The outcomes and content in the Science and Technology Syllabus are organised in the following strands and substrands:

This term in Science & Technology, Year 3 will:

Living World - It’s Alive - Takes place over 2 terms and covers:

During this unit, students will understand living and non-living things on Earth. By examining specimens and their observable features, students learn the definitions of living and non-living things. Students also explore the life stages and life cycle of living things. Students examine factors that affect living things; describe relationships between living things and study biodiversity. Students gather and collate information from their investigations and then use this information to inform their audience about the living things on Earth. Students will use their knowledge to make recommendations  about how to improve biodiversity. Students design and produce a product or system to support the growth of an animal threatened by extinction. 

• Different Climates around the world and animals that live in them
• Living things impact the environments of other living things
• How our actions affect climates and environments
• Climate change - Endangered animals
• Possible incursion - Butterfly Experience