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Building Science Concepts |
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Building Science Concepts
is a series of 64 books published for the Ministry of
Education to support primary teachers to teach science.
To find ARB
resources that assess concepts from the books
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Scroll down, or use the 'Shortcuts' menu at the top
right of this page, to find the book title |
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Choose the Big Idea you want
to assess |
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Click on the resource numbers to view
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The assessment
resources are linked to the Big Ideas rather than the
smaller concepts. Assessment resources at every level
are included if they match the Big Idea.
To
adapt a resource to suit the class level, use the MSWord
version where available. MSWord enables you to change
the original resource.
For help, go to Copying resources.
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Big
Idea |
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Notes |
River
catchments are an important part of the water cycle.
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Waterways
contribute to both rapid and gradual geological
changes that shape the land.
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TKI
link to Book 1 |
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Weathering and Erosion (L3-4) |
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Idea |
Big
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Notes |
The
processes of weathering and erosion result from
interactions between rocks and solar and cosmic
radiation, fluids such as water and air, solids
such as ice, and biological agents such as bacteria,
plants, and animals.
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Rocks
and landscapes are continuously re-forming.
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TKI
link to Book 2 |
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| Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
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Notes |
Living
things' specific structures have particular functions
that contribute to individual survival.
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Relationships
between structure and function evolve over many
generations in response to the challenges of survival
in the environment of the time.
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TKI
link to Book 3 |
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4)
Animal Life Histories (L1-4) |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
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Notes |
Reproduction
is the most important activity for the survival
of a species.
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Various
features change at different parts of the life history
to contribute to reproductive success.
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Sexual
reproduction ensures the variability of offspring;
variablilty aids survival in changing environments.
NOTE: There are several
other L5 resources dealing with variability, but
they do not link directly to survival in changing
environments. Search using 'variation'
as the key word. |
TKI
link to Book 4 |
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5)
Fur, Feathers, and Bark (L2-4) |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Notes |
Living
things have coverings that are suited to their purposes.
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As
the needs of living things change, their coverings
may change too. |
People
use technology to modify the coverings of living
things for their own needs. |
TKI
link to Book 5 |
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6)
Soil Animals (L3-4) |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
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Notes |
Plants
and animals in the soil depend on each other and
on the non-living parts of their environment for
their survival.
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Changes
in any part of the soil environment affect the relationships
between the plants and animals that live there. |
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TKI
link to Book 6 |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Notes |
Scientists
group living things according to their evolutionary
relationships.
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All
the individuals within any one group of living things
share a number of features in common.
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Some
features used for classification are readily observed,
but others can be observed only with the use of
technology and/or science theory. |
TKI
link to Book 7 |
The companion book is Book 35, Is
this a Plant. |
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The Moon (L3-4) |
| Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Notes |
The
Earth's system is a small part of a solar system
within the vast system of the universe.
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The
change in relative positions of the Moon, Earth,
and Sun determines the apparent change in the shape
of the Moon.
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The
way the Moon's gravity pulls on the spinning Earth
causes the environmental pattern of tides.
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TKI
link to Book 8 |
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Shadows (L1-2) |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
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Notes |
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in the shape and size of shadows are caused by
changes in the relative positions of the Sun and
Earth.
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Shadows
are the relative absence of light where its passage
is blocked by objects.
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The
physical and chemical properties of materials
determine whether light is reflected, transmitted,
or absorbed.
NOTE:
These 3 resources deal with transparent/opaque
materials but not shadows. |
TKI
link to Book 9 |
PE9100, PE9099,
and PE9098
all relate to making sundials, but are at higher
levels than PE9101.
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Light and Colour (L1-2)
11) Seeing Colours (L3-4) |
| Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
Notes |
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is a form of energy that can be obtained by various
energy conversions.
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We
see colours when different materials reflect different
mixes of wavelengths of light.
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We
see when light reflects off objects, enters our
eyes, is converted to electrical energy at the
retina, and is then interpreted as 'vision' by
the brain.
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TKI
link to Book 10
TKI
link to Book 11 |
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Volcanoes (L3-4) |
| Big
Idea |
Big
Idea |
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Notes |
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activity is a visible product of the slow movement
of the hot interior of planet Earth. Many sites
of volcanic activity are found along the boundaries
of tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust.
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Volcanic
activity shapes many of the features of planet
Earth's surface.
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TKI
link to Book 12 |
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Aluminium (L3-4) |
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Idea |
Big
Idea |
Big
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Notes |
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The
physical and chemical properties of aluminium
make it useful to us.
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Aluminium
is present in the environment, but technological
processes are needed to change it into a usable
form.
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Extraction
and disposal of aluminium impact upon the environment.
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TKI
link to Book 13 |
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Making Porridge (L1-2) |
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