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Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to Stage 3 of Science. We hope that you enjoy these exciting

activities at Stage 3. At Stages 1 and 2 you learned a lot about the world and

about how to be a scientist. This year you will learn even more!
An important part of Stage 3 is that you will learn how to do five different

types of science investigations:

• research • identifying and classifying

• fair testing • pattern seeking.
• observing over time

These types of investigations will make you an even better scientist and will

help you learn much more about the world.

At Stage 3 you are going to learn about:

• plants • living things

• materials • forces

• light • the Earth in space.

You will learn new things and new words so it will help to talk about your

science. Make sure you talk with your classmates as well as your teacher and

other people.

You may find when learning science that some things
feel easy but others are harder. You may sometimes

get things wrong. Do not worry about this. As learners

we don’t get things right every time. But this can help

us to learn. Some scientists have found that we may

learn even more when we get a few things wrong.

This is because it makes us think harder about what
we are learning. So, remember, enjoy your science

but be ready to talk about it and think hard!

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