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New Zealand Curriculum · Curriculum Level 3 · Science · Physical inquiry and physics concepts

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Physical inquiry and physics concepts

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Physical inquiry and physics concepts
Students will explore, describe, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces, electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat. For example, identify and describe the effect of forces (contact and non-contact) on the motion of objects; identify and describe everyday examples of sources of energy, forms of energy, and energy transformations.

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