YEAR 3 SCIENCE

YEAR 3:   SCIENCE TOPIC OUTLINE FOR TERM 1

1. Living things including plants

• Describe differences between things that are living, that were once alive, and that have never lived.
• Know that life processes common to plants and animals include nutrition, growth, movement, and reproduction.
• Know that fossils are impressions, or remains, of things that were once alive.
• Know that plants need appropriate conditions, including temperature, light, and water, to be healthy.
• Describe the function of the major parts of flowering plants (limited to roots, leaves, stems, and flowers).

2. Forces and magnetism

• Know that friction is a force created between surfaces when they move against each other and it makes this movement harder.
• Know that forces can be measured with a force meter.

• Describe how smooth and rough surfaces can generate different amounts of friction.
• Describe magnets as having a north pole and a south pole.
• Describe how magnets interact when near each other, using the terms repel and attract.
•  Investigate how some materials are magnetic but many are not.