A full Science Forces and Magnets unit plan and resources for Year 3. This resources includes all activities, poerpoints and smartboard files and a pre and post assessment. This planning covers the following NC objectives: Compare how things move on different surfaces. Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance. Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others. Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials. Working Scientifically objectives Asking relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them Making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers Setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests Gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions Record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables Using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings Identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes

Science Rocks Year 3 Planning. A full term of planning covering all relevant rocks and working scientifically objectives. Also includes work on Mary Anning. Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.

This unit covers all the key Year 3 Light Objectives along with a scientist study. Recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light Notice that light is reflected from surfaces Recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change