Year 3 Science - Physical Science Unit - Australian Curriculum

This Australian Curriculum Year 3 Physical Sciences unit is a complete 10‑lesson program in which students identify sources of heat energy and investigate how temperature changes when heat is transferred from one object to another. Designed to save teachers hours every week, this unit delivers clear, engaging, hands‑on learning experiences that help students understand how heat is produced, transferred and measured.

With an editable planner, editable PowerPoint, editable grading guide, and editable learning intentions/success criteria, you get the structure and flexibility you need — while all worksheets, posters and lesson resources are provided as ready‑to‑use, non‑editable files.
A WA Curriculum version of the planner is also included.

✨ What Makes This Unit Exceptional

✔️ Editable Planner (Plus WA Curriculum Version)

A clean, succinct planner outlining each lesson in 5–6 simple steps. Includes Australian Curriculum links, a resources‑needed column, and clear learning sequences. Fully editable so you can adapt it to your class and timetable.

✔️ Editable PowerPoint for Every Lesson

A matching PowerPoint that guides students through key ideas with:

• Learning intentions & success criteria
• Key discussion prompts
• Visuals and diagrams
• Worksheets and answer keys displayed at the right moment

Perfect for Smartboards and TVs — and optional if you prefer to minimise screen time.

✔️ Worksheets, Posters & Lesson Resources (Non‑Editable)

All resources are provided as separate, ready‑to‑print files. No giant PDFs, no scrolling, no searching. Everything is organised and easy to access.

✔️ Editable Grading Guide

A huge time‑saver during reporting. Shows what A–E looks like using two tasks from the unit, aligned directly to the Year 3 Science Achievement Standard.

✔️ Engaging, Hands‑On Learning

Lessons use a wide range of cooperative learning strategies and hands‑on investigations. Students explore heat transfer through class experiments, small‑group activities, discussions, and purposeful worksheets.

📘 What’s Included

• Editable planner (6 pages) + WA Curriculum version
• Worksheets & resources (44 pages) (non‑editable)
• Editable PowerPoint presentation (100+ slides)
• Editable grading guide (1 page)
• Editable learning intentions & success criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment

Physical Sciences (Version 9)

Identify sources of heat energy and examine how temperature changes when heat energy is transferred from one object to another.

Science Endeavour

• Nature and development of science
• Use and influence of science

Inquiry Skills

• With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge.
• With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations, considering safe use of materials and equipment.
• Consider elements of fair tests and use formal measurements and digital technologies to make and record observations accurately.
• Use tables and simple column graphs to represent data and identify patterns and trends.
• Compare results with predictions and suggest possible reasons for findings.
• Reflect on investigations, including whether a test was fair.
• Represent and communicate ideas and findings using diagrams, physical models and simple reports.

🎯 WA Curriculum Alignment

Science Understanding

Energy can move from one thing to another (transfer) and change form (transform).

Inquiry Skills

• Pose questions and make predictions based on planned observations of phenomena with measurable variables.
• Plan and conduct investigations, including fair tests, considering material and equipment risks.
• Make and record observations, including formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments.
• Organise and represent data using tables, column graphs and models to identify patterns.
• Compare findings with predictions, consider fairness of investigations, and identify questions for further inquiry.
• Communicate ideas using scientific vocabulary.
• Use science knowledge to propose explanations for observed phenomena and solutions to problems.

This unit gives you the clarity, structure and time‑saving features teachers love - with hands‑on investigations that help students deeply understand how heat energy works.

→ Only the planner, PowerPoint, grading guide, and learning intentions/success criteria are editable. All other resources are provided as ready‑to‑use files.