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Year 3 Science Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Healthy eating
- Amounts of food Study Guide
- Different diets for different people Study Guide
- Fats in food: plan and do (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Fats in food: review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Food miles (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Making or finding food Study Guide
- Nutrient-rich meal: doing and reviewing (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Nutrition from food Study Guide
- Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Types of food Study Guide
Introduction to light and shadows
- Light and seeing Study Guide
- Light pollution (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Light sources Study Guide
- Making shadows Study Guide
- Opaque, transparent and translucent Study Guide
- Protecting our eyes from the Sun: do and review Study Guide
- Protecting our eyes from the Sun: plan Study Guide
- Reflected light: do and review Study Guide
- Reflected light: plan Study Guide
- Shadow size: do Study Guide
- Shadow size: plan Study Guide
- Shadow size: review Study Guide
Introduction to the human skeleton and muscles
- Animal skeletons Study Guide
- Animals without bones Study Guide
- Bone length: plan and do Study Guide
- Bone length: review Study Guide
- Improving muscle strength (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Muscle strength: do and review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Muscle strength: plan (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Muscles for movement Study Guide
- The human skeleton: protection Study Guide
- The human skeleton: support Study Guide
Rocks and soils
- Different types of soils (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Everyday uses of rocks Study Guide
- Healthy soil (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- How fossils are formed Study Guide
- How geologists work Study Guide
- Introduction to rocks Study Guide
- Mary Anning (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Mohs' scale of hardness (non-statutory) Study Guide
- More about fossil formation Study Guide
- Physical properties of rocks: hardness Study Guide
- Physical properties of rocks: permeability Study Guide
- Soil permeability: do and review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Soil permeability: plan (non-statutory) Study Guide
- The appearance of rocks Study Guide
- Weathering and erosion of rocks Study Guide
- What soils are made from Study Guide
Simple forces including magnets
- Blocking magnetic force Study Guide
- Contact forces Study Guide
- Different magnets and their parts Study Guide
- Different surfaces in real life (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Different surfaces: do and review Study Guide
- Different surfaces: plan Study Guide
- Magnetic and non-magnetic materials Study Guide
- Magnetic force (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Magnetic force at a distance Study Guide
- Putting magnets together: attract or repel Study Guide
- Strongest magnet (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Using magnets to solve problems (non-statutory: Scientists and Engineers) Study Guide
What plants do and what they need
- Comparing what plants need in different habitats Study Guide
- How water is transported in plants Study Guide
- Life cycle of a flowering plant Study Guide
- Nutrients and fertilisers for plants (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Plants without roots Study Guide
- Pollination Study Guide
- Seed formation and seed dispersal Study Guide
- The function of flowers Study Guide
- The function of leaves Study Guide
- The function of roots Study Guide
- The parts of a flower Study Guide
- What plants need: do Study Guide
- What plants need: final review Study Guide
- What plants need: plan Study Guide
- What plants need: review Study Guide