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Overview of content of science curriculum

Skill Development Infants 1st/2nd 3rd/4th  5th/6th 
Working scientifically
  • Questioning
  • Observing
  • Predicting
  • Investigating and experimenting

Analysing

  • Sorting and classifying
  • Recording and communicating
  • Questioning
  • Observing
  • Predicting
  • Investigating and experimenting

Analysing

  • Sorting and classifying
  • Recognising patterns
  • Recording and communicating
As 1st / 2nd except As 3rd/4th
Designing and making
  • Exploring
  • Planning
  • Making
  • Evaluating
  • Exploring
  • Planning
  • Making
  • Evaluating
   
Living things
  • Myself
  • Plants and animals
  • Myself
  • Plants and animals
   
Energy and forces
  • Light
  • Sound
  • Heat
  • Magnetism and electricity
  • Forces
  • Light - 1st
  • Sound - 1st
  • Heat - 2nd
  • Magnetism - and electricity - 2nd
  • Forces - 2nd
   
Materials
  • Properties and characteristics of materials
  • Materials and change
  • Properties and characteristics of materials
  • Materials and change
   
Environmental awareness and care
  • Caring for my locality
  • Caring for my locality
  • Environmental awareness
  • Science and the environment
  • Caring for the environment
 

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