Science
Year 3 · National Curriculum (England)
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.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- 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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