Alberta Grade 3 science curriculum

SCI3-OI1-GQ1-LO1-KO2-U Matter can change state if heated or cooled (ice melting with salt, sugar and sand).

Lessons: Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?, Why does salt melt ice?, What's inside a snowflake?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm

Practice: Winter Science at Home workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook

SCI3-OI1-GQ1-LO1-KO3-U Solids, liquids and gases have distinct properties (partial: oobleck and lava lamp lessons explore where a material acts like a solid or a liquid).

Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families

Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Test It, Choose It: Materials workbook

SCI3-OI1-GQ1-LO1-KO5-U The water on Earth moves continuously in a cycle (frost forms from water in the air).

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?) · Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?, Why does salt melt ice?, What's inside a snowflake?) · Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)

Practice: Our Living Planet workbook · The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook · Weather Detectives workbook

SCI3-OI1-GQ1-LO1-KO6-U Changes to materials or substances can be permanent or reversible, depending on their properties (invisible ink and volcano lessons).

Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families

Practice: Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Winter Science at Home workbook

SCI3-OI2-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Forces can affect properties and movement of objects in different ways (friction slows a rolling ball).

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)

Practice: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook

SCI3-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO3-U Water and wind can shape Earth's surface (stream table canyon; a Grade 3 outcome taught here at Grade 4).

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

SCI3-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO5-U Plant, human and other animal activities can cause changes to Earth's surface (roots and mulch protecting a model hillside).

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

SCI3-OI3-GQ1-LO1-KO7-U Soil is a continuously changing upper layer of Earth's surface (soil runoff on model hillsides).

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook · Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook

SCI3-OI4-GQ1-LO1-KO1-U Plants and animals interact with each other in various environments in ways that can be represented with food chains.

Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom?

Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook · Our Living Planet workbook

SCI3-OI7-GQ1-LO1-KO1-SP Collect data using techniques to improve accuracy, analyze data and compare the trustworthiness of sources of data (a Grade 3 skill revisited).

Lessons: Evidence Lab (How do you know a fact is true?, Why do scientists repeat their tests?)

Practice: Evidence Lab workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook