Adaptation and Evolution
The child explains that offspring vary and resemble their parents, that adaptations suit living things to their environment, and that fossils show living things have changed over very long times.
Grade 3 Science
Grade 3 Science features ecosystem interactions, weather and climate, forces and motion, inherited traits, and scientific investigation methods.
Grade 3 Science topics
Hot and Cold Places of the World
The child explains why places near the equator are hot and places near the poles are cold, and describes how people, plants and animals live in hot, cold and temperate places.
Life Cycles of Plants and Animals
The child compares the life cycles of a mammal, a bird, an amphibian, an insect and a flowering plant, and describes simple sexual and asexual reproduction in plants.
Fair Tests
The child plans a fair test, decides what to change, measure and keep the same, takes repeat readings, and presents results in tables, bar charts and line graphs to draw a conclusion.
Rocks, Soils and Fossils
The child compares and groups rocks by appearance and simple tests, explains how fossils form, and finds out what soil is made of.
Teeth and Digestion
The child names the main parts of the digestive system, describes the types of teeth and how to look after them, and follows food on its journey through the body.
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