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1. Science: Grade 3: Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs lived about 240 million years ago. While there are over one hundred types of dinosaurs, they fall into two main categories: carnivores and herbivores.

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2. Science: Grade 3: Plants and Animals of the Sea

Nearly three-quarters of the earth's surface is covered in water; 97.5 percent of that is sea water. These oceans team with life. In this unit, students learn about the plants and animals that inhabit the sea.

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3. Science: Grade 3: Common Birds, Trees, Flowers

Canada is a vast land that teams with wildlife. In this lesson, students are introduced to some of Canada's birds, trees and flowers.

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4. Science: Grade 3: Forest Plants

Forests not only provide food and shelter to wildlife, they provide some of the oxygen we breathe and are a natural resource. All is takes for a mature forest to be destroyed is a flash of lightening, forest fire or a bulldozer. In this lesson, students learn about the life cycle of a forest, including deciduous, coniferous and rainforest.

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5. Science: Grade 3: Similarities and Differences of Soil

Everything we eat comes from the soil in one way or other. It might be something that grows in the ground or something that eats things that grow in the ground. In this lesson, students are introduced to various types of soil as well as the materials, organic and inorganic from which it is composed.

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6. Science: Grade 3: Air and Water

Air and water are essential to human survival. This unit introduces students to the importance of these two essentials, as well as pollution.

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7. Science: Grade 3: Magnets

In this unit, students are introduced magnets, polarity, and magnetic fields.

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8. Science: Grade 3: Fire and Temperature

A basic rule of science is that nothing really disappears, it just changes shape or form. When things are burned, we are left with ashes and soot, some gases are released. In this unit, students study the nature and uses of fire, as well as temperature and thermometers.

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9. Science: Grade 3: Sun, Moon, Stars and Planets

Did you know that Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet? In this unit, students take a look at our solar system.

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10. Science: Grade 3: Simple Machines

Everyday we use simple machines. They help people do work more easily. This unit examines force, the inclined plane, levers, the screw, the wheel and axle, the wedge and pulleys.

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