This term in Science & Technology, Year 3 will learn about:

Material and Physical World - Heat up to a melting point

In this unit, students will use their understanding of  materials and the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations. They will describe how they can use science investigations to respond to questions. Students use their everyday experience of warming themselves, or use stimulus material about animals trying to keep warm, to generate inquiry questions about heat conduction. They develop their science investigation skills to conduct fair tests and gather evidence to support their claims. They will generate inquiry questions about changing solids to liquids and visa-versa by adding or removing heat. They discuss and formulate plans of action to answer these questions, including completing scientific investigations and generating new claims to answer their questions. 

Students will be involved in the learning of valuable skills

• Questioning and predicting
• Identifying and defining
• Researching and planning
• Producing and implementing
• Testing and evaluating

We are also hoping to have a science day where students will be involved in various experiments and design and make opportunities.