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Science Smart - Living World

Activities to stimulate, investigate and consolidate science knowledge

Science Smart series is designed to spark scientific curiosity while covering the living, physical and material worlds, and planet Earth and beyond, interwoven with a nature of science focus. It introduces and consolidates key science skills related to investigation, critique, interpretation and applying science to the real world. Student resources include practical, hands-on experiments and investigation ideas, along with worksheets and fun pages for consolidation. Detailed background notes and ideas to support teachers in planning units and implementing the activities are included. Generic templates are also provided so that the process of setting individual topics is similarly straightforward.

Ages: 11-14 | Pages: 60 | Code: 5888 | ISBN: 9781776550821
Series: Science Smart

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Caroline Mulholland

Caroline Mulholland is an experienced teacher and author. She has taught in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. When not teaching or writing, she is a busy mother of two. Her two children Emma and Jack are both her biggest fans and harshest critics and enjoy helping to test out her new books and to ensure there is plenty of fun alongside the learning activities. They particularly like trying any type of science experiments and activities that involve code cracking and logic skill.

Contents

Introduction4
How to use this book4
Curriculum links5
Living world essentials6
Key vocabulary6
Big ideas7
Living and non-living things8
Teacher notes: Living and non-living things8
Scientific classification12
Teacher notes: Classifying to appreciate the diversity of living things12
Teacher notes: Classification structure of living things19
Life cycles23
Cells29
Teacher notes: Cells29
Plant anatomy and reproduction33
Teacher notes: Plant anatomy and reproduction33
The human body36
Teacher notes: The human body36
Habitats and ecosystems42
Ant study48
Adaptations51
Endangered animals53
Teacher notes: Endangered animals53
Native animal study58
Selected answers59

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