INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Year 3 Curriculum

Science

Unit 3: Light

Learning Objective - S3.1

To recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light.

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Learning Objective - S3.2

To notice that light is reflected from surfaces.

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Learning Objective - S3.3

To recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect your eyes.

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Learning Objective - S3.4

To recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.

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Learning Objective - S3.5

To find patterns in the way that the sizes of shadows change.

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Learning Objective - S3.6

To ask some relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.

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Learning Objective - S3.7

To make some decisions about which types of enquiry will be the best way of answering the question including observing changes over time, noticing patterns, comparative and fair tests, using secondary sources.

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Learning Objective - S3.8

To set up some simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.

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Learning Objective - S3.9

To say whether there were things that could have been done differently in my investigation.

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Learning Objective - S3.10

To record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labeled diagrams, keys, bar charts and tables.

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Learning Objective - S3.11

To use simple models and labels to explain my results.

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