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– Characteristics of living things:
• metabolism of plants and animals
(e.g. nutrition, respiration, growth, death)
• reproduction of plants and animals
– Organization of living things:
• classification of life forms (e.g. microorganisms, fungi, plants,
animals)
• anatomy of plants (e.g. parts of a plant)
• anatomy of animals (e.g. parts and principal systems)
• senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch)
• human reproductive system
– Transformations of living things
• growth of plants and animals
ENERGY
– Sources of energy for living things:
• nutrition for animals (e.g. need for water, sugars, lipids,
proteins, vitamins, minerals)
• agricultural and food technologies (e.g. crossbreeding of plants
and their propagation by cuttings, selection and breeding of animals,
food production, pasteurization)
– Transformation of
energy in living things:
• food chains
FORCES AND MOTION
– How animals move (e.g. reptation, walking, flying)
SYSTEMS AND INTERACTION
– Interaction between living organisms and their environment
• living things and their habitats
• parasitism, predation
• Interaction between humans and their environmen
• Environmental technologies (e.g. recycling, composting)
TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION
– Use of simple observational instruments (e.g. magnifying glass,
binoculars, microscope)
– Use of simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, dropper, balance,
thermometer)
– Design and manufacture
of environments (e.g. aquarium, terrarium, incubator, greenhouse)
APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
– Terminology related to an understanding of living things
– Conventions (e.g. plant and animal identification key)
– Graphs (e.g. pictograph, histogram)
– Tables (e.g. plant and animal classification tables)
– Drawings, sketches
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MATTER
– Properties and characteristics of matter in different states
(solid, liquid, gas):
• shape
• colour
• texture
• mass and weight
• density (e.g. small objects that are light and heavy, big objects
that are light and heavy)
• relative density and buoyancy
– Changes in matter
• physical changes (e.g. breaking, grinding, phase changes)
• manufacturing household products (e.g. soap, paper, cement)
ENERGY
– Forms of energy:
• forms of energy (e.g. mechanical, electrical, chemical, heat,
solar, sound, nuclear)
– Transmission of energy:
• thermal conductivity (e.g. conductors and insulators)
• sound waves (e.g. volume, timbre, echo)
• convection (e.g. in gases and liquids)
– Transformation of energy:
• consumption and conservation of energy by human beings (e.g.
electric meter, insulation)
• transformations of energy from one form to another (e.g. transformation
by machines)
FORCES AND MOTION
– Effect of electrostatic attraction (e.g. paper attracted
by a charged object)
– Effects of a force on the direction of an object (e.g. pushing,
pulling)
– Characteristics of motion (e.g. direction, speed)
SYSTEMS AND INTERACTION
– Simple machines (e.g. lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley,
winch)
– Other machines (e.g. cart, waterwheel, windmill)
– How manufactured objects work (e.g. materials, shapes, functions)
– Transportation technology (e.g. car, airplane, boat)
– Electron technology (e.g. telephone, radio, sound recording,
television, transistor, microprocessor, computer)
TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION
– Manufacturing (e.g. reading plans, marking out, cutting, assembling,
finishing)
– Use of simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, dropper, balance,
thermometer)
– Use of simple machines
– Use of tools (e.g. pliers, screwdriver, hammer, wrench,
simple template)
– Design and manufacture of instruments, tools, machines, structures
(e.g. bridges, towers), devices (e.g. water filtration device), models
(e.g. glider) and simple circuits
APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
– Terminology related to an understanding of the material world
– Conventions and types of representations specific to the concepts
studied
• Graphs (e.g. pictograph, histogram)
•Tables
• Drawings, sketches
• Norms and standardization
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MATTER
– Properties and characteristics of matter on Earth
• soil, water and air
• traces of living things and fossils
– Organization of matter:
• crystals
– Transformation of matter
• water cycle
ENERGY
– Sources of energy:
• solar energy
• hydraulic energy (e.g. hydroelectric dam, tidal energy)
• wind energy
– Transformation of energy:
• renewable forms of energy
FORCES AND MOTION
– Rotation of the Earth (e.g. day and night, visible motion of
the Sun and the stars)
SYSTEMS AND INTERACTION
– System involving the sun, the Earth and the moon
– The stars and the galaxies (e.g. constellations)
– Meteorological systems (e.g. clouds, precipitation, storms)
and climates
– Technologies related to the Earth, the atmosphere and outer
space (e.g. seismograph, prospection, weather forecasting, satellites,
space station)
TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION
– Use of simple observational instruments (e.g. binoculars, telescope)
– Use of simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, balance,
thermometer, weather vane, barometer, anemometer, hygrometer)
– Design and manufacture of measuring instruments and prototypes
APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
– Terminology related to an understanding of the Earth and the
universe
– Conventions and types of representations (e.g. globe, constellations)
– Drawing, sketches
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