3rd grade science focuses on how living things grow and change, and how forces, weather and climate shape the world. Students connect big ideas to real examples and evidence.

Key Topics Covered:

Life cycles, inherited traits, habitats and fossils, forces and magnets, weather and climate, weather hazards and engineering design.

Parent Tip:

Simple home experiments, like growing a bean plant or tracking the daily weather, make ideas stick.

Explain the life cycles of plants and animals

Describe inherited traits and how the environment affects them

Show how balanced and unbalanced forces change motion

Explain how magnets and static electricity act at a distance

Use weather data to describe climate in different regions

Plan a fair test and design a simple solution to a problem

Parent and child tracking the weather together on a tablet at home in the USA

No.	Topic	What We Cover
01	Introduction to Life Cycles	Learn that all living things are born, grow, reproduce and die, and name the main stages.
02	Plant Life Cycles	Follow a plant from seed to seedling to flower and fruit, using diagrams and a simple home investigation.
03	Animal Life Cycles	Compare the life cycles of animals such as frogs, chickens and humans and identify each stage.
04	Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis	Compare butterflies that change completely with grasshoppers that change gradually.
05	Birth, Growth, Reproduction and Death	Describe the common stages every living thing shares, even when the details differ.
06	Comparing Different Life Cycles	Spot similarities and differences between plants and animals across their lives.
07	Modeling Life Cycles	Draw diagrams, build models and make charts to show life cycle stages.
08	Life Cycles in Your Backyard	Observe local life such as monarch butterflies, tomato plants and ladybugs.
09	Life Cycles in Farms and Gardens	See how life cycle knowledge helps with growing food and managing pests.
10	Quarter 1 Review	Review life cycles. A mock test and parent report follow.

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Core Teaching (25 min)

New idea from the lesson eBook, with demonstrations and examples

Guided Practice (15 min)

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Independent Practice (10 min)

Student completes the in-class quiz independently

Wrap-up (5 min)

Summary, 2 take-home quizzes and a preview of the next session

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No.	Topic	What We Cover
11	Inherited Traits	Learn that parents pass traits to offspring, such as fur color or the shape of a leaf.
12	Traits Shaped by the Environment	Explore how food, water and surroundings affect how living things look and grow.
13	Variation Within a Species	Compare individuals of the same kind and see why no two are exactly alike.
14	Traits and Survival	Explain how some traits help organisms find food, stay safe and survive.
15	Living in Groups	See how animals such as wolves, geese and bees stay safe and find food in groups.
16	Habitats Across America	Compare life in the desert, forest, wetland and grassland, and what each organism needs.
17	When Environments Change	Explain how drought, fire or flooding can help some organisms and harm others.
18	Fossils	Use fossils to learn about plants and animals that lived long ago and the places they lived.
19	Protecting a Habitat	Design and evaluate a simple solution to a problem facing a habitat.
20	Quarter 2 Review	Review traits, habitats and fossils. A mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
21	Pushes and Pulls	Describe how pushes and pulls change the way objects move, using playground examples.
22	Balanced and Unbalanced Forces	Show how balanced forces keep objects still and unbalanced forces change motion.
23	Patterns of Motion	Observe and measure motion such as a swing, a pendulum or a rolling ball, and spot patterns.
24	Predicting Motion	Use patterns to predict how an object will move next, and test the prediction.
25	Magnets: Attract and Repel	Explore magnetic poles and which materials magnets pull on.
26	Static Electricity	Investigate forces between charged objects, such as a balloon and hair.
27	Forces Without Touching	Compare how magnets and static charge act across a distance.
28	Engineering With Magnets	Design and test a simple device that uses magnets to solve a problem.
29	Fair Tests With Forces	Plan investigations that change one thing at a time and record the results.
30	Quarter 3 Review	Review forces and magnets. A mock test and parent report follow.

No.	Topic	What We Cover
31	Weather and Climate	Tell short-term weather from long-term climate, with examples from your region.
32	Measuring Weather	Use thermometers, rain gauges and wind vanes to measure temperature, rain and wind.
33	Weather Data in Tables and Graphs	Record daily weather and graph it to find patterns across days and seasons.
34	Climates Across the United States	Compare typical weather in regions such as the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Northeast.
35	Comparing World Climates	Use data to describe the climate in different parts of the world.
36	Weather Hazards	Learn about hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, blizzards and wildfires, and how to stay safe.
37	Reducing Weather Damage	Evaluate solutions such as storm shelters, levees and wind-resistant buildings.
38	The Engineering Design Process	Define a problem, brainstorm, build, test and improve a design with limits on materials and cost.
39	Mini Science Project	Choose a question, test it fairly and share the results in a short presentation.
40	Grade 3 Review and Grade 4 Readiness	Review the year's science and preview 4th grade topics. A mock test and parent report follow.

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