February · Living and non-living things, and life cycles
New Zealand Curriculum · ScienceYear 3 Science — February Lesson Plan
| Week | 1 Day/Week | 2 Day/Week | 3 Day/Week | 4 Day/Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st week (Science) | What Makes Something Living? 1. Criteria for something to be classified as living (grows, uses energy, reproduces, responds to environment) | What Makes Something Living? 1. Criteria for something to be classified as living (grows, uses energy, reproduces, responds to environment) 2. Practice: testing a set of familiar objects against these criteria | What Makes Something Living? 1. Criteria for something to be classified as living (grows, uses energy, reproduces, responds to environment) 2. Practice: testing a set of familiar objects against these criteria 3. Discussing why classification criteria matter in real science | What Makes Something Living? 1. Criteria for something to be classified as living (grows, uses energy, reproduces, responds to environment) 2. Practice: testing a set of familiar objects against these criteria 3. Discussing why classification criteria matter in real science Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a non-living thing is |
| February 2nd week (Science) | What Makes Something Living? 1. Practice: testing a set of familiar objects against these criteria | What Makes Something Living? 1. Discussing why classification criteria matter in real science Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a non-living thing is | Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a non-living thing is 2. What a once-living thing is (was alive, now isn't, e.g. a dead leaf, an old bone) 3. Practice: sorting a set of objects into living, non-living and once-living | Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a once-living thing is (was alive, now isn't, e.g. a dead leaf, an old bone) 2. Practice: sorting a set of objects into living, non-living and once-living Comparing Characteristics of Living Things 1. Comparing shared characteristics across different living things 2. Practice: identifying similarities between 2 very different living things (e.g. a tree and a dog) |
| February 3rd week (Science) | What Makes Something Living? 1. Discussing why classification criteria matter in real science | Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a once-living thing is (was alive, now isn't, e.g. a dead leaf, an old bone) 2. Practice: sorting a set of objects into living, non-living and once-living | Comparing Characteristics of Living Things 1. Comparing shared characteristics across different living things 2. Practice: identifying similarities between 2 very different living things (e.g. a tree and a dog) 3. Comparing living things from genuinely different groups (e.g. plant, animal, fungus) | Comparing Characteristics of Living Things 1. Comparing living things from genuinely different groups (e.g. plant, animal, fungus) What Is a Life Cycle? 1. What a life cycle represents (the stages an organism goes through) 2. Practice: sequencing the stages of a simple life cycle Animal Life Cycles 1. Life cycle of an animal with metamorphosis (e.g. a butterfly or frog) |
| February 4th week (Science) | Living, Non-Living & Once-Living Things 1. What a non-living thing is | Comparing Characteristics of Living Things 1. Comparing shared characteristics across different living things 2. Practice: identifying similarities between 2 very different living things (e.g. a tree and a dog) | What Is a Life Cycle? 1. What a life cycle represents (the stages an organism goes through) 2. Practice: sequencing the stages of a simple life cycle Animal Life Cycles 1. Life cycle of an animal with metamorphosis (e.g. a butterfly or frog) | Animal Life Cycles 1. Life cycle of an animal without metamorphosis (e.g. a mammal) 2. Practice: constructing a diagram of a chosen animal's life cycle Plant Life Cycles 1. Life cycle of a flowering plant (seed, germination, growth, flowering, seed production) 2. Practice: constructing a diagram of a plant's life cycle |