3rd Grade · Science
Variation Within a Species
Free printable 3rd Grade science worksheet: Variation Within a Species. It practices variation (NGSS 3-LS4-2). 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
- Variation
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3-LS4-2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Variation Within a Species” is sheet 15 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on variation.
In the set it comes after “Natural Hazards and Solutions” and before “Reading a Thermometer”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3-LS4-2 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 3
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Children explore the variety of life in different habitats and how traits help living things survive.
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.
