KNES Primary School Year 3 Science Course Outline:

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1 KNES Primary School Year 3 Science Course Outline: Term 1 Overview. In the unit Animals, including humans, students will be taught to identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat. Students will also identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. In the Plants unit, Pupils should be taught to identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. They will explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant. Students will investigate the way in which water is transported within plants and will explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal. Term 2 Overview. In the Rocks unit pupils will be taught to compare and group together different kinds of rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties. They describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock. Students will recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. In the Forces and Magnets unit pupils will be taught to compare how things move on different surfaces, notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance, observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others, compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, identify some magnetic materials, describe magnets as having two poles, predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing. Term 3 Overview. In the Light unit pupils will be taught to recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light, notice that light is reflected from surfaces, recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes, recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object, find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change. Homework will also be given and non-completion of homework will affect the student s final mark.

2 Class Rules: If a pupil is absent, it is his/her responsibility to get his/her homework assignment from a classmate and submit it when he/she returns. Homework left at home will be considered as not being done. If a test or deadline on an assignment is missed, the pupil will receive 0% unless he/she can provide a letter from a medical doctor to show the reason that he/she was not able to attend. It is the pupil s responsibility to come to class with the necessary books and other itemsthey are of no value sitting at home. Pupils are to use the washrooms before school and during scheduled breaks. They are not to be asking to leave class to use the washroom except in emergencies which should not occur often. Pupils are to line up immediately at the start of the day or at break time as soon as they hear the bell. No food and/or drink is allowed into class.

3 Unit Outline: Science This outline is for the whole year Week Task/Topic/Area Learning Outcome. Students will be able to: Term 1 1 Animals, including humans Food groups Explain why all animals including humans need to eat Classify food into different groups Recognise food and food groups which provide growth and energy 2 Healthy eating / balanced diet Demonstrate what is meant by a balanced diet Plan a balanced meal for a party 3 What do different animals eat? Explain what is meant by the terms carnivore, herbivore and omnivore Present and interpret data using simple bar graphs 4 What are skeletons? Show the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates Identify different bones in a skeleton 5 Why are skeletons important? Explain the function of some parts of a skeleton Collect, record and interpret the results from an investigation on head circumferences 6 Healthy bones Recognise properties of healthy bones List ways of keeping our bones healthy 7 Muscle Mania Explain how muscles work Use different ways to measure muscle strength 8 Plants Parts of a plant Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants 9 What are flowers for? Explore how flowers are involved in pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal What do plants need to grow? Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (water, air, light, nutrients) Grow beans ensuring plant growth requirements are met 12 Importance of light Explain why plants need light and the role of leaves Show the consequences of plants not receiving light

4 13 Water transport Describe the way in which water is transported within plants Carry out a fair test to investigate if the amount of water received by seeds results in increased growth 14 Growth busters Explain why farmers put fertiliser onto the soil Recognise the difference between natural and artificial fertiliser. 15 Revision / Assessment Week Task/Topic/Area Learning Outcome. Students will be able to: Term 2 1 Rocks group rocks according to differences in texture and record and justify the groupings Identify the properties of rocks 2 Scratch test to determine the hardness of rocks Are all rocks permeable? 3 Where are rocks found and what are rocks used for? carry out an investigation to determine the hardness of different rocks use results of tests to determine if a rock is permeable or impermeable identify some rocks and explain why they are used for a particular purpose 4 How is soil formed? describe how erosion can turn rocks into soil 5 Different types of soils: clay, sand and loam. Separating rocks/stones from soil recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter choose the correct size sieve for removing different size stones from soil 6 Natural and man-made rocks Fossils group rocks into those which occur naturally and those which are man-made describe how fossils are formed when once living things are trapped within sedimentary rock 7 Revision and assessment week End of unit assessment 8 Forces and Magnets What are forces? Friction recognise a force as a push or pull explain why objects are slowed down on different surfaces

5 9 Friction investigation Force between magnets 10 How are magnets made? Magnetic or non-magnetic 11 Uses of magnets and magnet strength 12 Revision and assessment week test the effect of friction on different surfaces identify what magnets are made from describe the direction of forces between magnets (attract and repel) list the metals which magnets can be made from classify materials as magnetic or nonmagnetic identify different kinds of magnets and their everyday use test the strengths of different magnets Week Task/Topic/Area Learning Outcome. Students will be able to: Term 3 1 Sources and importance of light identify sources of light recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light 2 Reflection realise that light is reflected from different surfaces Eye protection suggest ways of protecting eyes from harmful sunrays 3 Shadows show that shadows are created when light is blocked investigate how the size of a shadow can be changed 4 Light and different materials identify translucent, transparent and opaque objects investigate the type of shadow produced by a range of materials 5-6 The sun and shadows show how the length and direction of shadows change during the day observe the position of the sun during the day 7 Sundials recognise that each day the sun is lower at sunrise and sunset and highest in the middle of the day recognise that the higher the source of light is (e.g. the sun in the sky) the shorter the shadow

6 8-9 Consolidation / Revision 10 End of topic assessment Assessments for Science Term 1 Topic Marks Animals, including Mid-topic assessment 20% humans Plants Mid-topic assessment 20% Participation Effort in lessons 10% Homework Completion of homework 10% Term 2 Rocks Mid-topic assessment 20% Forces and Magnets Mid-topic assessment 20% Participation Effort in lessons 10% Homework Completion of homework 10% Term 3 Light Mid-topic assessment 40% Assessment 2 End of topic test 40% Participation Effort in lessons 10% Homework Completion of homework 10%