Year 3 Science

The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …

Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Science Year 3

By the end of Year 3, students use their understanding of the movement of Earth, materials and the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations. They group living things based on observable features and distinguish them from non-living …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU044

sorting living and non-living things based on characteristics

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU044 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU046

predicting the effect of heat on different materials

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU046 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU048

describing timescales for the rotation of the Earth

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU048 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU049

exploring how heat can be transferred through conduction

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU049 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE050

considering how posing questions helps us plan for the future

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE050 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE051

considering how materials including solids and liquids affect the environment in different ways

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE051 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS053

listing shared experiences as a whole class and identifying possible investigations

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS053 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS054

discussing safety rules for equipment and procedures

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS054 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS057

identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students' own investigations and from secondary sources

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS057 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS060

using simple explanations and arguments, reports or graphical representations to communicate ideas to other students

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS060 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU048

constructing sundials and investigating how they work

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU048 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum