INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Year 4 Curriculum

Science

Unit 2: Living Things & Their Habitats

Learning Objective - S2.1

To recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

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Learning Objective - S2.2

To understand the concept of endangered and extinct. and recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.

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Learning Objective - S2.3

To explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.

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Learning Objective - S2.4

To recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

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Learning Objective - S2.5

To ask relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.

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Learning Objective - S2.6

To explore everyday phenomena and the relationships between living things in their local environment.

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Learning Objective - S2.7

To help make decisions about what observations to make, how long to make them for and they type of simple equipment that might be used.

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Learning Objective - S2.8

To begin to look for naturally occurring patterns and relationships and decide what data to collect to identify them.

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Learning Objective - S2.9

To identify more than one variable factor.

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Learning Objective - S2.10

To begin to recognise when a simple fair test is necessary and help decide how to set it up.

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Learning Objective - S2.11

To gather, record and begin to classify and present data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions.

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Learning Objective - S2.12

To talk about criteria for grouping, sorting and classifying and use simple keys.

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Learning Objective - S2.13

To compare and group according to behavior or properties, based on testing.

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Learning Objective - S2.14

To look for changes, patterns, similarities and differences in their data in order to draw simple conclusions and answer questions. linking cause and effect.

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Learning Objective - S2.15

To begin to recognise when and how secondary sources might help to answer questions that cannot be answered through practical investigations.

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Learning Objective - S2.16

To discuss how we have learnt new things in Science over time and how people do not always agree with each other over their ideas.

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