Science Term One Overview – Biology
Foundation
- In the Foundation Biology unit, students will make observations of living and non-living things. They will investigate the school area to find examples of each. They will also determine what living things can do and what they need to survive. Students will learn to identify and compare the needs of plants, animals and humans as living things.
Grade Ones and Twos (Grade 1 Curriculum)
- In the Year One Biology unit, the students will make observations of the external features of living things. They will describe the features of both animals and plants and understand the reason why plants are classified as living things and record their observations. Students will also investigate how living things can be grouped according to their external features.
Grade Threes and Fours (Grade 3 curriculum)
- In Term One’s Biology unit, students will learn that living things all have certain characteristics. They will use these characteristics to differentiate between living and non-living things. They will group plants and animals by their observable features. This unit involves the students working scientifically and using scientific thinking.
Grade Fives and Sixes (Grade 5 curriculum)
- In Term One’s Biology unit, students will examine and understand that living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment. They will analyse how the form of living things enables them to function in their environments and understand that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction.
Jo Gianino
Science Specialist Teacher