ERM I

Contents

Teeth and
eating

Content
Strand

Learning Objectives

Foods

Food Groups

Diets

and

fitness

Human
teeth

Structure
and
function of
teeth

Resources (links)

Recognise that foods are a

source of raw materials for the
body and all animals, including
humans need to feed to grow
and be active
Sort foods into food groups and
classify them accordingly.
(foods can be grouped into
meats and nuts, fatty foods,
potatoes and grain, sweet
foods, fruits and vegetables.
State the importance of various
food types for proper bodily
functions.
Explain that a certain amount
and varied type of foods are
needed to keep healthy
Describe the role of fuel foods
Identify the adverse effects of
fatty and sweet foods on health
Describe what is meant by
balanced diet
Recognise that different food
groups provide the body with
the different entities the body
needs
Research the importance of
exercise to stay fit and healthy
Suggest that to keep healthy
diet must be kept varied and
adequate
Evaluate your own diet and
select food for a healthy diet

Exploring Science 3Aa

page 6 & 7
Exploring Science
teachers guide 3:
Progression Pg. 32
page 36, 41-43
Exploring Science 3Aa
page 8,9
https://www.eatforhea
lth.gov.au/foodessentials/five-foodgroups

Relate the shape to the function

that each type of teeth perform
Enlist the two sets of human
teeth.
Highlight the importance of
permanent teeth
Make observations and
comparison of different teeth,
identify important features
Observe and compare different
types of teeth and label their
important features (w.r.t
dentine, pulp, enamel, roots,
gums)
Know that humans have teeth
molars for chewing, canines for
tearing, incisors for cutting- and
that teeth help us break down
food into smaller particles that
help us eat

Exploring Science
3Ad
page 16 - 19
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=hDZXSMU2lAk

Exploring Science
3Ab,c page 10 14.

Weeks

Week 2

Week 3

http://www.albertahea
lthservices.ca/assets/i
nfo/nutrition/if-nfs-nrkit-gr3.pdf
Exploring Science
teachers guide 3 page
36,37, 44-46

Week 4

KidsHealth.org/kid/htb
w/teeth.html
KidsHealth.org/kid/tal
k/qa/cavity.html
KidsHealth.org/kid/fee
l_better/people/go_de
ntist.html

Exploring Science

Week 5
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Growing
teeth

CHEMISTRY

Contents
Characteri
stics of
materials

Looking
after your
teeth

Dentists
(Different
types of
teeth; the
two sets of
teeth in
human life;
Tooth
decay)

Animal
teeth
(teeth of
herbivores
and
carnivores
Content
Strand
Materials

Properties
of materials
Metals
Choosing
materials
Testing
materials
Testing and
standards
Investigatin

Recognise that teeth are firmly

held in place by roots and gums
and care needed to keep gums
healthy for healthy teeth
Recognise that some foods can
be damaging to our teeth
Define tooth decay and how to
prevent it
Observe and compare different
types of teeth and label their
important features

teachers guide 3 page

37- 38,51 - 57

Know that we have two set of

teeth and adult teeth have to
last
Understand that teeth are held
in place by roots and gums
Understand that healthy teeth
need healthy gums
Learn and identify function of
roots and gums
Know that some foods can be
damaging to the teeth
Describe reasons for tooth
decay
Enlist ways of protecting your
teeth from tooth decay

Exploring Science 3Ae

page 17-21, 3Ae
pages 18 - 21

Describe and explain how the

teeth of herbivores are adapted
to their diet
Describe and explain how the
teeth of carnivores are adapted
to their diet

Exploring Science 3Ad

page 15, 16

Learning Objectives
o Identify a variety of materials e.g.
plastic, glass, rubber, metals,
ceramics, wood, cotton, wool etc.
o Identify that these materials are
used to make different objects.
o Evaluate that every material has
specific properties, e.g. hard, soft,
shiny, dull, strong, flexible, elastic,
brittle etc. and compare materials
in terms of these properties.
o Classify materials according to
their properties.
o Investigate properties of materials
for their appropriate selection for
different objects.
o Discuss why materials are chosen
for specific purposes on the basis
of their properties and select
appropriate materials for specific

www.slideshare.net/S
ECBIO/teeth28068645

Week 6

Resources (links)

Weeks

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Progression:80

Background
information:

Exploring Science
teachers guide 3 page
84 & 85.

http://www.bbc.co
.uk/bitesize/ks2/sc
ience/materials/m
aterial_properties/
read/1/

Week 7

Week 8

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g paper and
water
Investigatin
g tights

PHYSICS

Contents
Light and
Shadows

Content
Strand

purpose/uses.
o Explain why it is important to test
materials.
o Identify whether a test is fair or
not.
o Investigate different tights for
stretch.
o Identify alternative materials for
the same use.
o Investigate the absorbency of
different papers.
o Describe how the shapes of some
materials can be changed by
squashing, bending, twisting
and/or stretching.
o Design the experiment keeping
the following points in mind;
Evidence to collect

what factors to change and

not to change

what measurements to
take

Make comparisons and draw

conclusions.
Learning Objectives

o Observe and explain that we need

Light and
light to see things
shadows
o Identify various sources of light
based on pictures of objects
o Identify examples of natural and
artificial sources of light
o Distinguish between objects that
produce their own light and those
that reflect light from another
source
o Explain how shadows are formed.
o Relate and explore how some
Focus on
animals and
animals make and use their own
light
light
o Recall how humans use light for
Focus on
using light
different purposes
o Predict about formation of
shadows by different objects or
materials
Investigatin
o Classify materials as transparent,
g shadows
translucent and opaque and
identify which objects make
Transparent
dark/faint shadows.
and opaque
o Observe how transparent objects
block some light, and form faint
shadows
Changing
o Observe and relate the shape of
shadows
the shadow with the shape of the
object that forms them.
o Predict and demonstrate how
changing the position of a light

Week 9
Exploring Science
teachers guide 3 page
89- 93. For choosing
materials: page 9497; Testing materials
page 98 101;
investigating paper
and water: pages 102
- 105

Week
10

Resources (links)
Exploring Science
teachers guide 3:
Progression: Pg.152.
page 156,159-162

Weeks

Week
11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/
bitesize/ks2/science/p
hysical_processes/sha
dows/play/

Exploring Science
teachers guide 3 page
156.

Exploring Science
teachers guide 3
page156, 163-165

Week
12

Exploring Science
teachers guide 3 page
156, 166-169
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
education/clips/zrswh

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Telling time

A spinning
Earth

source will affect the shape and

position of a shadow
o Recognise that shadows of object
in sunlight change during the
course of the day.
o Observe and describe how
shadows change in length during
the day.
o Observe and describe how
shadows change in direction
during the day.
o Measure the length of the shadow
and observe the direction of
shadows during the course of the
day and record these observations
using drawings, writings and if
possible use tables to record their
data.
o Compare the movements and size
of objects shadows in relation to
the movement of light source.
o Explain that shadows can be used
to tell the approximate time of the
day: Sundial
o Explain that the Sun appears to
move across the sky during the
course of the day.
o Describe rotation as the spinning
of the Earth about its axis and
causing the changes in shadows
during the day
o Relate that the Sun does not
move, but that its apparent
movement is caused by the Earth
spinning on its axis.
o Identify the position of the Sun at
midday.
o Observe that the higher the Sun in
the sky the shorter is the shadow.
o Predict the time of the day by
observing the shadow during the
day

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/
education/clips/zsqd7t
y

Week
13

http://www.bbc.co.uk/
education/clips/z2gxv
cw

Exploring Science
teachers guide 3
page156, 170-172

https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=l64YwNl1wr0

Week
14

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TERM II
Content
s

Content
Strand

Helping
plants
grow
well

External
parts of
plants and
the
functions of
these parts
-leaves
-stems
-flowers
-roots
-fruits

Learning Objectives
Name main parts of plants and
describe their function.
Investigate the conditions (water
and light) plants need to grow
and stay healthy. Describe that
water is taken in through roots
and transported through the stem
to the leaves.

Growing
plants

Plant parts
Leaves,
roots and
stems

Identify the parts of the plants

leaves
stems
flowers
roots
fruits
Recognise that some plants
provide food for us and are grown
for the same reason.
Discuss that plants need leaves to
make food and grow well
Discuss that water is transported
through the stem to the various
parts of the plant.
Discuss that water is taken in
through the roots of the plant.
Explain that plants need roots
leaves and stems to grow well and
need balanced and regular supply
of water in order to grow well.
Recognise when a comparison is
unfair (controls in an experiment)
and make suggestions to make
the test fair

Resources (links)

Week
s

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Progression: page 58
Background
information: page 62
63
Growing plants: page
66-68

Week
2

https://www.youtube.co
m
/watch?v=W-FO8tZQGfk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sc
hools/scienceclips/ages/
5_6/growing_plants.sht
ml

Week
3

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Leaves roots and stems:
page 69 -71.

Week
4

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:

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Investigatin
g plants
and water

Other
things
plants need

Conten
ts
Rocks
and
Soils

Content
Strand
Types of
Rocks,

Uses of
rocks.

Choosing
rocks

Soil
Formation
Investigatin
g soils

Conten
ts
Magnets
and
springs

Content
Strand
Magnets
Attracting
and
repelling

Investigate the factors that affect

plant growth e.g. Temperature,
water, air, sunlight etc.
Know that plants need healthy
roots, leaves, and stems to grow
well.
Make careful observations and
measurements of plants growing
and make predictions about the
outcomes of a test.
Be able to explain observations.
Establishing controls eg. Using just
one plant in each set of conditions
does not give sufficient evidence.
Be able to explain that plants
need sunlight, water, air,
temperature but not in an
unlimited amount.

Learning Objectives
Recognise some types of
rocks and uses of different
rocks
Know that some materials
occur naturally and others are
man-made.
Know the various uses of
rocks in our daily lives.
Observe and compare rocks.
Categorise rocks according to
observable characteristics
Differentiate between types of
rocks by testing
Identify characteristics of
rocks to suit its particular use.
Understand that there are
different kinds of soils and this
depends on the rock they
come from
Be able to recognize when a
test is unfair and plan fair
tests.
Know that particles of
different sizes can be
separated by using a sieve.
Learning Objectives
Explore how some materials
are magnetic and many are
not.
Investigate and differentiate
between magnetic and nonmagnetic materials.

investigating plants and

water: page 72 - 74

Week
5
Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Other things that plants
need: page 75 78.

Week
6

Resources
(links)
Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Progression: Pg. 107
Background
Information: page
110 111.
Using rocks: Pg 114
117
Choosing rocks: Pg 118
121
Rocks and soils: Pg.
122 124.
Investigating soils: 125
- 127

http://www.bbc.co.uk/
bitesize/ks2/science/
materials/
rocks_soils/read/1/

Weeks
Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Resources
(links)
Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
progression: Pg. 128.
Background
information: page 132
133
Magnets: Pg. 137

Weeks

Week 12

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Magnetic
and nonmagnetic
materials

Properties
of
magnets;
strength
and
usefulness
of magnets

Investigatin
g magnetic
properties

Springs

Strength
and
usefulness
of springs

Investigatin
g elastic
bands

Make and record careful

observations of magnetic
properties.
Observe that magnets can
pull magnetic materials
without touching it.
Investigate and describe the
properties of magnets
(attraction and repulsion
between magnets)
Investigate the ability of
magnetic field to work
through different materials
and variation in its strength
depending on shapes, size,
material, distance and
material between magnet and
the magnetic material.
Use results to draw
conclusions, indicating
whether they were right in
their predictions about which
materials were magnetic and
which are not.
Know that magnets have a
variety of uses
Design and construct toys,
gadgets that make use of
magnets.
Plan a fair test and decide
what to measure and what
equipment to use.
Make and record
measurements
Draw conclusions.
Know that when a spring is
stretched or compressed it
exerts a force to restore its
shape to the original form
thereby exerting a force on
whatever is compressing or
stretching it.
Know that forces act in
particular directions.
Investigate the effect of
stretching elastic bands by
different amounts
Designing a fair test.
Make predictions of the effect
of stretching elastic bands by
different amounts.
Draw conclusions and indicate
whether the predictions is
supported
Explain the conclusions in
terms of the size of the force.
Identify uses of springs in
daily lives

140.
Attracting and
repelling: 141 143

Week 13

Week 14

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Investigating magnets:
Pg. 144 147

Week 15

Exploring Science
Teachers Guide 3:
Springs: Pg. 148 - 151

Week 16

Week 17

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Design and construct toys etc.

that make use of springs.

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