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New Zealand Curriculum · Curriculum Level 3 · Science

12 curriculum codes

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Science

Chemistry and society

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Chemistry and society
Students will relate the observed characteristic chemical and physical properties of a range of different materials to technological uses and natural processes.

6 resources

Communicating in science

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Communicating in science
Students will:
begin to use a range of scientific symbols, conventions, and vocabulary
engage with a range of science texts and begin to question the purposes for which these texts are constructed.

8 resources

Built to Survive — Year 5 Science

$6.99

Changing States - Year 3 Science Unit Plan

$6.99

Circuit Makers - Year 6

$6.99

Earth’s Building Blocks - Year 3

$6.99

Forces at Work - Year 4

$6.99

Heat in Action - Year 3

$6.99

Life Cycle Detectives - Year 3

$6.99

Materials for a Purpose - Year 4 Science

$6.99

Earth systems

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Earth systems
Students will appreciate that water, air, rocks and soil, and life forms make up our planet and recognise that these are also Earth’s resources.

1 resource

Earth’s Building Blocks - Year 3

$6.99

Ecology

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Ecology
Students will explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.

2 resources

Built to Survive — Year 5 Science

$6.99

Life Cycle Detectives - Year 3

$6.99

Evolution

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Evolution
Students will:
begin to group plants, animals, and other living things into science-based classifications
explore how the groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.

2 resources