3rd Grade · Science
Inherited Traits
Free printable 3rd Grade science worksheet: Inherited Traits. It practices inherited traits (NGSS 3-LS3-1). 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
- Inherited traits
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3-LS3-1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Inherited Traits” is sheet 7 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on inherited traits.
In the set it comes after “Plant and Butterfly Life Cycles” and before “Inherited or Learned?”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3-LS3-1 · 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.
