Nova Scotia

Earth and Space Science

• Learners will analyse soil in the environment.

  • Investigate the properties of soil

  • Investigate how water interacts with soil in the environment

  • Classify soil samples

  • Analyse the interconnectiveness of soil, living things, and the environment

Life Science

• Learners will investigate plants in the environment.

  • Investigate how various plant parts change over the life cycle

    • Identify plant parts and their functions (3-I.2)
    • Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams (3-I.4)
    • How do flowering plants make new plants? (3-I.5)

  • Investigate factors that affect plant growth

    • How do plants make food? (3-I.3)

  • Investigate the interconnectiveness of plants, living things, and the environment

  • Investigate the uses of plants, including plants as medicine

    • Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts (3-I.1)

Physical Science

• Learners will investigate invisible forces.

  • Investigate electrostatic forces

  • Investigate magnetic forces

    • Identify magnets that attract or repel (3-G.1)
    • Label magnets that attract or repel (3-G.2)
    • Solve problems using magnets (3-O.1)

  • Investigate factors that affect magnet strength

    • Compare strengths of magnetic forces (3-G.3)

• Learners will construct a structure in response to a design challenge.

  • Investigate shapes in structures

    • Identify materials in objects (3-A.1)
    • Identify multiple materials in objects (3-A.2)

  • Evaluate potential materials for use in construction

  • Investigate ways that materials are joined during construction

  • Evaluate the structure according to design challenge criteria