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Science // Matter & Materials

Identify and compare the suitability of everyday materials for particular uses, explaining why specific materials are chosen for specific purposes

Science // Matter & Materials

Observe and describe that some materials change state when heated or cooled, and measure the temperature at which changes occur in degrees Celsius

Science // Matter & Materials

Draw and interpret particle diagrams — dot representations showing the arrangement, spacing, and movement of particles in solids (close, regular, vibrating in…

Science // Matter & Materials

Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials including metals, wood, and plastic

Science // Matter & Materials

Use process vocabulary for changes of state and material separation — dissolve, solution, soluble, insoluble, evaporate, condense, melt, freeze, filter, sieve…

Science // Matter & Materials

Plan and conduct an investigation to classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties

Science // Matter & Materials

Observe that an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object, understanding that the pieces still exist

Science // Matter & Materials

Compare and group materials as solids, liquids, or gases based on their observable properties and behaviour

Science // Matter & Materials

Identify the role of evaporation and condensation in the water cycle, and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature

Science // Matter & Materials

Understand that some materials dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution by evaporation

Science // Matter & Materials

Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials and are not usually reversible, such as burning, rusting, and reactions with acid

Science // Matter & Materials

Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing, and changes of state are reversible changes where no new materials are formed

Science // Matter & Materials

Use knowledge of solids, liquids, and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated through filtering, sieving, and evaporating

Science // Matter & Materials

Compare and group everyday materials based on advanced properties: hardness, solubility, transparency, electrical and thermal conductivity, and response to…

Science // Matter & Materials

Use technical vocabulary to describe and compare material properties — conductor, insulator, thermal, electrical, transparent, opaque, translucent, soluble…

Science // Ocean Life

Classify ocean animals into major groups: fish (breathe through gills, have scales), marine mammals (breathe air, warm-blooded, feed milk), and invertebrates…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand ocean food webs: multiple interconnected food chains where energy flows from phytoplankton (producers) through zooplankton, small fish, and large…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand that the ocean has different zones depending on depth and light: the sunlight zone near the surface where most life lives, the twilight zone where…

Science // Ocean Life

Name and locate the five oceans — Pacific (largest), Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic (smallest and coldest) — on a world map, and understand that they…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand that ocean animals have special adaptations for their environment: streamlined bodies for fast swimming, camouflage to hide from predators, blubber…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that the ocean has tides (water level rises and falls twice a day, caused mainly by the Moon's gravity), waves (caused by wind), and currents (rivers of…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that the ocean floor is not flat — it has mountains, valleys, and the deepest trenches on Earth — and that the deepest point is the Mariana Trench, deeper…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that coral reefs are built by tiny living animals called coral polyps, that reefs are home to more species than almost any other ocean habitat, and that…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand the connection between the ocean and climate: the ocean absorbs heat and carbon dioxide, drives weather patterns through evaporation, and ocean…