Public learning track
Changes of State and the Water Cycle
3rd Grade · Science · UK National Curriculum
8 lessons
Goal
Investigate how heating and cooling cause melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation, and apply these concepts to model and explain the global water cycle.
Featured Diagrams
Heating and Melting: Solids into Liquids
8 lessons
0 of 8 done
- 1Heating and Melting: Solids into LiquidsUp nextStart
- 2Cooling and Freezing: Liquids into SolidsPremiumNot started yet
- 3Measuring Melting and Freezing Points in Degrees CelsiusNot started yet
- 4Evaporation: Liquids Turning into GasesNot started yet
- 5Investigating Factors Affecting the Rate of EvaporationNot started yet
- 6Condensation: Gases Turning into LiquidsNot started yet
- 7The Water Cycle: Evaporation, Condensation, and PrecipitationNot started yet
- 8Building a Water Cycle Model in a Sealed BagNot started yet
Standards Covered
Curriculum Framework
3rd Grade · Science · UK National Curriculum
1
8 lessons
Planning Investigations and Practical Scientific Measurement
Learn to formulate testable questions, plan fair tests, and make accurate observations and measurements using standard scientific equipment.
2
7 lessons
Analysing, Evaluating, and Communicating Scientific Data
Develop skills to record data in tables and charts, interpret patterns, write evidence-based conclusions, evaluate methods, and present scientific findings.
3
6 lessons
Plant Structure and Water Transport
Identify the key organs of flowering plants and understand how roots, stems, and leaves support life processes and water transport.
4
7 lessons
Plant Growth Requirements and Adaptations
Investigate how environmental factors affect plant growth and explore how different plants adapt to their habitats.
5
5 lessons
Flower Structure, Pollination, and Fertilisation
Identify the reproductive parts of flowers, compare insect and wind pollination mechanisms, and understand how fertilisation produces seeds.
6
7 lessons
Seed Dispersal, Germination, and Plant Life Cycles
Investigate different seed dispersal mechanisms, examine the conditions needed for germination, and map the complete flowering plant life cycle.
7
7 lessons
Human and Animal Skeletons
Identify the functions and major bones of the human skeleton, and compare endoskeletons, exoskeletons, and hydrostatic skeletons across animal groups.
8
5 lessons
Muscles, Joints, and Biomechanics
Understand how joints, connective tissues, and antagonistic muscle pairs work together to produce movement and investigate bone strength.
9
11 lessons
Animals: Nutrition, Nutrients, and Balanced Diets
Understand that animals cannot make their own food, identify essential nutrient groups, and evaluate balanced diets for humans and other animals.
10
10 lessons
Rocks and Fossils
Test and compare the physical properties of rocks, understand how the three main rock types form, and discover how fossils develop in sedimentary rock.
11
4 lessons
Exploring Soils and Soil Science
Investigate what soil is made of, separate soil layers, test drainage across soil types, and understand the role of living organisms in soil health.
12
8 lessons
Light, Vision, and Reflection
Understand light sources, how light travels and enters the eye to enable vision, how different surfaces reflect light, and how to practice sun and night-time road safety.
13
5 lessons
Materials, Shadows, and Sundials
Explore how materials interact with light, investigate shadow formation and size changes, and track outdoor shadows to measure time.
14
5 lessons
Contact Forces and Friction
Explore pushes, pulls, and twists, measure forces in newtons, and investigate how surface friction affects movement in everyday situations.
15
8 lessons
Magnets and Magnetic Forces
Discover non-contact magnetic forces, identify magnetic materials, explore pole interactions and Earth's magnetic field, and investigate practical applications of magnets.
16
8 lessons
Classifying Living Things and Using Keys
Identify life processes, group vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants by observable characteristics, and construct and read branching classification keys.
17
6 lessons
Habitats, Fieldwork, and Environmental Change
Investigate local habitats using ecological sampling tools, explore how seasonal and natural changes affect organisms, and evaluate human impacts on ecosystems.
18
7 lessons
Human Teeth, Dental Health, and Animal Diets
Identify the types, structures, and functions of human and animal teeth, and understand the causes and prevention of tooth decay.
19
7 lessons
The Human Digestive Journey and Food Chains
Trace the step-by-step passage and chemical breakdown of food through the digestive tract and understand energy flow within food chains.
20
7 lessons
Properties and Particle Models of Matter
Identify and compare solids, liquids, and gases based on observable properties, explore tricky granular and foam materials, and model how particles behave in each state.
21
8 lessons
Changes of State and the Water Cycle
Investigate how heating and cooling cause melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation, and apply these concepts to model and explain the global water cycle.
22
7 lessons
Sound Waves and Pitch: How Sounds Are Made and Changed
Discover how vibrations create sound, how sound waves travel through different mediums to the ear, and how pitch changes across musical instruments.
23
6 lessons
Volume, Soundproofing, and Hearing Protection
Investigate volume and amplitude, measure sound in decibels, test soundproofing materials, and explore hearing protection and animal acoustics.
24
8 lessons
Introduction to Electricity, Safety, and Simple Circuits
Learn essential electrical safety, identify circuit components, and construct complete series circuits with buzzers, motors, and homemade switches.
25
6 lessons
Conductors, Insulators, and Circuit Investigations
Test electrical conductors and insulators, investigate how cell and bulb counts affect circuit behavior, and apply circuit diagrams to build an interactive electrical project.
26
9 lessons
Earth, Weather, and Seasonal Ecology
Investigate British weather patterns, seasonal adaptations, environmental change, and local conservation initiatives.