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pose questions about familiar objects and events

Stimulating Science Change Preview Unit

The Concept Of Change · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into changes in the world around them.
Earth And Space: Seasons And Months · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn the seasons as they sing along to the 'Seasons Song'.
Earth And Space: Celery Experiment · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what might happen if there was no freshwater as they conduct an experiment to see how plants absorb water.
Science In Our World · Learning Opportunities
Your students will show what they have learnt during this unit as they work in pairs to find examples of science in the classroom.
Immersion · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into science as they participate in experiments.
Introducing The Unit · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence.
Habit of Mind: Questioning and Posing Problems · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will practise developing 'easy thinking' questions and 'interesting thinking' questions.

Hidden Wonders Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.