PEI Curriculum

PEI Grade 3 Science Curriculum

Help your child keep up with Prince Edward Island Grade 3 science. Our lessons cover ecosystems, adaptations, forces, simple machines, and earth materials - exactly what their class is studying.

Grade 3 Science

About Grade 3 Prince Edward Island science

Prince Edward Island follows the Prince Edward Island Curriculum for science, organizing learning around life science, physical science, and earth and space science. In Grade 3, students explore ecosystems, food chains, adaptations, forces, simple machines, thermal energy, landforms, earth materials, and the solar system. StudyPug provides step-by-step lessons and practice problems that follow these strands so students can work at their own pace.

  • Strands: ecosystems and adaptations, forces and simple machines, thermal energy, landforms and earth materials, and the solar system
  • Step-by-step lessons for every strand
  • Practice problems and worked examples for each topic
  • Aligned to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum for Grade 3 science

Curriculum topics by strand

Lessons and practice organized by strand, aligned to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum for Grade 3 science.

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PEI Grade 3 Science Topics

  • Advanced Investigation and Foundation Review: Scientific inquiry skills, investigation methods, and core concepts that support all other strands.
  • Ecosystems, Adaptations, and Food Chains: How living things interact in ecosystems, how species adapt to their environments, and how energy moves through food chains and energy pyramids.
  • Forces and Simple Machines: How forces act on objects and how simple machines make work easier in everyday life.
  • Thermal Energy: Sources and transfer of heat energy and its effects on materials and living things.
  • Landforms and Earth Materials: The major landforms found on Earth and the materials that make up the ground beneath us.
  • Solar System and Climate: The structure of the solar system, patterns of weather, and an introduction to climate and human impact on the environment.
  • Engineering Process and Traditional Practices: How the engineering design process works and how traditional knowledge and practices connect to scientific understanding.

How StudyPug Helps PEI Grade 3 Science Students

When your child gets stuck on a topic like food chains or simple machines, StudyPug lets them go back to the exact lesson they need. Each concept is broken into short, clear video lessons followed by practice problems with step-by-step explanations, so students can build confidence before moving on.

Parents can track progress through assigned practice and review sessions, making it easy to spot which strands need extra attention and to keep Grade 3 science learning on track with what is happening in the classroom.

Aligned to PEI Grade 3 Science Curriculum

All StudyPug Grade 3 science content is organized to match the Prince Edward Island Curriculum, covering the same strands and concepts that PEI students are expected to learn in Grade 3. When your child works through a lesson on ecosystems, thermal energy, or the solar system, it maps directly to what their teacher is covering in class.

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Last updated June 5, 2026

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