3rd Grade Science Worksheets
Forces and magnets, life cycles, traits, adaptations, fossils, weather and climate. · NGSS 3-PS2 / 3-LS1 / 3-LS3 / 3-LS4 / 3-ESS2 / 3-ESS3
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3-PS2-1Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Forces
3-PS2-2Patterns of Motion: The Pendulum
Motion patterns
3-PS2-3Magnets: Attract or Repel?
Magnets
3-PS2-3Static Electricity
Electric forces
3-LS1-1Life Cycle of a Frog
Life cycles
3-LS1-1Plant and Butterfly Life Cycles
Comparing life cycles
3-LS3-1Inherited Traits
Inherited traits
3-LS3-2Inherited or Learned?
Traits and environment
3-LS2-1Living in Groups
Animal groups
3-LS4-3Adaptations and Habitats
Adaptations
3-LS4-1Fossils Tell a Story
Fossils
3-ESS2-2Weather or Climate?
Weather and climate
3-ESS2-1Graphing Weather Data
Weather data
3-ESS3-1Natural Hazards and Solutions
Natural hazards
3-LS4-2Variation Within a Species
Variation
3-ESS2-1Reading a Thermometer
Weather data
3-ESS2-2Climates Around the World
Climate zones
3-PS2-4Engineering with Magnets
Design process
3-LS4-4When Environments Change
Environmental change
3-LS1-1Parts of a Plant
Plant structures
3-LS2-1Food Chains
Food chains
3-PS1Mixtures
Mixtures
About these 3rd grade science worksheets
These 3rd grade science worksheets follow the NGSS grade 3 standards: balanced and unbalanced forces, patterns of motion with a pendulum, magnets and static electricity, frog, plant and butterfly life cycles, inherited and learned traits, animals living in groups, adaptations and habitats, fossils, weather and climate, graphing weather data, natural hazards and variation within a species.
Several sheets are built around a real investigation — a pendulum made from string and a washer, balloons and static electricity — so a child records their own data instead of only reading about it.
What these 22 worksheets cover
- Balanced and Unbalanced Forces (3-PS2-1)
- Patterns of Motion: The Pendulum (3-PS2-2)
- Magnets: Attract or Repel? (3-PS2-3)
- Static Electricity (3-PS2-3)
- Life Cycle of a Frog (3-LS1-1)
- Plant and Butterfly Life Cycles (3-LS1-1)
- Inherited Traits (3-LS3-1)
- Inherited or Learned? (3-LS3-2)
- Living in Groups (3-LS2-1)
- Adaptations and Habitats (3-LS4-3)
- Fossils Tell a Story (3-LS4-1)
- Weather or Climate? (3-ESS2-2)
- Graphing Weather Data (3-ESS2-1)
- Natural Hazards and Solutions (3-ESS3-1)
- Variation Within a Species (3-LS4-2)
- Reading a Thermometer (3-ESS2-1)
- Climates Around the World (3-ESS2-2)
- Engineering with Magnets (3-PS2-4)
- When Environments Change (3-LS4-4)
- Parts of a Plant (3-LS1-1)
- Food Chains
- Mixtures
All worksheet sets
How to get the most out of them
- 1
Do the pendulum and balloon investigations for real. The data sheet is only interesting when the numbers are the child’s own.
- 2
For the traits sheets, look at family photos together and talk about which traits are inherited and which are learned.
- 3
Keep a weather chart for a week before the graphing sheet, then compare it with the graph on the page.
3rd Grade Science Worksheets — questions parents ask
- What science is taught in 3rd grade?
- Under NGSS, 3rd graders study forces and interactions, life cycles, inheritance and variation of traits, adaptations and fossils, and weather, climate and natural hazards.
- Do these sheets need special materials?
- Most need nothing. The pendulum sheet needs string and a washer, and the static electricity sheet needs a balloon.
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