Grade 3 Science
6 units matched to the BC Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.
- All matter is made of particles.
- Thermal energy can be produced and transferred.
- Wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land.
Units
Unit 1
Grouping Living Things
Biodiversity (the variety of life in a place) and sorting living things into groups by their features: backbones, legs, fur, feathers, fins and more.
Learning standard: Biodiversity in the local environment; living things can be grouped by their features
Unit 2
Ecosystems & Food Chains
How energy from the sun moves through food chains (producers, consumers and decomposers), how living things in an ecosystem depend on each other, and how First Peoples' knowledge of local ecosystems is passed down.
Learning standard: Energy is needed for life; living things interact in ecosystems; local First Peoples knowledge of ecosystems
Unit 3
Matter & Particles
All matter is made of tiny particles. How particles are arranged in solids, liquids and gases, and how heating and cooling cause melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation.
Learning standard: Matter is made of particles; changes in states of matter with heating and cooling
Unit 4
Thermal Energy
Where heat comes from (the sun, fire, friction, food), how heat moves from warmer things to cooler things, and which materials are conductors or insulators, including reading simple experiment graphs.
Learning standard: Sources of thermal energy; thermal energy transfer; heat conductors and insulators
Unit 5
Landforms
Naming landforms such as mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, islands, peninsulas, canyons and deltas, and how First Peoples' place names and knowledge describe the land.
Learning standard: Types of landforms; local First Peoples knowledge of local landforms
Unit 6
Wind, Water & Ice
How wind, water and ice break rock down (weathering) and carry it away (erosion), slowly changing the shape of the land, and how plants and windbreaks protect soil.
Learning standard: Weathering and erosion by wind, water and ice; how landforms change over time
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