Grade by Grade
Alberta · Grade 3

Science

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

MAMatter

How substances change, including water and the water cycle

ENEnergy

Contact forces on objects, including simple machines

ESEarth Systems

Changes to Earth's surface; rock layers and dinosaur fossils; First Nations, Métis and Inuit knowledge of land

LSLiving Systems

Interactions between plants, humans, other animals and the environment

CSComputer Science

Creativity, computational and divergent thinking

SMScientific Methods

Sources, accuracy and analysis of data