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Primary 3 / Year 3 Science Curriculum

Alpha Brain teaches Primary 3 (Year 3) science through 16 dojos and 41 short narrated levels, for children aged 7–8.

Coverage spans Living Things, Materials & Their Properties, Forces & Energy, Earth & Space and Our Environment.

Every level is matched to both the Nigerian NERDC primary curriculum and the British Key Stage 2, and plays in a browser or the installed app.

Class (Nigeria)
Primary 3
Year group (UK)
Year 3
Stage (UK)
Key Stage 2
Age
7–8
Dojos
16
Levels
41

Primary 3 Science topics

Living Things

  • Plant Power

    Parts of a plant

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Three of these are parts of a plant. Which one is not?”
    • “Three of these help a plant grow. Which one does not?”
    • “Sort these into parts of a plant and not.”

  • Animal Kingdom

    Groups & habitats

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which animal does not belong with the others?”

  • My Body

    Body parts & senses

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Sort these into senses and body parts.”

  • Healthy Eating

    Food groups & diet

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which food group does this belong to?”

  • Life Cycle Dojo

    Seeds, animals & growing up

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Emeka watches a butterfly's life cycle at the farm. Put the stages in order, starting with the egg.”
    • “Emeka sees a creature at the froglet stage. What comes right after this stage?”

  • Food Chain Dojo

    Who eats what

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Ngozi watches a grasscutter nibbling nearby. What does a grasscutter usually eat?”
    • “Ada sees a hen. Where does a hen usually live?”
    • “Chidi is asked at school: which of these animals mainly eats leaves?”

Materials & Their Properties

  • Materials Dojo

    Materials & properties

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Which of these is made of paper?”
    • “Sort these materials into hard and soft.”

  • Solid, Liquid, Gas

    States of matter

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Is this a solid, a liquid, or a gas?”
    • “Which one of these is a solid?”
    • “Which one of these is a liquid?”

Forces & Energy

  • Force Dojo

    Push, pull & gravity

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “A carpet or A wooden floor: which one has more friction?”
    • “Grass or Tiles: which one has less friction?”
    • “Ngozi can move a loaded cart or an empty cart. Which one needs more force to move?”

  • Light Dojo

    Light & shadows

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “A spoon stands in bright sunlight. Will it make a shadow?”
    • “Three of these do not make light. Which one is the light source?”

  • Sound Dojo

    How sound is made

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “A gecko clicks on the wall at night. Is this sound loud or quiet?”
    • “A lion roars. Is the sound high or low?”

  • Magnet Dojo

    Magnetic & poles

    4 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “A piece of cloth. Will a magnet stick to it?”
    • “A silver spoon. Will a magnet stick to it?”
    • “A glass cup. Is it magnetic or not magnetic?”

Earth & Space

  • Weather Dojo

    Weather & seasons

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Three of these show misty weather. Which one is different?”
    • “Sort these into rainy weather, sunny weather, and cold or dusty weather.”

  • Sky Dojo

    Day, night & sky

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Is it day or night in this picture?”
    • “What causes day and night on Earth?”

Our Environment

  • Stay Safe Dojo

    Hygiene & safety

    2 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Sort these into safe and not safe.”

  • Our Earth Dojo

    Keeping our environment healthy

    3 of its 10 levels are set at Primary 3

    Questions at this level look like:

    • “Is this a safe or healthy thing to do?”
    • “Why is it good to put your toys away after playing?”
    • “Ibrahim says it is safe to play near the dirty gutter behind the house. Is Ibrahim right?”

What a level is like

Every level is 10 questions long and takes a few minutes. Questions are read aloud in recorded narration rather than robotic text-to-speech, and answers are tapped, dragged or typed on a number pad rather than written, so a child who is still learning to read can play unaided.

Most dojos open with a short lesson before the questions start. Get one wrong and the level teaches the step you missed before showing the answer, and you can play the level again — the questions vary on each replay, so it is practice rather than memorising a fixed sheet. Levels are scored out of three stars.

Primary 3 Science questions parents ask

What does Alpha Brain cover in Primary 3 Science?
Alpha Brain teaches Primary 3 (Year 3) science through 16 dojos and 41 short narrated levels, for children aged 7–8. The topics are Plant Power, Animal Kingdom, My Body, Healthy Eating and 12 more, grouped under Living Things, Materials & Their Properties, Forces & Energy, Earth & Space and Our Environment.
What is Primary 3 in the British system?
Primary 3 in Nigeria matches Year 3 in the UK, which sits in Key Stage 2, for children aged 7–8. Alpha Brain teaches both from the same science levels, so a family moving between the two systems keeps its progress.
Is the Primary 3 Science content aligned to the NERDC curriculum?
Yes. Every science dojo is tagged to a NERDC strand — at Primary 3 that is Living Things, Materials & Their Properties, Forces & Energy, Earth & Space and Our Environment — and the same levels are matched to the British Key Stage 2 programme of study.
How many Science levels are there for Primary 3?
41 levels across 16 dojos at Primary 3 / Year 3, at 10 questions a level — about 410 questions. A level takes a few minutes, so it fits a school night.
How much does Alpha Brain cost?
Alpha Brain costs ₦15,000 per year for a child, and a 3-day free trial unlocks when you invite three friends. That covers all three subjects — Maths, English and Science — from Nursery 1 to Primary 6, not just Science.

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Create an account, pick Primary 3 in Settings, and your child starts on the first level of whichever dojo you choose.

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