Grade 3 - NEW 2026 Manitoba Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

Grade 3 - NEW 2026 Manitoba Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

Teaching made easy! This full year bundle covers all units in the NEW 2026 Manitoba Science, Grade 3 Curriculum - Matter, Fields, Forces, Life Science and Evolution. All of the expectations in the New Manitoba Science Grade 3 Curriculum have been covered.

Students will practice literacy skills while demonstrating their understanding of the subject material. This comprehensive bundle contains readings, hands-on activities, true/false, diagrams, assignments, experiments, STEM activities, coding, exit cards, reflections, and more. There is also a unit test and answer pages for all activities!

Matter Workbook

Some of the concepts covered:

• What Is a Structure?
• Raw Materials
• Natural or Human Made Materials
• Investigate – Find Natural and Human Made Structures
• Making Materials
• Choosing the Right Material
• Materials Used Now vs Then
• Experiment – Testing Materials
• Strong or Weak? Testing Strength
• Bendy or Stiff? Flexibility
• Heavy or Light? Mass Matters
• Experiment – Layering Paper
• Experiment – Folding Paper
• Case Study: The Red River Cart
• FAQ: Cost, Comfort and Looks
• Joining with Fasteners
• Joining by Weaving and Lashing
• Show and Tell: How My Object Is Joined
• Triangles Hold Things Up
• Experiment - Triangles
• Story: Building the Wiigiwaam
• Arches and Domes
• Interview: Meet a Structural Engineer
• Story: The Tower That Tipped
• Role Play - Building It So It Stands
• Story: The Birch Bark Canoe
• Cylinders and Tubes
• Activity - Cylinders and Tubes Snowman
• The Tipi and the Wiigiwaam
• Podcast: Hexagons, Nature's Strong Shape
• Letter: Building for Manitoba Winters
• Newspaper Article: A New School Roof
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Fields Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What Is a Force?
• Contact Forces: You Have to Touch
• Contact or Non-Contact?
• Gravity Pulls Everything Down
• Gravity – Science Experiment
• Gravity Out in Space
• Case Study: Stone Sinkers on Lake Winnipeg
• FAQ: Your Magnet Questions
• Fact or Fiction: Magnets
• Magnetic Poles
• Which Materials Are Magnetic?
• Show and Tell: Is My Object Magnetic?
• The Magnetic Field
• Story: The Star That Does Not Move
• Pictionary - The Star That Does Not Move
• Earth Is a Giant Magnet
• Interview: Meet a Bush Pilot
• Activity – Making Your Own Compass
• Story: The Winter Spark
• Story: The Northern Lights
• Static Electricity: Rubbing Up a Charge
• Experiment – Bending Water
• Snowshoes and the Pull of Gravity
• Podcast Script: Forces at a Distance
• Spelling Bee: Forces at a Distance
• Letter: Staying Safe Around Magnets
• Experiment – How Materials Affect Magnets
• Newspaper Article: A Magnet Sorts Scrap
• Experiment – Magnetic Car
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Forces Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Push, Pull, Twist
• Forces Have a Direction
• Drawing Contest – Force Arrows in Action
• Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
• Examples of Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
• Contact Force - Applied Force
• Experiment - Applied Force
• Friction Slows Things Down
• Experiment - Friction Car Ramp
• Experiment - Friction Force Power
• Air Resistance and Wind
• Case Study: The Squealing Red River Cart
• FAQ: Questions About Speed
• Fact or Fiction: Speed
• Position, Start and Stop
• Speeding Up, Slowing Down, Constant Speed
• Show and Tell: A Thing That Changes Speed
• Forces Can Change Shape
• Story: The Toboggan Run
• Inertia: Objects Keep Doing What They Do
• Interview: Meet a Physiotherapist
• Story: Buckle Up
• Role Play – Inertia and Sudden Stops
• Story: Learning the Bow
• Mass Changes How Hard It Is to Move
• Activity – Mass and Motion Snowman
• Paddle and Pole on the Red River
• Podcast: More Force, Bigger Change
• Spelling Bee: Force and Motion Words
• Letter: Playground Forces
• Newspaper Article: Speed at the Track Meet
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Life Science Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is an Organism?
• Common Needs of Plants and Animals
• Every Living Thing Needs Water
• Food Is Energy
• Air: Every Breath and Every Leaf
• Just Right: Temperature
• Animals That Migrate
• Animals That Hibernate
• Plant Parts and Their Superpowers
• Parts of a Plant
• Plants Make Their Own Food
• Journey: From Seed to Flower
• Seed Plant – Life Cycle
• Lab – Germinate Seeds on a Window
• Bulb Plant – Life Cycle
• Case Study: Manoomin, Wild Rice of Manitoba
• Lab - Water Travels Through a Plant
• Plants Need Animals
• Experiment - Pollination
• Animals Need Plants
• Reproducing: New Life Begins
• Show and Tell: How New Life Begins
• Growing and Developing
• Story: Spring in the Sugar Bush
• Frog Life Cycle – Stages of Development
• Dog Life Cycle
• Human Life Cycle
• Research – Mammal Life Cycle
• Butterfly Life Cycle
• Interview: Meet an Entomologist
• Story: The Sunflower Seed
• Story: Berry Picking on the Prairie
• Getting Rid of Waste
• The Bison and the Prairie
• Podcast Script: Every Life Has an End
• Growing Careers: Working with Plants
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

Evolution Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• So Many Living Things
• What Is Classifying?
• Drawing Contest – Sort It Into Groups
• Case Study: Sorting by Traits
• Living, Once Living, Never Living
• Plants and Animals
• Indigenous Methods for Classifying Living Things
• Totemic – Indigenous Classification
• Names of Common Plants
• Case Study: The Anishinaabe Clan System
• Groups of Animals – Vertebrates
• Vertebrate Animals
• Types of Animals – Amphibians
• Types of Animals – Mammals
• Humans – Growth and Changes
• Humans – Growing Rate
• Types of Animals – Reptiles
• Types of Animals – Fish
• Types of Animals – Birds
• Groups of Animals – Invertebrates
• Invertebrate Animals
• Experiment – Vertebrates vs Invertebrates
• Types of Animals – Insects
• Show and Tell: An Animal With a Backbone
• Story: The Name Tells You the Animal
• Pictionary: Animals and Their Traits
• Types of Trees in Manitoba
• Interview: Meet a Museum Scientist
• Story: The Apple Taste Test
• Story: Sorting Plants by What They Do
• Types of Dogs
• Caribou of Northern Manitoba
• Podcast Script: Fossils and Extinct Life
• Letter: Make Your Own Sorting Key
• Newspaper Article: Photographing Birds
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning goals in the science curriculum.