Year 3 Science explores how living things grow and how the physical world works, from life cycles to soils, heat and states of matter. Students link ideas to real Australian examples.

Key Topics Covered:

Life cycles, soils and rocks, heat energy, solids and liquids, changes of state and fair test investigations.

Parent Tip:

Watch a plant or tadpole grow in your backyard and talk about each stage. Simple home experiments make ideas stick.

Compare living and non-living things and describe life cycles

Compare soils, rocks and minerals and explain why they matter

Identify sources of heat and how heat moves between objects

Classify solids and liquids and explain changes of state

Record observations and explain findings using data

Parent and child exploring a science question together on a tablet at home in Australia

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Living, Once Living and Non-living	Sort objects into living, once living and non-living groups and explain your thinking using observable features.
02	Characteristics of Living Things	Explore growth, reproduction, movement and response to the environment using familiar examples, such as backyard plants and animals.
03	Introduction to Life Cycles	Learn that all plants and animals have life cycles and name the basic stages.
04	Plant Life Cycle	Follow plants from seed to mature plant using diagrams and simple experiments, including Australian plants such as wattle and eucalypts.
05	Animal Life Cycle	Explore the life cycles of animals such as frogs, insects and kangaroos and name each stage.
06	Metamorphic and Non-metamorphic Life Cycles	Compare animals that change completely, like butterflies and frogs, with animals that grow gradually, like humans.
07	Life Cycle Changes	Observe how body features and behaviour change across the stages of a life cycle.
08	Representing Life Cycles	Draw diagrams, build models or make charts to show life cycle stages.
09	First Nations Knowledge of Life Cycles	Learn how First Nations Australians have used knowledge of plant and animal life cycles and seasons for food, care of Country and sustainability.
10	Life Cycle Applications	See how knowing about life cycles helps with farming, pest control and caring for the environment.

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Core Teaching (25 min)

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Guided Practice (15 min)

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Independent Practice (10 min)

Student completes the in-class quiz independently

Wrap-up (5 min)

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No.	Topic	What We Cover
11	What Is Soil?	Examine what soil is made of and describe its colour, texture and how much water it holds.
12	Comparing Soils	Compare sandy, clay and loam soils by looking, feeling and testing how water drains through them.
13	Rocks Around Australia	Observe and describe rocks by colour, texture and hardness, such as the sandstone of Uluru.
14	Minerals	Describe the observable properties of minerals, including colour, shine and hardness.
15	Comparing Rocks and Minerals	Compare rocks and minerals using a table, noting what is the same and what is different.
16	Earth's Resources	Find out why soils, rocks and minerals are important resources, from iron ore and gold to opals at Coober Pedy.
17	Soils for Growing	Explore why gardeners and farmers choose different soils for different plants.
18	First Nations Use of Earth Resources	Learn about the use of ochre, stone and other Earth materials by First Nations Australians.
19	Investigating Soil	Plan a fair test to compare how different soils hold water and record the results.
20	Term 2 Review	Revise soils, rocks, minerals and resources. A term mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
21	Sources of Heat Energy	Identify sources of heat energy, including the Sun, fire, electricity and friction.
22	Measuring Temperature	Use thermometers to measure and record temperatures in degrees Celsius.
23	How Heat Moves	Observe heat moving from a warmer object to a cooler object and describe what happens.
24	Warm Hands, Cold Cups	Investigate how the temperature of objects changes when heat is transferred between them.
25	Explaining Temperature Changes	Use observations to explain why objects get hotter or cooler.
26	Keeping Cool in an Australian Summer	Explore how shade, light colours and water help people stay cool and how this uses scientific ideas.
27	Planning a Fair Test	Use a scaffold to plan an investigation and identify what to change, measure and keep the same.
28	Recording Temperature Data	Record results in tables and simple column graphs and spot patterns.
29	Heat in Daily Life	Find examples of heat in cooking, hot water and heating and cooling at home and school.
30	Term 3 Review	Revise heat energy and fair testing. A term mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
31	Properties of Solids	Investigate observable properties of solids, such as hardness, shape and texture.
32	Properties of Liquids	Investigate how liquids pour, take the shape of containers and can be measured.
33	Comparing Solids and Liquids	Classify materials as solids or liquids based on their properties.
34	Adding Heat: Melting and Evaporating	With tutor guidance, see how adding heat can melt solids and make liquids evaporate.
35	Removing Heat: Freezing and Condensing	See how removing heat can freeze liquids and make water vapour condense.
36	Change of State in Everyday Life	Spot melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing at home and in the weather.
37	Making Representations	Organise data and ideas in tables, column graphs and models.
38	Explanations and Solving Problems	Find out how people use data to build scientific explanations and solve everyday problems.
39	Comparing Findings and Drawing Conclusions	Compare findings with others, judge whether a test was fair and suggest questions to investigate next.
40	Year 3 Review and Year 4 Readiness	Revise the year's science and preview Year 4 topics. A term mock test and parent report follow.

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