SCI0300: 3rd Grade Science

05/01/2024 to 05/30/2025 • Modified 04/23/2024

Course Description

This science course will allow the student to discover scientific topics through interactive, hands-on, and engaging activities and lessons. The student will study various aspects of God’s creation, with Christian values as a guide. The truths of creation and God’s design will be interwoven throughout the course, allowing the student to learn sound scientific knowledge through a biblical worldview.

Next Start Date*

Next Monday

Prerequisite

2nd Grade Science

Schedule

Module 1: Scientific Method

  • Week 1: Scientific Method 
  • Week 2: Measurement
  • Week 3: Simple and Compound Machines

Module 2: Observation and Matter

  • Week 4: The Five Senses 
  • Week 5: Matter
  • Week 6: Solid, Liquid, Gas

Module 3: Energy and Light

  • Week 7: Heat Energy
  • Week 8: Reflection, Refraction, Shadow 
  • Week 9: Opaque, Translucent, Transparent

Module 4: Solar System

  • Week 10: Earth, Seasons, Gravity 
  • Week 11: Moon Phases
  • Week 12: Oceans
  • Week 13: Science Experiment

Module 5: Cycles

  • Week 14: Living/Non-living Things 
  • Week 15: Water Cycle
  • Week 16: Plant Life Cycle 
  • Week 17: Animal Life Cycle
  • Week 18: Second Quarter Review

Module 6: Adaptations

  • Week 19: Behavioral & Physical Adaptations
  • Week 20: Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore 
  • Week 21: Migration
  • Week 22: Review Week

Module 7: Ecosystems

  • Week 23: Ecosystems
  • Week 24: Aquatic Ecosystems 
  • Week 25: Terrestrial Ecosystem
  • Week 26: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
  • Week 27: Third Quarter Review

Module 8: Safety Week and Weird Science

  • Week 28: Safety
  • Week 29: Unusual Animals

Module 9: Health

  • Week 30: Body Systems
  • Week 31: Body Systems Continued 
  • Week 32: The Nervous System Week 
  • Week 33: Review Week

Module 10: Recycling and Erosion

  • Week 34: Recycling
  • Week 35: Effects of Disasters 
  • Week 36: Quarter Four Review
*Course specifics are tentative and subject to change each year. For the most current information, please refer to the Course Registration Tool.

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