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The official Newfoundland and Labrador Science, Grade 3 curriculum
Newfoundland and Labrador defines Science, Grade 3 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculumRead it on the government site — gov.nl.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand 1 | 6 | Earth and Space Science |
| Strand 3 | 11 | Physical Science |
| Strand 5 | 5 | Life Science |
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How MapleMind teaches Science, Grade 3 — every unit, lesson, and skill
Every skill below runs as a short session: a plain-words lesson, a worked example, solving it together, then a five-question skill check that earns up to three stars. Guided Mode keeps it teaching instead of answer-handing — turning it off needs a parent's password.
Unit 1Earth and Space ScienceOfficial strand · Strand 1
Digging into soil — what it is made of, how water moves through it, how living things and soil affect each other, and how people use soil.
Exploring Soil
- Comparing different soilssci-3.1.1.1 — Investigate a variety of soils and find similarities and differences among them.
- What soil is made ofsci-3.1.1.2 — Investigate and describe the components that make up soil.
- Water and soilsci-3.1.1.3 — Describe the effect of moisture on soil and compare how different soils absorb water.
- Living things and soilsci-3.1.1.5 — Investigate and describe how living things affect and are affected by soils.
Moving Water and Using Soil
- How moving water changes soilsci-3.1.1.6 — Investigate the effects of moving water on different soils.
- How people use soilsci-3.1.1.7 — Demonstrate and describe ways humans use soils to make useful objects.
The official wording — 6 outcomes in this unit
- sci-3.1.1.1
Investigate a variety of soils and find similarities and differences among them
- sci-3.1.1.2
Investigate and describe soil components
- sci-3.1.1.3
Describe the effect of moisture on the characteristics of soil
- sci-3.1.1.5
Investigate and describe how living things affect and are affected by soils
- sci-3.1.1.6
Investigate the effects of moving water on different soils
- sci-3.1.1.7
Demonstrate and describe ways humans use soils to make useful objects
Unit 2Physical ScienceOfficial strand · Strand 3
Building strong structures with the right shapes and materials, and exploring invisible forces — static electricity and magnets.
Strong Shapes and Good Materials
- Shapes and forms in structuressci-3.2.1.1 — Identify shapes and forms that are part of natural and human-built structures.
- Shapes that give strengthsci-3.2.1.2 — Investigate and describe how different shapes and forms help provide strength and stability to structures.
- Choosing building materialssci-3.2.1.3 — Describe the properties of common materials and evaluate their suitability for building structures.
- Joining materials with toolssci-3.2.1.4 — Investigate ways to join materials and use tools safely to cut, shape, and assemble them.
Building and Testing Structures
- Judging if a structure workssci-3.2.1.6 — Evaluate structures to determine if they are effective, safe, efficient with materials, and appropriate to the user and environment.
- Testing and improving structuressci-3.2.1.7 — Test the strength and stability of a built structure and find ways to make it stronger.
Static Electricity
- Making and using static electricitysci-3.2.1.9 — Produce static electric charges, describe how charged materials interact, and describe static's effects in daily life.
- What changes static forcesci-3.2.1.11 — Identify conditions that affect the force of static electric materials.
Magnets
- Magnets and what they attractsci-3.2.1.12 — Identify familiar uses of magnets and investigate which materials are attracted by magnets.
- Making magnets and their polessci-3.2.1.14 — Investigate how to magnetize magnetic materials and how a magnet's poles attract and repel.
- What changes a magnet's forcesci-3.2.1.15 — Identify conditions that affect the force of magnets.
The official wording — 11 outcomes in this unit
- sci-3.2.1.1
Identify shapes and forms that are part of natural and human-built structures
- sci-3.2.1.2
Investigate and describe ways different shapes and forms help provide strength, and stability to natural and human-built structures
- sci-3.2.1.3
Describe the properties of some common materials and evaluate their suitability for use in building structures
- sci-3.2.1.4
Investigate ways to join materials and identify the most appropriate methods for the materials to be joined
- sci-3.2.1.6
Evaluate structures to determine if they are effective and safe, if they make efficient use of materials, and if they are appropriate to the user and the environment
- sci-3.2.1.7
Test the strength and stability of personally built structures
- sci-3.2.1.9
Describe and demonstrate ways to use everyday materials to produce static electric charges, and describe how charged materials interact
- sci-3.2.1.11
Identify conditions that affect the force of static electric materials
- sci-3.2.1.12
Identify familiar uses of magnets
- sci-3.2.1.14
Investigate how to magnetize magnetic materials
- sci-3.2.1.15
Identify conditions that affect the force of magnets
Unit 3Life ScienceOfficial strand · Strand 5
Getting to know plants — their parts and jobs, what they need to grow, their life cycle, and how plants help living things and give us useful products.
Plant Parts and Needs
- Parts of a plant and their jobssci-3.3.1.1 — Identify and describe the parts of plants and their general function.
- What plants need to growsci-3.3.1.2 — Identify and investigate the needs of plants and describe how growing conditions affect them.
Plant Life Cycles and Uses
- The life cycle of a flowering plantsci-3.3.1.3 — Observe and describe the changes that occur through the life cycle of a flowering plant.
- Why plants mattersci-3.3.1.4 — Describe ways in which plants are important to living things and the environment.
- Useful things from plantssci-3.3.1.5 — Identify plant parts that give useful products, and describe how they are obtained and replenished.
The official wording — 5 outcomes in this unit
- sci-3.3.1.1
Identify and describe parts of plants and their general function
- sci-3.3.1.2
Identify and investigate needs of plants and describe how plants are affected by the conditions in which they grow
- sci-3.3.1.3
Observe and describe changes that occur through the life cycle of a flowering plant
- sci-3.3.1.4
Describe ways in which plants are important to living things and the environment
- sci-3.3.1.5
Identify parts of different plants that provide humans with useful products, and describe the preparation that is required to obtain these products and how our supply of useful plants is replenished
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Built from the same official curriculum as this page. Before and after each skill above, your student colours in how sure they feel — so the two of you can see, on one page, what's clicking and what needs another look. It's a quiet way to follow how the year is really going.
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Is MapleMind aligned to Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculum?
Yes. Every skill in this course maps to an official outcome code from Newfoundland and Labrador's Grade 3 Science curriculum, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit on this page — with the official government source linked so you can check it yourself.
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Where can I see the official Newfoundland and Labrador curriculum for Science, Grade 3?
The official source is linked on this page — Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculum. The outline here follows it: every MapleMind skill carries its official outcome code, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit.
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