Year 3 Science - Earth and Space Sciences Unit - Australian Curriculum Version 9

In this Year 3 Earth and Space Sciences unit, students explore how Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways, developing an understanding of how natural resources support everyday life, aligned to the Australian Curriculum Version 9 and including a planner for the WA curriculum. This comprehensive 10-lesson unit, designed to be taught over a full term, includes all lesson resources, making it a complete and ready-to-teach science unit.

This unit has been thoughtfully designed to support busy teachers while keeping learning engaging and meaningful. Each lesson is simple and succinct, following a clear five-to-six-step structure that highlights key teaching points and allows you to focus on student learning rather than preparation.

An editable unit planner is included, featuring relevant Australian Curriculum links and a resources-needed column, making planning and organisation quick and easy.

To further streamline teaching, the unit includes an editable PowerPoint presentation for every lesson. The presentation contains learning intentions and success criteria, key discussion points, worksheets, and display resources, making it ideal for classrooms with a TV or interactive whiteboard and ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across the unit.

Created by Mrs Amy123, this unit is known for its fun, engaging, and hands-on learning experiences. A wide range of cooperative learning strategies are embedded throughout the lessons, with opportunities for class and small-group investigations and experiments. While many lessons include worksheets, some are intentionally worksheet-free to encourage discussion, collaboration, and active participation.

The unit also includes an editable grading guide, clearly outlining what achievement looks like for grades A–E, based on two assessment activities from the unit. This guide is directly linked to the Year 3 Science Achievement Standard, supporting consistent and confident assessment.

Included are:

♦ Editable planner (5 pages)

♦ Worksheets and Resources (45 pages)

♦ Editable PowerPoint Presentation (100+ pages)

♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page)

♦ Editable learning intentions and success criteria

Outcomes covered:

Earth and Space Sciences: Compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources (AC9SEU02)

Soils, rocks and minerals are important Earth resources, and are used by humans and other living things in different and interconnected ways (WA3SSUE1) (WA curriculum)

Science Endeavour:· Examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations (AC9S3H01)

Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or a solve a problem (AC9S3H02)

Inquiry Skills: ·

· Pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations (AC9S3I01)

· Use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment (AC9S3I02)

· Follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S3I03)

· Construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organize data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns (AC9S3I04)

· Compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions (AC9SEI05)

Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate (AC9S3I06)

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