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WHY TO CHANGE?

SINGAPUR METHOD
STILL INQUIRY ON OUR CLASSES ?
EVALUATION AND MATRIXES : COMPETENCES, DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC
SKILLS AND SPECIFIC CONTENTS.

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT BIG IDEAS

DIVERSITY
INTERACTIONS
CYCLES
SYSTEMS
ENERGY

A QUICK GLANCE TO THE BOOK

CONTENTS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
SCIENCE BIG IDEAS
CHECK RESOURCES NEEDED

INQUIRY TOPICS

FIRST GRADE

I trimester

II trimester

III trimester

My surroundings

Changes in nature
Interaction and diversity
in nature

Physics in my world
A crazy world

My wonderful body
Amazing animals
Plants
Animals
Air
Water
In the ground

Day and night

The seasons
Light and shadows
Heat
Sounds
Non-living things

Forces
Tols help us
Electricity
Magnets

SECOND GRADE
I trimester

II trimester

III trimester

Present events

Habitats and surroundings

Physics around me

Our sense organs

Our amazing body
Food
Caring for our body
Living things
Animals

Plants
Habitats and environment
Weather
Objects around us
Changes in materials
Three states of matter
Air
Water

Forces
Light
Heat
Sources and uses of electricity
Sound
Rocks
The sun, the earth and the moon

THIRD GRADE
I trimester

II trimester

III trimester

Adventures around me

Interactions in my world

Energy around me

Our body systems

A healthy diet
Cells
Vertebrates
Classifying plants
Life cycles
Our environment

Changes in the environment

Ecosystems
Weather and climate
Materials
Mixing materials
The 3 states of matter
Air
Water
Forces

Forms of energy and their uses

Light
Heat
Electric circuits
Sound
Soil and other materials
Rotation of the Earth and the moon
The solar system

FOURTH GRADE
I trimester

II trimester

III trimester

Finding solutions

Organization and prediction

Different forces

The respiratory system

The circulatory system
Diseases and injuries
Cells and functions
Invertebrates
Photosynthesis
Reproduction
Reproduction in flowering plants

Ecosystem
Adaptation of living things to the
environment
Pollution
Human population
Weather
Material and their properties
Physical and chemical changes
Separating mixtures
Changes of state
Air and water

Gravitational and frictional forces

Energy conversin
Light and heat
Electric circuits
Sound
Soil
The sky
Movements of planets in the Solar
System

MATRIX 2.0 RELOADED

SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
OPEN MATRIXES- NOT TOO SPECIFIC
EVALUATION CHRONOGRAM SOME OF THE EVALUATIONS PROPOSED CAN
BE USED TO EVALUATE COMPETENCES.

MAKE AN EFFORT AT THE BEGGINING HAVE IT READY FOR THE TRIMESTER!!!