Science Launch Grade 3
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions, and grown-up debrief notes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grade 3
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Science Launch Grade 3 is a 12-week online science course. Each week explores one question with short daily lessons, a hands-on investigation using household materials, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a debrief note for the grown-up.
Kids will
- Build observation habits: describe what you see, measure when you can
- Frame a question as a hypothesis (introductory)
- Run a controlled experiment safely at home
- Record results in a science notebook
- Connect each week's experiment to a real-world phenomenon
- Present a finding to a parent in 60 seconds
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Balanced or Not?
Pushes, pulls and what they do
NGSS 3-PS2-1
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Week 2
Motion Patterns
Swings that repeat
NGSS 3-PS2-2
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Week 3
Magnet Mysteries
Pushes and pulls without touching
NGSS 3-PS2-3
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Week 4
Magnet Inventions
Solving problems with magnets
NGSS 3-PS2-4
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Week 5
Life Cycles
Born, grow, make young, die
NGSS 3-LS1-1
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Week 6
Family Traits
Like parent, like young
NGSS 3-LS3-1
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Week 7
Traits and Surroundings
How the world around us shapes traits
NGSS 3-LS3-2
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Week 8
Better Together
Animals that live in groups
NGSS 3-LS2-1
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Week 9
Fossil Clues
Reading the past in rock
NGSS 3-LS4-1
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Week 10
Weather by the Numbers
Measuring weather and finding patterns
NGSS 3-ESS2-1
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Week 11
Climates of the World
Why different places have different usual weather
NGSS 3-ESS2-2
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Week 12
Ready for Weather Hazards
Designs that keep people safe in wild weather
NGSS 3-ESS3-1
Standards practiced. NGSS: 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS2-1, 3-LS4-1, 3-ESS2-1, 3-ESS2-2, 3-ESS3-1. Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
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Try Week 1 today.
Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.