Summary
Contents
Subject index
What does ‘mastery’ look like in primary science? How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it? This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science. - Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities - Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding - Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning - Explores the theories behind ‘mastery’ for primary science
Activities linked to the National Curriculum: Year 4
Activities linked to the National Curriculum: Year 4
Living things and their habitats
Attainment Targets from the National Curriculum’s Programme of Study
- recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
- explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
- recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Typical activities usually associated with or used in lessons
- Used classification keys to name unknown plants and animals.
- Created own simple identification key to group living things.
- Explored the impact of humans on the local environment.
- Written letters, delivered an assembly – e.g. plastic pollution.
- Engaged with local authority about local areas and made change happen.
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