Year+3+Program+Ideas


 * Year 3 Science **

// By the end of Year 3, students, with guidance from the teacher, generate simple questions based on familiar contexts and make predictions. They make suggestions as to how to test their ideas and collaboratively conduct investigations. They use some standard units of measurement and record data using teacher designed tables. They begin to use simple diagrams, models and text to communicate ideas and share their thoughts about their investigations with others. //
 * __ Science Inquiry Skills: Investigating (C Grade Descriptor) __**

A unit of work developed at MSOTA for Earth and Space Sciences.


 * __ Investigation suggestions (Yr 3 Inquiry Skills) __**
 * Oreo Moon
 * Paper planes
 * Make a parachute
 * Bouncing balls
 * Green Gunk
 * Eggs floating in salt and fresh water
 * Smarties in sugar and salt water (this extends a Year 2 experiment)
 * Food colouring in water and milk (this extends a Year 2 experiment)
 * Food colouring in skim, full cream and cream (this extends a Year 2 experiment)
 * Getting water to mix with oil
 * Melting chocolate
 * Saturated solutions – sugar in hot and cold water
 * Pop rockets
 * Making a volcano
 * Static balloons, water and hair
 * Make a spider

// Students describe changes to and differences between properties of objects or events they have experienced. //
 * __ Science Understandings __****__ (Yr 3 C Grade Descriptors in italics) __**

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// They describe properties of solids and liquids that influence the use of materials. //
 * Natural and Processed Materials **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Spot the difference**]

// They describe types of energy and their use in everyday situations ////. //
 * Energy and Change **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Push – pull**]
 * [|**Sounds sensational**]

// They identify features of the day and night sky and are aware of the relative sizes of the Earth, Moon and Sun. //
 * Earth and Beyond **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Water works**]

// They have some understanding of plant and animal systems at an observable level, including the relationship between their major structures and functions. //
 * Life and Living **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Schoolyard safari**]