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Year 3 is broadly equivalent to Grade 2 American · Class 2 CBSE · PYP IB

Science — Year 3

British Curriculum · Ages 7-8

Year 3 introduces rocks and soils, and light and shadows: including the first formal understanding that light travels in straight lines and is needed to see. Forces and magnets are explored through hands-on investigation of pushes, pulls, and magnetic attraction and repulsion.

Plant biology deepens to cover nutrition and the parts of a plant, and human biology introduces nutrition, skeletons and muscles.

Key topics covered

Rocks & SoilsTypes of rock and how soils are formed.
Light & ShadowsHow light travels and how shadows form.
Forces & MagnetsPushes, pulls, and magnetic attraction and repulsion.
PlantsNutrition and the functions of plant parts.
Animals Including HumansNutrition, skeletons and muscles.

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