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Grades 3 – 5 science

Topics aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for Grades 3 – 5. Each topic links to eight printable worksheet formats — pick the format that fits your lesson today.

The Next Generation Science Standards organize learning into grade bands rather than single grades, which gives teachers room to spiral content over multiple years. The Grades 3 – 5 band focuses on modeling, explanation, and using evidence — students start to argue from data and design simple investigations. SciSpark Sheets keeps the language and visuals appropriate for this band.

Topics in this band

12 units
01
Li
Life Science NGSS 5-LS2-1

Food Chains and Food Webs

Students model the flow of energy from the sun through producers, consumers, and decomposers in a local ecosystem.

8 worksheets
01
Li
Life Science NGSS 4-LS1-1

Human Body Systems

Students identify the major body systems and explain how they work together to support life.

8 worksheets
01
Li
Life Science NGSS 3-LS3-1

Inheritance and Traits

Students explain how offspring inherit traits from parents and how the environment can also influence traits.

8 worksheets
02
Es
Earth and Space Science NGSS 3-ESS2-1

Weather and Climate

Students record weather data and distinguish day-to-day weather from long-term climate patterns.

8 worksheets
02
Es
Earth and Space Science NGSS 4-ESS1-1

Rocks and Minerals

Students classify igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and identify common rock-forming minerals.

8 worksheets
02
Es
Earth and Space Science NGSS 5-ESS1-2

The Solar System

Students describe the planets, moons, and other bodies that orbit the sun, and explain day and night and seasons.

8 worksheets
02
Es
Earth and Space Science NGSS 4-ESS3-2

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Students explain how volcanoes and earthquakes shape the surface of Earth and how communities prepare for them.

8 worksheets
03
Ps
Physical Science NGSS 3-PS2-1

Forces and Motion

Students investigate how pushes and pulls change the speed and direction of an object.

8 worksheets
03
Ps
Physical Science NGSS 3-PS2-2

Simple Machines

Students identify the six simple machines and describe how each one makes work easier.

8 worksheets
03
Ps
Physical Science NGSS 4-PS3-2

Forms of Energy

Students recognize energy in motion, heat, sound, light, and electricity, and trace how it changes from one form to another.

8 worksheets
03
Ps
Physical Science NGSS 4-PS4-1

Sound and Light

Students model sound as vibrations and light as waves that can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed.

8 worksheets