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🔬 Science • 8-9 years

Grade 3 Science

Learn multiplication, division, fractions, and develop independent reading and writing skills. This grade currently includes 4 live topics, 12 printable worksheets, and 8 mapped standards.

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Topics

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Lessons

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Worksheets

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Quizzes

What's Live in This Grade

Grade 3 science currently includes 4 live topics, 12 printable worksheets, and 8 mapped standards. Strong entry points in this grade include Life Cycles and Traits, Adaptations and Survival, and Weather Patterns and Climate.

🐣 Life Cycles and Traits 🦎 Adaptations and Survival 🌦️ Weather Patterns and Climate 🏀 Forces and Motion

Standards Snapshot

This grade currently maps to 8 unique standards across NGSS. 16 glossary terms support the live topics in this grade.

4 topics 8 standards 12 worksheets

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Topics in Grade 3 Science

Each topic includes a full lesson, printable worksheets, an interactive quiz, and a teaching guide.

Life Cycles and Traits

Explore how living things grow through life cycles and how traits can be alike or different. — 3 worksheets

Adaptations and Survival

Learn how traits and behaviors can help organisms survive well in one habitat but not in another. — 3 worksheets

Weather Patterns and Climate

Study weather data, seasonal patterns, and the idea that different places have different climates. — 3 worksheets

Forces and Motion

Investigate how pushes, pulls, friction, and balanced or unbalanced forces affect motion. — 3 worksheets