Our Year 3 science worksheets and Online Tests introduce concepts in the life sciences, earth sciences and the physical sciences in ways that students can relate to their everyday lives. The emphasis is on observation, classification and understanding familiar subjects in a more scientific way.
Plants
- identifying the functions of parts of plants.
- understanding what plants need to grow.
- investigating transportation of water within plants.
- exploring the life cycle of plants.
Animals, including humans
- understanding that animals need nutrition to survive.
- identifying the function of skeletons and muscles.
Rocks
- comparing and grouping rocks.
- investigating fossils.
- recognising how soil is made.
Light
- understanding that dark is the absence of light.
- investigating light reflection from surfaces.
- looking at how shadows are formed and how they change.
Forces and magnets
- understanding magnetic attraction and repulsion.
- determining which materials are magnetic.
- understanding that magnets have two poles.
