Free Year 3 Science Worksheets for Teachers

Year 3 plants worksheet: plant part jobs, what plants need, red water in celery, and pollination, seed dispersal and germination. Answers included.

Year 3 plant life cycle knowledge organiser: plant parts and their jobs, five key words, a five-stage cycle, and four questions with answers.

Year 3 science labelling sheet: name six parts of a strawberry plant, from flower to root hairs, and write the job of each. Answers included.

How Seeds Travel: a Year 3 sheet matching wind, water, animal and bursting dispersal to pictures, plus six seed features to their jobs. With answers.

Year 3 plants cloze: 10 gaps on how water moves from soil to roots, stem, leaves and petals, plus a celery prediction. Answers included.

Year 3 plants quiz: match roots, stem, leaves and flower to their jobs, tick five needs and predict a bean plant kept in a dark cupboard.

Year 3 science review: nutrients, the jobs of the skull, spine and ribcage, vertebrates and invertebrates, and how biceps and triceps work.

Year 3 human skeleton labelling worksheet: label the skull, rib cage, humerus, spine, pelvis and femur from a six-word bank. Answers included.

Year 3 animal diets fact file on the red fox: diet type, main foods, feeding features, seasonal changes and why it needs nutrition. Answers included.

Year 3 healthy eating mind map: five branches on energy, protein, vitamins, minerals and water, plus one branch pupils invent themselves.

Year 3 food groups sort: put 16 foods such as salmon, porridge oats and butter into four groups, then explain the trickiest choice. Answer key included.

Year 3 skeletons and muscles cloze: 12 gaps on the spine, skull, ribs, joints and muscle pairs, plus two apply questions and an answer key.

Year 3 rocks worksheet: chalk, granite and slate properties, permeable rocks, four steps of fossil formation and what soil is made of.

Year 3 fossils guided notes: fill gaps on how fossils form, from sinking and burying to pressure, minerals, erosion and discovery. Answers included.

Year 3 rocks end of topic test: 25 questions on rock types, scratch and water tests, fossils, Mary Anning and soil layers. Answers included.

Year 3 soil layers labelling sheet: name leaf litter, topsoil, subsoil, parent rock and bedrock on a cross-section. Answer key included.

Year 3 rocks and fossils crossword: six clues on granite, sediment, layers, soil and how fossils form, with letter counts. Answer key included.

Year 3 rocks worksheet: sort 12 rocks such as chalk, granite, slate and pumice into sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. Answers included.

Year 3 light worksheet: sort a torch, candle, high-vis vest and the Moon, group six materials and explain a teddy bear's shadow. Answers included.

Year 3 light worksheet: sort 12 objects such as the Sun, Moon, mirror, glow-worm and campfire into light sources and not light sources.

Year 3 light KWL chart and starter: list what you know and want to know, then quick questions on light sources, shadows, sun safety and mirrors.

Year 3 light and shadows cloze: fill twelve gaps with words like opaque, source and blocked, then predict how a puppet's shadow changes.

Year 3 shadows guided notes: how shadows form, opaque, transparent and translucent materials, and a fair test on torch distance and shadow size.

Year 3 sun safety check: 13 questions on UV light, sunglasses, hats and shade, and why you never look at the Sun through a magnifying glass.

Year 3 forces and magnets worksheet: friction on three surfaces, predicting attract or repel, sorting magnetic materials and non-contact forces.

Year 3 magnets worksheet: sort 16 objects such as an iron nail, a brass key and foil into magnetic and non-magnetic, then add your own.

Year 3 forces and magnets knowledge organiser: four big ideas, seven key words, pole diagrams, a magnetic sort and five questions with answers.

Year 3 science labelling sheet: name the poles, magnet and field lines on a bar magnet, then label two pairs of magnets attract or repel. Answers included.

Year 3 magnets worksheet: name the poles, predict attract or repel for four pole pairs, sort magnetic materials and two toy car problems. Answers included.

Year 3 friction guided notes: fill gaps on smooth and rough surfaces, plan a toy car ramp test, and say where friction helps. Key included.