3rd Grade · Science
Inherited or Learned?
Free printable 3rd Grade science worksheet: Inherited or Learned? It practices traits and environment (NGSS 3-LS3-2). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Science
- Skill
- Traits and environment
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3-LS3-2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Inherited or Learned?” is sheet 8 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on traits and environment.
In the set it comes after “Inherited Traits” and before “Living in Groups”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3-LS3-2 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 3
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Children explore how young plants and animals resemble their parents, and how individuals differ.
How to use this worksheet
- 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.
