Earth Science Teaching Resources for Year 3
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How Soil Is Created – Teaching Presentation
Learn about how soil is made with this 15-slide soil PowerPoint teaching presentation.
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What is Pollution? Guided Note-Taking Worksheets
Provide your learners with an organised note-taking method with a pack of Pollution note-taking templates.
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To Your Tap - Water Worksheet
Identify the places where water travels before entering homes with a vocabulary-matching worksheet.
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Rock Formation Posters
Explore how metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks are formed with a comic-book style Rock Formation Poster Pack.
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Finding Fossil Fuels PowerPoint
Use an interactive ‘Finding Fossil Fuels’ Natural Resources PowerPoint to teach your students about how and where the Earth stores natural resources such as fossil fuels.
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Types of Rocks Worksheet Pack
Read and learn about sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks with our printable Types of Rocks Worksheet Pack.
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3 Types of Rocks - Science Cloze Passage Worksheets
Use a cloze passage to increase your students’ understanding of the three rock types - sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
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Minerals and Rocks Picture Cards
Observe, describe, and sort examples of rocks and minerals with a set of printable types of rocks pictures and word cards.
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Types of Rocks Posters
Teach your students information about the three basic types of rock with a set of printable Types of Rocks Anchor Charts.
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Soil Use in Our School Worksheets
Have students explore how soil is used around the school with this set of four differentiated worksheets.
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The Importance of Soil – Comprehension Worksheets
Teach your students about the importance of soil to plants, animals and humans with this differentiated reading comprehension passage with accompanying questions.
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Soil Word Wall Vocabulary Cards
Immerse your students in subject-specific vocabulary related to soil types and their properties with this set of 16 illustrated vocabulary cards.
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Water Retention in Soil Experiment
Explore the water retention capabilities of sand, silt, loam and clay with this soil experiment for kids.
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Soil Properties Lab – Brochure Template
Investigate different soil types and their properties with this hands-on activity.
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To Your Tap - Water Poster
Display the process that water goes through to get to your tap with a printable poster.
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Solving Problems With Salt - Comprehension Worksheets
Explore how salt was used in ancient times with our ‘Solving Problems With Salt’ Reading comprehension worksheet pack.
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Soil Erosion Poster
Discover how wind, water, and ice change the Earth’s surface with a printable Soil Erosion Poster.
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Guided Notes Template Pack - Rocks & The Rock Cycle
Use our Guided Notes Template Pack to help your students organise and study the 3 kinds of rocks and the rock cycle.
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Word Wall - Rock Cycle Vocabulary Terms
Promote daily rock cycle vocabulary review with a printable word wall & rock cycle vocabulary display.
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Rock Cycle Test
Use an Earth Science Rock Cycle Test to assess your students’ understanding of the rock cycle.
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Science Experiment - How Does Soil Affect Seed Growth?
Explore the effect of soil type on growth and change of a seedling with a hands-on science experiment.
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Plant Growth in Soils – Science Experiment
Explore how plants grow in different types of soil with this science experiment perfect for primary school science lessons.
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Soil Properties Worksheet
Download this soil properties worksheet to explore soil types and their properties in your science lessons.
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Properties of Soil Task Cards
Review the properties of the most common soil types with this set of 24 multiple-choice task cards.
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Water Walk Worksheet
Observe and explore the uses of water around the school building with a water walk worksheet.
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Changes to the Environment – Worksheet
Learn about environmental changes and how they affect living things with this worksheet.
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Why Are Rocks Important? - Teaching Slides
Discover why rocks are important with an engaging teaching presentation for upper years students.
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Using Rocks, Soils and Water Worksheets
Discover the importance of rocks, soils, and water as natural resources with a pack of printable Year 3 Science Activity Sheets.
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Earth’s Resources Worksheet - Natural Resources & Fossil Fuels (3-4)
Explore what's buried in rocks underground with a printable Earth’s Resources Worksheet for Year 3.
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History of Planet Earth - Word Wall Display
Introduce your students to Earth's history with a printable vocabulary word wall.
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What is Made of Rock? Sorting Activity
Discover ways people use rocks to produce everyday objects with an engaging sorting activity.
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Soil Vocabulary Worksheet
Teach your students the subject-specific vocabulary related to soil and its properties with this vocabulary worksheet perfect for primary school science lessons.