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Year 4 in England

3rd grade science

Every 3rd grade science skill on Eurekami: 46 skills in 13 areas, each with a worked example, free practice that checks answers as you go, and printable worksheets with answer keys.

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Ten questions from across the year, a quick way to see what is secure and what needs another look.

Working scientifically

Reading bar charts of results

CCSS NGSS.SEP 4CCSS NGSS.3-ESS2-1England: KS2 Y3–Y4 Working scientifically

Builds on: Reading scales and thermometers

Leads to: Reading tables and line graphs

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Planning a fair test

CCSS NGSS.SEP 3CCSS NGSS.3-PS2-1England: KS2 Y3–Y4 Working scientifically

Example

Leo tests which paper towel soaks up the most water. What should he change?

  1. He is testing types of paper towel, so that is the only thing he changes.
  2. So the answer is: the type of paper towel

Answer: the type of paper towel

Builds on: Choosing a measuring tool

Leads to: Independent, dependent and control variables

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Human body and health

Skeleton and muscles

CCSS NGSS.4-LS1-1England: KS2 Y3 Animals, including humans

Example

What are the three main jobs of the skeleton?

  1. The skeleton holds us up, protects organs and works with muscles so we can move.
  2. So the answer is: support, protection and movement

Answer: support, protection and movement

Builds on: Body parts and the five senses

Leads to: Major organs and their jobs, Skeleton jobs, joints and muscle pairs

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Nutrients and the jobs they do in your body

CCSS NGSS.5-PS3-1England: KS2 Y3 Animals, including humans

Example

What is the main job of protein?

  1. So the answer is: help you grow and repair your body

Answer: help you grow and repair your body

Builds on: Food groups and a balanced diet

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Ecosystems and food chains

Producers, consumers, predators and prey

CCSS NGSS.5-LS2-1CCSS NGSS.MS-LS2-3England: KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans

Example

phytoplankton → krill → penguin → leopard seal What is the krill in this food chain?

  1. It is number 2 in the chain.
  2. So the answer is: primary consumer

Answer: primary consumer

Builds on: Simple food chains

Leads to: Decomposers and recycling nutrients, Food webs and interdependence, Why some animals live in groups, Read a food web: who eats whom?

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Why some animals live in groups

CCSS NGSS.3-LS2-1England: KS2 Y4 Living things and their habitats

Example

How does living in a group help here: wolves hunting as a pack?

  1. So the answer is: they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf

Answer: they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf

Builds on: Producers, consumers, predators and prey

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States of matter

Temperatures of water changing state

CCSS NGSS.2-PS1-4CCSS NGSS.5-PS1-3England: KS2 Y4 States of matter

Example

Water in a pan starts at 23 °C. By how many degrees must it warm up to reach its boiling point?

  1. 100 − 23 = 77
  2. So the answer is: 77 °C

Answer: 77 °C

Builds on: Melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing

Leads to: Melting and boiling points

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The water cycle

CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS2-4CCSS NGSS.5-ESS2-1England: KS2 Y4 States of matter

Example

In the water cycle (key words), what comes straight after "evaporation"?

  1. evaporation → condensation → precipitation → collection
  2. So the answer is: condensation

Answer: condensation

Builds on: Melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing

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Light, sound and waves

Shadows and transparent, translucent and opaque materials

CCSS NGSS.1-PS4-3England: KS2 Y3 Light

Example

Is a thin cotton sheet transparent, translucent or opaque?

  1. Translucent materials let some light through, but you cannot see clearly through them.
  2. So the answer is: translucent

Answer: translucent

Builds on: Light sources and seeing

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Dark means no light; protect your eyes from the Sun

CCSS NGSS.4-PS4-2England: KS2 Y3 Light

Example

Why do sunglasses with UV protection help your eyes on a bright day?

  1. UV-blocking lenses protect eyes from damage over time.
  2. So the answer is: They block harmful ultraviolet light and reduce glare.

Answer: They block harmful ultraviolet light and reduce glare.

Builds on: Why we need light to see things

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Space

The planets of the solar system

CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS1-3CCSS NGSS.5-ESS1-1England: KS2 Y5 Earth and space

Example

Which planets are the rocky (terrestrial) planets?

  1. The four inner planets are rocky; the four outer planets are giants made mostly of gas and ice.
  2. So the answer is: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

Builds on: The Sun, Moon and stars

Leads to: The scale of the universe, Sun, Earth and Moon: shapes, sizes and distances

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