Science

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 & Soils — Types of rock and how soils are formed.
• Light & Shadows — How light travels and how shadows form.
• Forces & Magnets — Pushes, pulls, and magnetic attraction and repulsion.
• Plants — Nutrition and the functions of plant parts.
• Animals Including Humans — Nutrition, skeletons and muscles.