Unicus Global Science Olympiad Class 3 Syllabus

Class 3

1. Content Domain: Physical Science

Forms of Matter

1. Forms of matter: solids, liquids, and gases
2. Examples of solids, liquids, and gases and their properties
3. Uses of matter

Properties of Water

1. Physical properties of water (occupies space, takes shape of the container)
2. Water and water solutions
3. Conditions that affect making a solution (stirring, warm water)
4. Common soluble and insoluble substances in water (simple experiments)
5. Objects that float, sink in water

Light

1. Foundational understanding of light and its properties and interactions
2. Source of light: natural and artificial
3. Examples of sources of natural and artificial light
4. Luminous/non-luminous objects
5. Transparent, translucent, and opaque objects. Examples of each category of objects
6. Uses of these objects in daily life
7. Formation of shadows (how a shadow is formed)

Sound

1. Sound and how it is produced
2. Objects that produce sound
3. Differences between loud and soft sounds; pleasant and unpleasant sounds

2. Content Domain: Life Science

Plants in the Surroundings

1. Diversity of plant life (flowering/non-flowering plants, terrestrial and aquatic)
2. Parts of plants
3. Structure and function of each part of the plant (root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit)
4. Structure and kinds of seeds
5. Plant diversity
6. Parts of plants used as food items: leaves, roots, fruits, seeds, flowers
7. Plant products such as oil, spices, pulses, and other edible things (medicinal leaves, seeds)

All About Animals

1. Introduction to vertebrates and invertebrates
2. Specific animal adaptations for eating
3. Common Insects: ants, beetles, bees, flies, mosquitoes, butterfly
4. Body parts of an insect: head, thorax, abdomen, legs, wings
5. Some social insects (ants, bees), at home and in the environment
6. Harmful effects of insects (mosquitoes, termites, lice, cockroaches, houseflies, bedbugs) and remedies
7. Classification of birds based on beaks, feet, feathers
8. Nests of some interesting birds (weaver, tailor, woodpecker birds)

Human Body

1. Overview of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, and skeletal systems
2. Parts/organs of the different systems and their functions
3. Diagram and labeling of organs of different systems

Health and Hygiene

1. Personal cleanliness: hand washing, nails, hair, clothes, other body parts
2. Looking after your body in terms of food, rest, exercise, recreational activities
3. Cleanliness in the surroundings; causes of unhealthy surroundings (use of polythene, spitting, garbage)
4. Ways to improve the surroundings

3. Content Domain: Environmental Science

Sun as a Natural Resource

1. Sun as a natural source of energy
2. Sun for growth and photosynthesis in plants
3. Use of sun for solar cooker/cooking, drying
4. Solar cells as a source of electricity
5. Renewable & non-renewable sources of energy (with examples)
6. Conservation of energy

Water as a Resource

1. Change of state of water: evaporation, condensation
2. Water cycle
3. Water impurities: types and causes
4. Purification of water: various ways and processes (layers cloth, boiling, chlorine)
5. Rainwater harvesting: need and ways of doing it