Grade 3 Science
A free Grade 3 course from the PGAMO Free K–12 School, built on Core Knowledge Science. Units: Investigating Forces, Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations, Habitats and Change, Weather and Climate, Human Senses and Movement.
Every lesson has the chapter’s pages to read right on screen, the Big Question, words to know, talk-it-over questions with answers for the teacher, and activity pages to print. Each unit ends with a short quiz, and every unit has a printable study pack for learning offline.
This course is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. PGAMO added the lesson pages, study packs and quizzes layout, and shares them under the same license. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Core Knowledge Science. Free for everyone — this course may never be sold.
Features
- 63 lessons in 5 units
- The books’ pages right in each lesson
- Unit quizzes
- Printable offline study packs
Target audiences
- Grade 3 students
- Homeschool families and co-ops
Requirements
- Nothing to buy — every book is included free
- A parent or teacher to read and talk with younger students
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 126 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
- Start here1
- Unit 1: Investigating Forces12
- 2.1Lesson 1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion30 Minutes
- 2.2Lesson 2: A Force Is a Push or a Pull30 Minutes
- 2.3Lesson 3: Investigating Forces30 Minutes
- 2.4Lesson 4: Investigating Friction30 Minutes
- 2.5Lesson 5: Friction Is a Force30 Minutes
- 2.6Lesson 6: Predicting Patterns of Motion30 Minutes
- 2.7Lesson 7: Investigating Magnets30 Minutes
- 2.8Lesson 8: Magnetism Is a Force30 Minutes
- 2.9Lesson 9: Solving Problems with Magnets30 Minutes
- 2.10Lesson 10: Forces and Trains30 Minutes
- 2.11Unit 1 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 2.12Unit 1 words quiz: Investigating Forces20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations17
- 3.1Lesson 1: The Beginning of Life for a Plant30 Minutes
- 3.2Lesson 2: Animals Have Life Cycles30 Minutes
- 3.3Lesson 3: Plants Have Life Cycles30 Minutes
- 3.4Lesson 4: Modeling a Life Cycle30 Minutes
- 3.5Lesson 5: Noticing Different Traits30 Minutes
- 3.6Lesson 6: Traits of Parents, Offspring, and Siblings30 Minutes
- 3.7Lesson 7: Studying Family Traits30 Minutes
- 3.8Lesson 8: Traits Vary Within Populations and Species30 Minutes
- 3.9Lesson 9: Investigating Plant Growth30 Minutes
- 3.10Lesson 10: Environments and Traits30 Minutes
- 3.11Lesson 11: Environments and Traits— Investigation Results30 Minutes
- 3.12Lesson 12: Helpful Traits30 Minutes
- 3.13Lesson 13: Traits, Survival, and Differing Environments30 Minutes
- 3.14Lesson 14: Traits and Advantage30 Minutes
- 3.15Lesson 15: Science Categories Review Game30 Minutes
- 3.16Unit 2 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 3.17Unit 2 words quiz: Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 3: Habitats and Change19
- 4.1Lesson 1: Where Organisms Live30 Minutes
- 4.2Lesson 2: Habitats30 Minutes
- 4.3Lesson 3: Investigating Traits and Adaptations30 Minutes
- 4.4Lesson 4: Adaptations in Living Things30 Minutes
- 4.5Lesson 5: Living Things in Groups30 Minutes
- 4.6Lesson 6: Suited for Survival30 Minutes
- 4.7Lesson 7: Beaver Dam Case Study30 Minutes
- 4.8Lesson 8: Nature and Changing Ecosystems30 Minutes
- 4.9Lesson 9: Humans Cause Ecosystem Change30 Minutes
- 4.10Lesson 10: Living Things Respond to Change30 Minutes
- 4.11Lesson 11: Ecosystem Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 4.12Lesson 12: Local Environmental Project30 Minutes
- 4.13Lesson 13: Hidden Clues About Earth’s Past30 Minutes
- 4.14Lesson 14: Fossils and How They Form30 Minutes
- 4.15Lesson 15: Fossil Clues About Changing Habitats30 Minutes
- 4.16Lesson 16: Solving a Fossil Mystery30 Minutes
- 4.17Lesson 17: Habitat Changes and Extinction30 Minutes
- 4.18Unit 3 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 4.19Unit 3 words quiz: Habitats and Change20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Weather and Climate16
- 5.1Lesson 1: The Atmosphere and Air Pressure30 Minutes
- 5.2Lesson 2: Water in the Atmosphere30 Minutes
- 5.3Lesson 3: Investigating Air Pressure and Precipitation30 Minutes
- 5.4Lesson 4: Investigating Wind30 Minutes
- 5.5Lesson 5: Wind30 Minutes
- 5.6Lesson 6: Working with Wind Data30 Minutes
- 5.7Lesson 7: Using Weather Data to Predict Weather30 Minutes
- 5.8Lesson 8: Patterns of Weather: Seasons and Climate30 Minutes
- 5.9Lesson 9: Working with Weather Data30 Minutes
- 5.10Lesson 10: Working with Climate Data30 Minutes
- 5.11Lesson 11: Extreme Weather30 Minutes
- 5.12Lesson 12: Engineering for Extreme Weather30 Minutes
- 5.13Lesson 13: Evaluating Extreme Weather Solutions30 Minutes
- 5.14Lesson 14: Weather-Related Technology30 Minutes
- 5.15Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 5.16Unit 4 words quiz: Weather and Climate20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Human Senses and Movement9
- 6.1Lesson 1: Returning a Serve30 Minutes
- 6.2Lesson 2: Human Hearing30 Minutes
- 6.3Lesson 3: Human Vision30 Minutes
- 6.4Lesson 4: The Muscular System30 Minutes
- 6.5Lesson 5: The Skeletal System30 Minutes
- 6.6Lesson 6: The Nervous System30 Minutes
- 6.7Lesson 7: Helpful Body Technology30 Minutes
- 6.8Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 6.9Unit 5 words quiz: Human Senses and Movement20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations17
- 7.1Lesson 1: The Beginning of Life for a Plant30 Minutes
- 7.2Lesson 2: Animals Have Life Cycles30 Minutes
- 7.3Lesson 3: Plants Have Life Cycles30 Minutes
- 7.4Lesson 4: Modeling a Life Cycle30 Minutes
- 7.5Lesson 5: Noticing Different Traits30 Minutes
- 7.6Lesson 6: Traits of Parents, Offspring, and Siblings30 Minutes
- 7.7Lesson 7: Studying Family Traits30 Minutes
- 7.8Lesson 8: Traits Vary Within Populations and Species30 Minutes
- 7.9Lesson 9: Investigating Plant Growth30 Minutes
- 7.10Lesson 10: Environments and Traits30 Minutes
- 7.11Lesson 11: Environments and Traits— Investigation Results30 Minutes
- 7.12Lesson 12: Helpful Traits30 Minutes
- 7.13Lesson 13: Traits, Survival, and Differing Environments30 Minutes
- 7.14Lesson 14: Traits and Advantage30 Minutes
- 7.15Lesson 15: Science Categories Review Game30 Minutes
- 7.16Unit 2 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 7.17Unit 2 words quiz: Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 3: Habitats and Change19
- 8.1Lesson 1: Where Organisms Live30 Minutes
- 8.2Lesson 2: Habitats30 Minutes
- 8.3Lesson 3: Investigating Traits and Adaptations30 Minutes
- 8.4Lesson 4: Adaptations in Living Things30 Minutes
- 8.5Lesson 5: Living Things in Groups30 Minutes
- 8.6Lesson 6: Suited for Survival30 Minutes
- 8.7Lesson 7: Beaver Dam Case Study30 Minutes
- 8.8Lesson 8: Nature and Changing Ecosystems30 Minutes
- 8.9Lesson 9: Humans Cause Ecosystem Change30 Minutes
- 8.10Lesson 10: Living Things Respond to Change30 Minutes
- 8.11Lesson 11: Ecosystem Problems and Solutions30 Minutes
- 8.12Lesson 12: Local Environmental Project30 Minutes
- 8.13Lesson 13: Hidden Clues About Earth’s Past30 Minutes
- 8.14Lesson 14: Fossils and How They Form30 Minutes
- 8.15Lesson 15: Fossil Clues About Changing Habitats30 Minutes
- 8.16Lesson 16: Solving a Fossil Mystery30 Minutes
- 8.17Lesson 17: Habitat Changes and Extinction30 Minutes
- 8.18Unit 3 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 8.19Unit 3 words quiz: Habitats and Change20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Weather and Climate16
- 9.1Lesson 1: The Atmosphere and Air Pressure30 Minutes
- 9.2Lesson 2: Water in the Atmosphere30 Minutes
- 9.3Lesson 3: Investigating Air Pressure and Precipitation30 Minutes
- 9.4Lesson 4: Investigating Wind30 Minutes
- 9.5Lesson 5: Wind30 Minutes
- 9.6Lesson 6: Working with Wind Data30 Minutes
- 9.7Lesson 7: Using Weather Data to Predict Weather30 Minutes
- 9.8Lesson 8: Patterns of Weather: Seasons and Climate30 Minutes
- 9.9Lesson 9: Working with Weather Data30 Minutes
- 9.10Lesson 10: Working with Climate Data30 Minutes
- 9.11Lesson 11: Extreme Weather30 Minutes
- 9.12Lesson 12: Engineering for Extreme Weather30 Minutes
- 9.13Lesson 13: Evaluating Extreme Weather Solutions30 Minutes
- 9.14Lesson 14: Weather-Related Technology30 Minutes
- 9.15Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 9.16Unit 4 words quiz: Weather and Climate20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Human Senses and Movement9
- 10.1Lesson 1: Returning a Serve30 Minutes
- 10.2Lesson 2: Human Hearing30 Minutes
- 10.3Lesson 3: Human Vision30 Minutes
- 10.4Lesson 4: The Muscular System30 Minutes
- 10.5Lesson 5: The Skeletal System30 Minutes
- 10.6Lesson 6: The Nervous System30 Minutes
- 10.7Lesson 7: Helpful Body Technology30 Minutes
- 10.8Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 10.9Unit 5 words quiz: Human Senses and Movement20 Minutes12 Questions
Instructor

Founder and Director of Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies
