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New Zealand Curriculum · Curriculum Level 3

36 curriculum codes

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Science

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

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

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

Art

Communicating and interpreting

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Communicating and interpreting
Students will describe the ideas their own and others’ objects and images communicate.

7 resources

Art Across Time and Place - Years 3–4

$6.99

Communicate and Exhibit - Years 3-4 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Continuing and Revitalising Cultures - Years 5–6

$6.99

Country, Place and Responsibility - Years 3–4

$6.99

Curate a Gallery — Years 5–6 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Meaning Across Cultures - Years 5–6 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Visual Language Studio - Years 3–4

$6.99

Developing ideas

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Developing ideas
Students will develop and revisit visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination, supported by the study of artists’ works.

7 resources

Art Across Time and Place - Years 3–4

$6.99

Communicate and Exhibit - Years 3-4 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Continuing and Revitalising Cultures - Years 5–6

$6.99

Country, Place and Responsibility - Years 3–4

$6.99

Curate a Gallery — Years 5–6 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Meaning Across Cultures - Years 5–6 Visual Arts Unit Plan

$6.99

Visual Language Studio - Years 3–4

$6.99

Developing practical knowledge

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Developing practical knowledge
Students will explore some art-making conventions, applying knowledge of elements and selected principles through the use of materials and processes.

7 resources