Free Sample Workbook · Science

Free 3rd grade science worksheets, with the lesson and the answer key

One full topic — Balanced and unbalanced forces — as a printable PDF. No payment.

30 questions17 printed pages0.5 MBPDF

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The topic inside: Balanced and unbalanced forces

Pushes and pulls; balanced forces keep motion the same, unbalanced forces change it

3-PS2-1Ages 8–9

Key words

  • force — a push or a pull on an object
  • balanced forces — pushes or pulls that are equal in strength and opposite in direction, so they cancel out
  • unbalanced forces — pushes or pulls that do not cancel out, so the object starts moving, stops, speeds up, slows down or changes direction
  • motion — a change in an object's position
  • direction — the way something is going, like left, right, up or down

What you need at home: a toy car or small ball; a hand towel; a sturdy box or stack of books; a piece of string or ribbon about 1 meter long.

What is in the PDF

  1. Quick Check — 10 questionsBefore you teach. It shows what the student already knows.
  2. Learn ItThe lesson you teach from: key words, step-by-step teaching with lines to read aloud, 2 worked examples and 2 common mistakes to watch for.
  3. We Do It Together — 10 questionsWorked side by side. The answer and the reason it is the answer are printed right after each question.
  4. You Try — 10 questionsThe student works alone.
  5. Answer KeyEvery question, its answer and a short explanation.

Each topic names the standard it addresses. That alignment is UpOnly Learning's own reading of the published standards; the people who own those standards do not review or endorse what we publish, and standards change.

After the sample

8 topics, 960 questions and 204 printed pages, with the answer key included. $9.99 as a PDF you print at home, as many copies as you need for your own household.

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What exactly do I get?

One PDF of 17 pages (0.5 MB): the Balanced and unbalanced forces topic in full — 30 questions across three sets, the lesson to teach from, and the answer key.

Do I have to pay or enter a card?

No. The PDF is free to download and free to print for students in your own household.

How does this fit the rest of the year?

Balanced and unbalanced forces is the first of 8 topics in 3rd grade Science. The full workbook has 960 questions over 204 printed pages, with the answer key.

Do you publish grades above 5?

UpOnly Learning publishes kindergarten through grade 5. Nothing above grade 5 is available.