Science Year 3 Science understanding Earth & Space Sciences

Compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources

Code AC9S3U02

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17 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    v9 Properties of Soil, Rocks and Minerals

    This short unit is based on the Year 3 Australian national science curriculum. During this unit, students will learn some of the fundamental...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Telling Rocks Apart - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the Soil, Rocks and Minerals unit. It allows the teacher...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Types of Rocks - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Soil, Rocks and Minerals unit. It allows the teacher...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Studying the Earth - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Soil, Rocks and Minerals unit. It allows the teacher...

  • Presentation Year: 3 4

    Soil Types - Presentation

    This PowerPoint presentation explains the different types of soil and how scientists classify soil types. This presentation can be used t...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Achievement Standards - Science

    This printable resource presents the full set of Science achievement standards from Foundation to Year 6, expressed in student-friendly β€œWe...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Rocks & Soil Quiz

    This presentation was created to be used as part of an assessment tool. Students use a quiz answer sheet provided in the activity pack, and...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Rocks & Soil Quiz Worksheet

    This worksheet is part of an assessment for the Year 3 ACARA earth and space science curriculum unit called Soil, Rocks and Minerals. You wi...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Rocks Word Search

    This word search helps consolidate some of the geology terms your students will use throughout the unit, it also makes a great fast finisher...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Soil, Rocks & Minerals - Title Page

    Soil, Rocks & Minerals - Title Page

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Sample Collection

    This worksheet is designed to be a letter sent home to parents to explain the coming unit and enlist their help in the collection of rock an...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Analysing Soil Solutions - Worksheet

    This is a continuation to the previous soil investigation, that now let’s students look at the soil samples after sitting in solution over a...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Sorting Soil - Worksheet

    Students do an analysis of dry soil samples, and prepare their samples for a future investigation. Through investigation, students learn...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Sorting Rocks - Worksheet

    Students examine rock samples and try to sort and classify them.Β  Increasing students’ understanding of the differences between the 3 dif...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Rock Facts - Worksheet

    Students cut, rearrange and paste a series of rock facts into their science books that will help them understand the differences between the...

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Assembling Pangea - Worksheet

    Students learn about continental drift and plate tectonics by moving backwards in time taking our current continents and creating Pangea....

  • Resource Year: 2

    Water Cycle

    This set of charts clearly explains the Water Cycle with some lovely bright pictures to accompany the explanation.

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