Summary
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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 5
Activities linked to the National Curriculum: Year 5
Living things and their habitats
Attainment Targets from the National Curriculum’s Programme of Study
- describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
- describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
(DfE, 2014, p192)
Figure 10.1
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Typical activities usually associated with or used in lessons
- Used secondary sources and observations to find out about life cycles.
- Identified patterns in life cycles in plants and animals from around the world.
- Drawn life cycles of a range of animals – identified similarities and differences.
- Compared gestation periods for animals and looked for patterns (e.g. size of animals and time for dependency).
- Compared the life cycles ...
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