Australia Year 3 science curriculum
The Year 3 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Australian Curriculum: Science, version 9.0. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Science understanding
AC9S3U02 Compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources. Taught in lesson 1, rock properties.
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
AC9S3U03 Identify sources of heat energy and examine how temperature changes when heat energy is transferred from one object to another. Taught in the felt yurt lesson: insulator tests on warm jars.
Lessons: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm · Hot and Cold: Particles on the Move · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?)
Practice: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook
AC9S3U04 Investigate the observable properties of solids and liquids and how adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state. Taught in lesson 1, melting ice.
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
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