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Animal Nutrition, Food Groups, and Balanced Diets
3rd Grade · Science · UK National Curriculum
10 lessons
Goal
Understand that animals cannot make their own food, identify the essential nutrient groups, and explain the components of a healthy balanced diet.
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Why Animals Need Nutrition and Energy
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- 7The Importance of Water and Dietary FibreNot started yet
- 8The Eatwell Guide and Designing a Balanced PlateNot started yet
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Curriculum Framework
3rd Grade · Science · UK National Curriculum
1
10 lessons
Working Scientifically: Scientific Inquiry and Practical Skills
Develop practical scientific skills including asking testable questions, planning fair tests, making precise observations, and interpreting data.
2
10 lessons
Living Things and Classification
Group, identify, and classify a wide variety of living things using observation, criteria, and branching classification keys.
3
10 lessons
Habitats, Food Chains, and Environmental Changes
Understand how organisms are adapted to habitats, construct food chains and webs, and evaluate the impact of environmental changes on ecosystems.
4
10 lessons
Plant Biology: Structure, Flowers, and Life Cycles
Identify the parts of flowering plants and understand their functions in growth, pollination, fertilisation, and seed dispersal.
5
10 lessons
Plant Functions: Water Transport, Light, and Growth
Investigate how roots absorb water and nutrients, how stems transport fluids, and how leaves use sunlight to produce food.
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10 lessons
Animal Nutrition, Food Groups, and Balanced Diets
Understand that animals cannot make their own food, identify the essential nutrient groups, and explain the components of a healthy balanced diet.
7
10 lessons
Human Skeletons, Bones, and Muscles
Identify the main bones and muscles in the human body and explain how skeletons and antagonistic muscle pairs provide support, protection, and movement.
8
10 lessons
The Human Digestive System and Dental Health
Trace the journey of food through the digestive organs, identify different types of human teeth, and explain how to maintain good dental health.
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10 lessons
States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Compare and group materials together according to whether they are solids, liquids, or gases, and understand particle arrangements.
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10 lessons
Changes of State, Temperature, and the Water Cycle
Explore how heating and cooling cause reversible changes of state, measure temperatures in degrees Celsius, and trace the water cycle.
11
10 lessons
Properties and Uses of Everyday Materials
Test, compare, and group everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including hardness, solubility, transparency, and thermal/electrical conductivity.
12
10 lessons
Rocks, Soils, and Fossil Formation
Compare and group different kinds of rocks based on appearance and physical properties, understand fossilisation, and explore soil composition.
13
10 lessons
Light, Reflections, and Shadow Formation
Recognise that light travels in straight lines, explore how light is reflected from surfaces, and investigate how shadows form and change size.
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10 lessons
Sound: Vibrations, Pitch, and Volume
Identify how sounds are made by vibrations, explain how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases to reach ears, and investigate pitch and volume.
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10 lessons
Forces, Friction, and Magnetism
Explore pushes and pulls, investigate friction on different surfaces, and understand magnetic poles, attraction, and repulsion.
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10 lessons
Electricity: Simple Series Circuits and Conductors
Construct complete series circuits, identify the function of electrical components, integrate switches, and classify electrical conductors and insulators.