Science · Year 3

Lesson 1

Find out how heat is made, how it moves from hot to cold, and how we measure temperature.

⏱ 18 min · 12 questions

Lesson 2

Sort animals into groups by their features, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 3

Discover the three states of matter and how their particles behave differently.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 4

Investigate different kinds of rocks and soil and how rocks slowly break down over time.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 5

Follow a frog through its life cycle, from egg to tadpole to fully grown adult frog.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 6

Explore how magnets have poles that can pull together or push apart, even without touching.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 7

Discover how heating and cooling make materials change between solid and liquid states.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 8

Investigate how water, light, air and warmth help plants survive and grow healthy.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 9

Investigate how rough and smooth surfaces change how easily things slide and roll.

⏱ 16 min · 8 questions

Lesson 10

Discover what soil is made of and how wind and water can wear away and move land.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 11

Sort animals by whether they have a backbone inside their body.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 12

Discover how fossils form and what they tell us about living things from the past.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 13

Find out how light bounces off shiny surfaces and lets us see in mirrors.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 14

Follow a chicken from egg to chick to grown hen and back again.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 15

Investigate how shadows are made and why they change size and direction.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 16

Find out where our water comes from, how we use it, and why we should save it.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 17

Compare the three states of matter and how their particles behave.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 18

Discover how bees and other animals help flowers make seeds and fruit.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 19

Prove that air takes up space and has weight, even though we cannot see it.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 20

Follow a plant's life cycle from a tiny seed to a flowering plant that makes new seeds.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 21

Learn that our Sun is a star, why it looks so big, and how it gives Earth light and heat.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Lesson 22

Discover the invisible force of gravity that pulls everything toward the ground.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Lesson 23

Discover how the shape of an animal's teeth tells us whether it eats plants, meat or both.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 24

Compare how solids, liquids and gases behave, hold their shape and fill space differently.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 25

Explore how the Moon orbits Earth, reflects sunlight and can be seen by day or night.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 26

Investigate why some objects stand steady and others topple, and how a wide base helps balance.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 27

Beak match! Discover how different beaks help birds eat different foods.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 28

Stick or skip! Test which materials a magnet can pull and which it cannot.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 29

Round and round! Learn how Earth spinning gives us day and night.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 30

Follow the drop! Track where rainwater goes after it falls to the ground.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 31

Some birds fly huge distances each year. Discover why and how birds migrate.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 32

When salty water dries out, the salt is left behind. Explore evaporating mixtures.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 33

Sound comes from things that shake quickly. Explore how vibrations make sound.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 34

Volcanoes are openings in the Earth where hot melted rock can burst out.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 35

A caterpillar becomes a butterfly through amazing changes. Explore the four stages of complete metamorphosis.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 36

Heating and cooling change materials between solid and liquid. Explore how ice melts and water freezes.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 37

Soils are made of broken rock and bits of plants. Compare sandy, clay and loamy soils and how water moves through them.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 38

Forces that touch an object can start it, stop it, speed it up or change its shape. Explore contact forces.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 39

Find out why some animals are busy in the day and others at night, and how this helps them survive.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 40

Learn how a thermometer measures how hot or cold something is, and read temperatures in degrees Celsius.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 41

Sort the things around you into living, once living and never living, and spot products that come from living things.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 42

Meet the compost worms that turn food scraps and dead leaves into rich food for garden soil.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 43

Compare runny and thick liquids, and discover how every liquid takes the shape of its container.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 44

Follow the Sun across the sky, watch shadows change through the day, and learn how a sundial tells the time.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 45

Discover what stars really are, why we only see them at night, and find the Southern Cross above Australia.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 46

Find out why metal feels different to wool, and how eskies, jumpers and oven mitts control the movement of heat.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 47

Learn the golden rule of experiments: change one thing, measure one thing, and keep everything else the same.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 48

Turn your tallies and tables into column graphs, and use them to spot patterns in your science results.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions