Grade 3 Science for the Firs Semester covers the following topics:

  • What is science
  • Life Science
  • Physical Science
  • The World Around Us

Reference Material

Reference Material

Section 1

Week 1 Module 1 – Unlocking the World
Week 1 Module 2 – Why science is important
Week 1 Module 3 – The Good Scientist
Week 1 Module 4 – Are you a scientist?
Week 2 Module 5 – The Scientific Toolbox
Week 2 Module 6 – The Electron Microscope
Week 2 Module 7 – The Metric System
Week 2 Module 8 – The Metric System Song
Week 3 Module 9 – Hot Colors
Week 3 Module 10 – Hot Colors Experiment
Week 4 Module 11 – The Sound of Food
Week 4 Module 12 – Brain Speed Test
Week 4 Module 13 – Treetop Homes
Week 4 Module 14 – 10 Amazing Facts About Birds’ Nests
Week 4 Module 15 – Review

Section 2

Week 5 Module 16 – Getting to the Bottom of Things
Week 5 Module 17 – What are atoms?
Week 5 Module 18 – Conductors, Insulators, and You
Week 5 Module 19 – More About Electricity
Week 6 Module 20 – Which Way to the North Pole?
Week 6 Module 21 – More About Earth’s Confusing Magnetic Field
Week 6 Module 22 – Magnet Experiments!!!
Week 7 Module 23 – Power in a Little Package
Week 7 Module 24 – Batteries Explained in More Detail
Week 7 Module 25 – Molecules on the Move
Week 7 Module 26 – How Steam Power Works
Week 7 Module 27 – Colors in the Sky (Bonus Module!)
Week 8 Module 28 – Making Life Easier
Week 8 Module 29 – Review

Section 3

Week 9 Module 30 – It All Starts from a Seed
Week 9 Module 31 – Find Out the Age of a Tree (Project)
Week 9 Module 32 – The Leaf: Nature’s Green Machine
Week 9 Module 33 – The Leaf: Photosynthesis
Week 9 Module 34 – Water Transportation in Trees (Bonus Module!)
Week 10 Module 35 – Reptiles or Amphibians
Week 10 Module 36 – Reptiles vs Amphibians ILLUSTRATED
Week 10 Module 37 – Life in the Extreme
Week 10 Module 38 – What are tundras?
Week 11 Module 39 – Community Life
Week 11 Module 40 – BEES
Week 11 Module 41 – An Underwater World
Week 11 Module 42 – Coral Reefs
Week 12 Module 43 – Decomposers: Earth’s Stomach
Week 12 Module 44 – Decomposers Part 2
Week 12 Module 45 – The Shapes of the Land
Week 12 Module 46 – Tectonic Plates

Section 4

Week 13 Module 47 – The Pull of the Moon
Week 13 Module 48 – How Tides Work
Week 13 Module 49 – Tough Stuff
Week 13 Module 50 – Mineral Project
Week 14 Module 51 – There’s Electricity in the Air
Week 14 Module 52 – Why Lightning and Thunder Don’t Happen at the Same Time
Week 14 Module 53 – At the Center of Our Lives
Week 14 Module 54 – The Sun
Week 15 Module 55 – Rocks from Space
Week 15 Module 56 – Meteors and Meteorites
Week 15 Module 57 – The Speedy Planet
Week 15 Module 58 – Messenger Mission to Mercury
Week 16 Module 59 – Keeping Pace
Week 16 Module 60 – How the Pacemaker Works
Week 16 Module 61 – Seeing the Stars
Week 16 Module 62 – Types of Telescopes
Week 17 Module 63 – A Watery Problem
Week 17 Module 64 – Ancient Irrigation Systems
Week 17 Module 65 – Reaching the Other Side
Week 17 Module 66 – Bridge Project