Year 3 Science

Unit 1 – Plants

  1. Plants are living things.
  2. Life cycle of plants.
  3. Parts of a plant – Roots, Stem, Leaves.
  4. Seed Germination.
  5. Growth in plants – Favourable and unfavourable conditions.
  6. Plants we grow for food.

Unit 2 – Life Processes

  1. What is living?
  2. Alive, not alive or Never been alive.
  3. The Life Processes- Movement, Growth, Nutrition and Reproduction.
  4. Hibernation
  5. Sorting living things.
  6. Life cycles.

Unit 3 – Keeping Healthy

  1. Balanced Diet.
  2. Vitamins and Minerals.
  3. Energy.
  4. Food and Health.
  5. Active and Inactive.
  6. Keeping your heart healthy.

Unit 4 – The senses

  1. The human senses.
  2. Sight.
  3. Touch.
  4. Hearing.
  5. Taste.
  6. Smell.

Unit 5 – Material Properties

  1. Describing properties.
  2. Sorting materials: Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams.
  3. Reflective Materials.
  4. Magnetic Materials.
  5. Absorbent and waterproof materials.
  6. Hard and soft materials.
  7. Materials for a purpose.

Unit 6 – Forces and Motion

  1. Push and Pull.
  2. Weight, mass and force.
  3. Measuring Force.
  4. Moving objects.
  5. Friction.