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Year 3 · Key Stage 2

Science

Working scientifically across biology, chemistry, and physics.

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  1. How Plants WorkChildren learn the main parts of a flowering plant, how water travels from roots to leaves, and the life cycle from seed to new seed. They match plant parts to jobs, sort dispersal methods, and explore the celery fair-test experiment.
  2. Brilliant Bodies: Skeletons, Muscles and NutritionChildren explore how the human skeleton and muscles work together to support, protect and move the body, discover how muscles pull in pairs, learn about the five food groups for a healthy diet, and compare human skeletons with those of other vertebrates.
  3. Rocks, Soils and FossilsChildren explore rocks, soils and fossils — comparing rock properties, discovering how the three rock types form, finding out how fossils are made, and learning what soil really is.
  4. Light, Shadows and ReflectionsChildren learn how light travels in straight lines, how shadows form when opaque objects block light, and how moving a light source or object changes the size and shape of a shadow. They also explore transparent, translucent and opaque materials.
  5. Forces and MagnetsChildren explore contact and non-contact forces, discover how friction works on different surfaces, investigate which materials magnets attract, and test how magnetic poles attract and repel each other.