This is a 25-page digital unit from Book 3 in the Science series. Suited for 2nd Class pupils, this eBook on Earth and space sciences contains appealing activities for the curricular strand of Environmental awareness and care.
Curriculum links:
become aware of the importance of the Earth’s renewable and non-renewable resources
come to appreciate the need to conserve resources
recognise and investigate human activities which have positive or adverse effects on local and wider
environments
examine a number of ways in which the local environment could be improved or enhanced
Features:
aims to develop core scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
focuses on procedural understanding - on the nature, processes and skills of working scientifically such as questioning and predicting, planning and conducting, analysing data, evaluating and communicating
emphasis is placed on the pupil predicting, recording, analysing, evaluating and communicating their findings
experiments/investigations are carefully chosen to make use of simple, everyday materials which the teacher/pupil will have easy access to
activities are designed to promote curiosity and interest in science by requiring pupils to test, change or confirm their ideas about how things are and how they work
provides teachers with the necessary activities to enhance their science programme with a class
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