Year 3 – Science

Year 3 –  Science

Project Overview

This half term the children have been learning about animals, including humans. They have learnt about a healthy diet. The children know that they need to eat a variety of different foods so that their bodies get the different nutrients they need in order to stay healthy. Children have looked at different food packages and understand that although a food may look healthy, it may not be.

We have welcomed Bony Bernard and No Organ Morgan into our Year 3 classrooms to support our learning about the functions of the human skeleton. The children have learnt that we need a skeleton in order to protect our organs, support our bodies and allow our bodies to move. They have looked at the function of muscles and created their own model of a hand to investigate how muscles and bones work together.

What The Student Says

“I liked being able to see the skeleton and it made it easier to learn.” Year 3 child

“Science is fun and we have a science area so we can still learn not in lessons.” – Year 3 child

“When we made the hand it was art and science together and I liked watching the muscle work.” – Year 3 child

What skills were developed?

The children have:

  • learnt that humans cannot make their own food, they get nutrition from what they eat
  • learnt about the functions of a skeleton
  • learnt how muscles and bone work together to allow us to move
  • used their scientific knowledge to provide answers to questions
  • developed their research skills when investigating hidden sugars in foods

What The Teacher Says

The children have really enjoyed their science topic this half term. I am pleased that they were able to use our school skeletons to see a ‘real’ skeleton and investigate how it could move. It was lovely to see the children’s enjoyment as they made their hand models and how they learnt to understand how muscles and bones work together.

– Mrs Widdows, Class Teacher.

What The Student Says

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

What the Teacher says

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