England Year 3 science curriculum

Outcome Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant. Taught in lesson 2.

Lessons: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? (What's inside a seed?, What does a seed need to grow?, Why do plants grow toward the window?)

Practice: Plants and Seeds: What Does a Seed Need? workbook

Outcome Compare how things move on different surfaces. Taught in lesson 1.

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

Outcome Notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance. Taught in lessons 2 and 3.

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

Outcome Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials. Taught in lesson 2.

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

Outcome Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. Taught in lesson 1, the scratch test.

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals · Stone, Bamboo and Storms: Building in Vietnam workbook

Outcome Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. Taught in lessons 1 and 3.

Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)

Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Bouncing Light: Mirrors, Water and Colour workbook · Grade 4 Light and Colour

Outcome Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change. Taught in lesson 2, morning and midday shadows.

Lessons: Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)

Practice: Light and Shadows workbook · Stars and the Night Sky workbook