reasons for their findings, based on patterns in their data. They describe how safety and fairness were considered and they use diagrams and other representations to communicate their ideas. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)Achievement Standard
Sort 32 picture tiles by whether they are living things or inanimate objects.
A comprehension worksheet for the information report from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
A poster that can be used to help classify vertebrates.
A science experiment which explores the change of state from solid to liquid.
A worksheet to consolidate your students' understanding of state changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid.
A 31 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about solids, liquids and gases.
A flow chart and accompanying worksheet exploring the process of soft plastics recycling.
An activity to demonstrate what happens to a variety of liquids when heat is removed.
An educational poster explaining the properties of gases.
An educational poster explaining the properties of liquids.
An educational poster explaining the properties of solids.
An activity to demonstrate how a change of state between solid and liquid (and back again) can be caused by adding or removing heat.
A cut and paste activity that explores the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
A sorting activity to help students identify solids, liquids and gases.
Fact cards featuring 64 species and subspecies that are on the critically endangered list.
A poster of the world map featuring 64 species and subspecies that are on the critically endangered list.
A set of 89 task cards to help students learn about patterns in nature.
A worksheet that explores living and non-living things.
A comprehension worksheet for a species snapshot magazine article about the naked mole rat.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a spring scale.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a balance scale.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a Bunsen burner.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a triple beam balance scale.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing standard lab equipment.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a refracting telescope.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a thermometer.
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a microscope.
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
A worksheet to use when developing the concept of a fair test.
A worksheet to consolidate your students' understanding of heat energy.
A 17 slide PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about how to make a fair test in Science.
A poster highlighting conductors and insulators of heat energy.