CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 3: TEACHER’S RESOURCE

Framework correlation
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Thinking and Working Scientifically
3TWSm.01 Know that there are different types of
models in science, including diagrams and physical ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
models that we can touch.

3TWSm.02 Make and use physical models. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

3TWSm.03 Draw a diagram to represent a real
world situation and/or scientific idea. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSp.01 Ask scientific questions that can be
investigated. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSp.02 Know that there are five main types of
scientific enquiry (research, fair testing, observing
over time, identifying and classifying, and pattern ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
seeking).

3TWSp.03 Make a prediction describing some

possible outcomes of an enquiry. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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3TWSp.04 Identify risks and explain how to stay
safe during practical work. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSc.01 Use observations and tests to sort,
group and classify objects. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSc.02 Choose equipment from a provided
selection and use it appropriately. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSc.03 Take measurements in standard units,
describing the advantage of standard units over ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
non-standard units.

3TWSc.04 Carry out practical work safely. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

3TWSc.05 Use secondary information sources to
research an answer to a question. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSc.06 Collect and record observations and/or
measurements in tables and diagrams. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSa.01 Identify whether results support, or do
not support, a prediction. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSa.02 Describe simple patterns in results. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3TWSa.03 Make a conclusion from results
and relate it to the scientific question being ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
investigated.

3TWSa.04 Present and interpret results using tables

and bar charts. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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Biology
3Bs.01 Describe the function of the major parts of
flowering plants (limited to roots, leaves, stems and ✓ ✓ ✓
flowers).

3Bs.02 Identify the distinguishing features of

different groups of animals, including fish, reptiles, ✓ ✓ ✓
mammals, birds, amphibians and insects.

3Bs.03 Identify some of the important organs in

humans (limited to brain, heart, stomach, intestine ✓ ✓ ✓
and lungs) and describe their functions

3Bp.01 Describe differences between things that

are living, that were once alive and that have never ✓ ✓ ✓
lived.

3Bp.02 Know that life processes common to plants

and animals include nutrition, growth, movement ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
and reproduction

3Bp.03 Know that plants need appropriate

conditions, including temperature, light and water, ✓ ✓ ✓
to be healthy.

3Bp.04 Describe and compare how the offspring

of different animals grow into adults, including ✓ ✓ ✓
humans, birds, frogs and butterflies.

3Be.01 Identify and describe simple food chains,

where plants are producers and animals are ✓ ✓ ✓
consumers of plants and/or other animals

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Chemistry
3Cm.01 Know that materials can be solids, liquids
or gases. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Cm.02 Understand that a mixture contains two
or more materials, where the materials can be ✓ ✓
physically separated

3Cp.01 Describe differences in the properties of

solids and liquids. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Cp.02 Understand that materials, generally, retain
their properties within a mixture. ✓ ✓
3Cp.03 Describe how to separate solid/solid
mixtures based on the physical properties of the
solids (processes involving dissolving are not ✓ ✓ ✓
required).

3Cp.04 Describe how to separate a mixture of an

insoluble solid and a liquid. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Cc.01 Know that when a solid dissolves in a liquid
the solid is still present, and this is an example of ✓ ✓ ✓
mixing.

Physics
3Pf.01 Know that forces can be measured with a
forcemeter. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Pf.02 Know that gravity on Earth is a force that
pulls towards the centre of the Earth. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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3Pf.03 Know that friction is a force created between
surfaces when they move against each other and it ✓ ✓ ✓
makes this movement harder.

3Pf.04 Describe how smooth and rough surfaces

can generate different amounts of friction. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Ps.01 Investigate how light can pass through
some materials and is blocked by others, and use ✓ ✓ ✓
the terms transparent, translucent and opaque.

3Ps.02 Know that shadows are formed when light

from a source is blocked by an object. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Ps.03 Investigate how the size of a shadow is
affected by the position of the object and the ✓ ✓
position of the light source.

3Pe.01 Describe magnets as having a north pole

and a south pole. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Pe.02 Describe how magnets interact when near
each other, using the terms repel and attract. ✓ ✓ ✓
3Pe.03 Investigate how some materials are
magnetic but many are not. ✓ ✓ ✓
Earth and Space
3ESp.01 Know that planet Earth is the source of all
the materials we use and that many useful materials,
including oil, natural gas and metals, come from or ✓ ✓ ✓
are found in rocks.

3ESp.02 Know that fossils are impressions, or

remains, of things that were once alive. ✓ ✓ ✓

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3ESs.01 Describe the regular change in the
position and appearance of the Moon. ✓ ✓ ✓
3ESs.02 Describe the relative movement of the
Earth and Moon. ✓ ✓ ✓
3ESs.03 Describe the Earth, Sun and Moon as
approximately spherical. ✓ ✓ ✓
Science in Context
3SIC.01 Talk about how some of the scientific
knowledge and thinking now was different in the ✓ ✓
past.

3SIC.02 Talk about how science explains how

objects they use, or know about, work. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3SIC.03 Know that everyone uses science and
identify people who use science professionally ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3SIC.04 Talk about how science helps us
understand our effect on the world around us. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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