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New Zealand Curriculum · Curriculum Level 3 · Science

12 curriculum codes

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Science

Investigating in science

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Investigating in science
Students will:
build on prior experiences, working together to share and examine their own and others’ knowledge
ask questions, find evidence, explore simple models, and carry out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations.

8 resources

Life processes

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Life processes
Students will recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.

2 resources

Built to Survive — Year 5 Science

$6.99

Life Cycle Detectives - Year 3

$6.99

Participating and contributing

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Participating and contributing
Students will:
use their growing science knowledge when considering issues of concern to them
explore various aspects of an issue and make decisions about possible actions.

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

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.

3 resources

Circuit Makers - Year 6

$6.99

Forces at Work - Year 4

$6.99

Heat in Action - Year 3

$6.99

Properties and changes of matter

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Properties and changes of matter
Students will:
group materials in different ways, based on the observations and measurements of the characteristic chemical and physical properties of a range of different materials
compare chemical and physical changes.

3 resources

Changing States - Year 3 Science Unit Plan

$6.99

Circuit Makers - Year 6

$6.99

Materials for a Purpose - Year 4 Science

$6.99

Understanding about science

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Understanding about science
Students will:
appreciate that science is a way of explaining the world and that science knowledge changes over time
identify ways in which scientists work together and provide evidence to support their ideas.

8 resources