Manitoba Grade 3 science curriculum
The Grade 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.
Manitoba Science, Kindergarten to Grade 8. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Cluster 1: Growth and Changes in Plants
3-1-04 Conduct experiments to determine conditions needed for healthy plant growth (an adjacent-grade match).
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?)
3-1-05 Recognize that a plant uses the Sun's energy to make its own food (a Grade 3 outcome, taught at greater depth).
Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom?
Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook
Cluster 3: Forces That Attract and Repel
3-3-02 Recognize that force is a push or pull, and that attraction and repulsion are types of pushes and pulls.
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
3-3-14 Investigate how magnetic and electrostatic forces change at different distances (paper clip jump).
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
3-3-15 Predict and test the effect of placing materials between a magnet and an attracted object (magnet through a table).
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
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