E-PORTFOLIO INQUIRY, TERM 1
ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES:
Nature of science
Students will:
Understanding about science -
Appreciate that scientists ask questions about our world that lead to investigations
and that open-mindedness is important because there may be more than one
explanation.
Investigating in science
Extend their experiences and personal explanations of the natural world through
exploration, play, asking questions, and discussing simple models.
Communicating in science
Build their language and develop their understandings of the many ways the
natural world can be represented.
Participating and contributing
Explore and act on issues and questions that link their science learning to their
daily living.
Physical world
Students will:
Physical inquiry and physics concepts -
Explore everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces,
electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat.
Seek and describe simple patterns in physical phenomena.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
What are the big ideas?
An object floats if it is less dense than the water it is floating in.
An object floats when its weight is equal to the weight of the water it displaces.
An object floats in water when this upthrust balances the object’s weight.
