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 (3) ACSSU044

exploring differences between living, once living and products of living things

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

Elaboration (3) ACSSU046

investigating how changes of state in materials used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, such as beeswax or resins, are important for their use (OI.5)

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

Elaboration (3) ACSSU048

modelling the relative sizes and movement of the sun, Earth and moon

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

Elaboration (3) ACSSU049

recognising that we can feel heat and measure its effects using a thermometer

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

Elaboration (3) ACSHE051

deciding what characteristics make a material a pollutant

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

Elaboration (3) ACSIS053

working in groups to discuss things that might happen during an investigation

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

Elaboration (3) ACSIS054

consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to guide the planning of scientific investigations, including safety considerations for field investigations

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

Elaboration (3) ACSIS060

consulting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ representations of living things as evidenced and communicated through formal and informal sharing of information

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