Strand: Living Things
Strand Unit: Myself
The child should be enabled to:
Human life processes
- Identify some requirements for growth and development
in the human
- Begin to identify the main phases of the human life
cycle
- Use all the senses to become aware of and explore
environments
Strand unit: Plants and animals
Variety and characteristics of living things
- Recognise and describe the parts of some living things
- Group and sort living things into sets according to
certain characteristics
Processes of life
- Explore through the growing of seeds, the need of
plants for water and heat
- Investigate how plants respond to light
- Understand that seasonal changes occur in living things
and examine the changes
- Become familiar with the life cycles of common plants
and animals
Strand: Energy and forces
Light
- Investigate the relationship between light and
materials
- Recognise that the sun gives us heat and light
- Become aware of the dangers of looking directly at the
sun
Sound
- Explore ways of making different sounds using a variety
of materials
- Design and make a range of simple percussion
instruments
Heat
- Learn that temperature is a measurement of how hot
something is
- Measure and compare
temperatures in different places in the classroom, school and
environment
Magnetism and electricity
- Explore the effects of static electricity
- Become aware of the uses of electricity in school and
at home
- Become aware of the dangers of electricity
Forces
- Become aware of and explore how moving water and moving
air can make things move
- Observe and investigate the movement of objects such as
toys on various materials and surfaces
- Investigate how forces act on objects
Strand: Materials
- Begin to distinguish between natural and manufactured
materials
- Group materials according to certain criteria
- Identify and investigate materials that absorb water
and those that are waterproof
- Begin to explore how different materials may be used in
the construction of homes suited to their environments
Materials and change
Mixing and other changes
- Begin to investigate how materials may be changed by
mixing
- Investigate the characteristics of different materials
when dry and wet
Strand: Environmental awareness and care
Caring for my locality
- Realise that there is both an individual and a
community responsibility for taking care of the environment
- Identify, discuss and implement simple strategies for
improving and caring for the environment
- Identify and help to implement simple strategies for
protecting, conserving and enhancing the environment
- Become aware of ways in which the environment can be
polluted or harmed
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