Grade: 3
Yearly Plan: Science
*Units of Study are used to cover the Aero Standards for Grade 4 Science: http://www.projectaero.org/aero_standards/science-standards/AERO-ScienceK-12Framework.pdf
Expected Learner Outcomes
Content Strand
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Physical Science
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Forms of Energy
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Motion
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Solar System
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Compare, sort and group objects in terms of what they are made of.
Identify, compare and sort objects by similar or different properties.
Investigate and recognize what can from a liquid to a solid and back again to a liquid, as the result of temperature
changes.
Use standard tools to measure objects or materials.
Describe what happens when like and opposite poles of a magnet are placed near each other.
Demonstrate that when some substances combine, they may retain their individual properties.
Describe how energy produces changes, heats, melts ice, gas makes cars go uphill, electricity makes TV’s work.
Describe how heat can be produced.
Classify a variety of materials on whether they conduct heat.
Demonstrate how sound can change in pitch and volume.
Investigate the properties of transparent and opaque objects.
Compare the heating and cooling rates of air, land and water
Describe an objects position in relation to another object or background.
Compare the effects of force (pushes and pulls) on the motion of an object.
Describe the properties of magnetism and demonstrate magnets can be used to move some things without touching
them.
Describe and demonstrate that objects close to the earth drop to the ground unless something supports them.
Explain that the patterns in the sky remain stable but appear to move across the sky because of the earth’s motion.
Identify the sun, moon and Earth as components of our solar system.
Describe Earth’s position and movement in the solar system.
Observe and describe the changes in the moon’s appearance of a month.
Grade: 3
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Earth Science
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Life Science
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Yearly Plan: Science
Distinguish between weathering and erosion.
Investigate local landforms and how wind, water or ice have shaped and reshaped them.
Describe land features by using pictures, diagrams and maps.
Conduct investigations and use observational data to describe how water moves rocks and soils.
Identify features of fossils that can be used to compare them to living organisms that are familiar.
Describe, compare and sort rocks, soils and minerals by similar or different physical properties.
Conduct simple experiments to find the three basic components of soil.
Provide examples of how sunlight affects people and animals by providing heat and light.
Describe weather by measurable quantities
Observe, measure and record data on the basic elements of weather of a period of time.
Observe and describe the ways that water, both as a solid and a liquid, is used in everyday activities at different times of
the year.
Explain that the supply of many non-renewable resources is limited and can be extended by reducing, reusing and
recycling but cannot be extended indefinitely.
Observe that animals need water, air, food and shelter/space to grow and reproduce
Observe, identify and record external features of humans and other animals.
Identify and compare the physical structures of a variety of animals.
Demonstrate that living things are made up of a variety of parts.
Explain that all organisms require a form of energy to survive and that human and other animals obtain energy and
materials from food.
Differentiate between the needs of plants and animals
Investigate how animals and plants that live in different places have similarities and differences.
Describe how people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch,
smell and taste.
Demonstrate in a food web that all animals’ food begins with the sun.
Recognise that all animals and plants go through predictable life cycles.
Grade: 3
Yearly Plan: Science
*Course will include instruction on reading comprehension, writing, research and presentation skill development as part of regular course content.
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