Grade 3 Science Overview
Investigate how substances can change, including water and the water cycle.
Conduct investigations to determine the effects of contact forces on objects, including simple machines.
Analyze changes to Earth’s surface caused by natural events and the activities of plants, humans, and other animals, including growing crops and farming.
Examine how layers of Earth’s surface, including the discovery and location of dinosaur fossils, hold information about the past.
Discuss First Nations, Métis, and Inuit relationships with and intergenerational knowledge of land and Earth’s surface.
Analyze interactions between plants, humans, other animals, and the environment.
Investigate creativity and its relationship to computational and divergent thinking.
Relate sources, accuracy, and analysis of data to building scientific knowledge.
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