Grade 3 Science BC Learning Standards Standards

Big Ideas

Questioning and predicting

Planning and conducting

Processing and analyzing data and information

Evaluating

Applying and innovating

Communicating

Students are expected to know the following:

Science

Curricular Competencies

Content

biodiversity in the local environment

Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways, such as diagrams and simple reports, using digital technologies as appropriate

Contribute to care for self, others, school, and neighbourhood through personal or collaborative approaches

Make simple inferences based on their results and prior knowledge

Experience and interpret the local environment

Suggest ways to plan and conduct an inquiry to find answers to their questions

Demonstrate curiosity about the natural world

Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.

the knowledge of local First Peoples of ecosystems

Express and reflect on personal or shared experiences of place

Co-operatively design projects

Reflect on whether an investigation was a fair test

Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge

Consider ethical responsibilities when deciding how to conduct an experiment

Observe objects and events in familiar contexts

All matter is made of particles.

energy is needed for life

Transfer and apply learning to new situations

Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence

Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables

Safely use appropriate tools to make observations and measurements, using formal measurements and digital technology as appropriate

Identify questions about familiar objects and events that can be investigated scientifically

Thermal energy can be produced and transferred.

matter is anything that has mass and takes up space

Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

Identify some simple environmental implications of their and others actions

Use tables, simple bar graphs, or other formats to represent data and show simple patterns and trends

Make observations about living and non-living things in the local environmen

Make predictions based on prior knowledge

Wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land.

atoms are building blocks of matter

Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

Collect simple data

sources of thermal energy

transfer of thermal energy

major local landforms

local First Peoples knowledge of local landforms

observable changes in the local environment caused by erosion and deposition by wind, water, and ice