Content:

Living World:

• Investigate and classify closely related living things on the basis of easily observable features. Eg. Mussel, brown kiwi, pilot whale, cat, horse
• Investigate and describe special features of animals or plants which help survival into the next generation
• Investigate and describe patterns in the variability of a visible physical feature found within a species. Eg. Coat colour in cats
• Use simple food chains to explain the feeding relationships of familiar animals and plants, and investigate effects of human intervention on these relationships

Physical World:

• Investigate and offer explanations for commonly experienced physical phenomena and compare their ideas with scientific ideas
• Process and interpret information  to describe or confirm trends and relationships in observable physical phenomena
• Investigate and offer explanations of how selected items of technology function and enhance everyday activities of people

Material World:

• Investigate and group common materials in terms of properties
• Investigate and explain how uses of everyday materials are related to their physical and simple chemical properties
• Investigate and describe ways of producing permanent or temporary changes in some familiar materials
• Investigate the positive ad negative effects of substance on people and on the environment

Planet Earth and Beyond:

• Investigate major factors and patterns associated with weather and use given data to predict weather
• Collect and use evidence from landforms, rocks, fossils and library research to describe the geological history of the local area
  • use simple technological devices to observe and describe our night sky
  • investigate and use models which explain the changing spatial relationships of the Earth, its moon, its Sun and the way different cultures have used these patterns to describe and measure time and position
• Investigate a local environmental issue and explain the reasons for the community’s involvement

Where does this lead?
NCEA Level 1 and beyond

Who can help me?
Mrs M Singh
Ms E Elvin
Mrs J Amhu