Physical Sciences Teaching Resources for Year 3
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Science Experiment - Feel the Heat
A science experiment which investigates which material is the best conductor of heat.
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Moving Heat Worksheet
A worksheet to help students understand how heat moves.
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Heat Sources Worksheet
A worksheet to help students identify various sources of heat.
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Heat Sources Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify various sources of heat.
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Heat Sources Poster
An informative poster about heat sources to display in your classroom.
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Initiating a Scientific Investigation Worksheet
A worksheet to help the students begin the process of a scientific investigation.
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Science Experiment - Speed Racer
A science investigation in which the students investigate how to use thrust force to increase the speed of a model car.
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Forces Assessment
A three-page assessment for the lower grades, covering common push and pull forces.
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Exploring With Magnets Task
Document whether objects are magnetic or non-magnetic with this nifty science worksheet.
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Heat Energy Word Wall Vocabulary
Twenty-seven heat energy vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Light Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty light related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Light Display Banner Version 2
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Push and Pull - Water Investigation
A hands-on investigation task that allows students to work directly with the forces they have been learning.
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Storm's a Comin' - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring sound in science or music.
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Science Experiment - Sound Research
A science experiment which explores how sound travels.
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What's in the Box? - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of light.
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Let the Sun Shine In! - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the sun as a light source.
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Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
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Material World Resource Pack
33 pages of worksheets, posters and classroom displays about about natural and man-made materials
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Heat Energy Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of heat energy.
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Electricity Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of electricity posters, worksheets and activities.
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Push and Pull - Teaching Resource Pack
A resource pack containing a range of posters, worksheets and activities to use when teaching your class about forces, specifically push and pull.
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The Heat is On Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concept of heat energy, including heat sources, heat transfer, thermal conductors and thermal insulators.
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Light and Sound Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concepts of light and sound and how they are sensed.
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What Are Forces? Unit Plan
This Science unit addresses the concept of forces.
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Design a Musical Instrument
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of sound.
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Sound Research
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how sound travels.
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Sounds of Change
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed.
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Make a Sound
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if similar sounds can be made in different ways.
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C'mon, Feel the Noise
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sound and how it is made.
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Line Up the Light
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light travels in a straight line.
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No Light, No Sight
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light is needed in order to see.