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This activity is linked to the National Profiles, Level 3, Science.

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National Profiles, Level 3, Science
Energy and Change

A student

  • Designs and describes the way people use energy in the home, at school and in the workplace
  • Designs and describes ways to effect the rate of the transfer of energy
  • Designs and describes ways to impede or enable the transfer of energy

Working Scientifically

A student

  • Suggests ways of doing investigations considering the fairness and effectiveness of plans and tests
  • Organises and uses equiptment to gather and present information
  • Presents arguments based on collected data and personal experience to support conclusions
  • Evaluates factors that may have influenced results and suggests ways to improve plans, techniques or choices of equiptment
  • Compares different ways of solving problems and finding explanations

This activity is also linked to the National Profiles, Level 3, Mathematics:

National Profiles, Level 3, Mathematics
Working mathematically

A student

  • Asks mathematical questions when prompted by similar questions or certain materials
  • Makes suggestions and tests ideas by using questions
  • Uses a variety of ways to solve problems that include selecting key information and showing it in models, diagrams and lists
  • Checks work and checks how suitable were the methods used
  • Uses mathematical language in everyday descriptions and comparisons of things

Number

A student

  • Counts, orders, estimates and describes with whole numbers, fractions and decimal fractions for money or measurements
  • Decides whether to add, subtract, multiply or divide when dealing with everyday problems using money and familiar measurements
  • Understands and uses written methods to ad and subtract whole numbers and amounts of money
  • Multiplies and divides whole numbers by single digit whole numbers

Measurement

A student

  • Recognises the need for common units of measurement when comparing two things and chooses an appropriate unit for the items to be measured
  • Compares things by counting uniform units of angle, size, area and volume
  • Measures length to the nearest marked gradation
  • Makes sensible numerical estimates and measures things that can be seen and handled
  • Measures time and duration of time by reading clocks, calenders and simple timetables

Chance and Data

A student

  • Helps decide what data collection would be needed to answer particular questions or test predictions
  • Takes care in collecting accurate data
  • Suggests ways to sort, sequence and vary data when answering particular questions
  • Summarises and displays data in diagrams and tables using strategies such as tallying and using pictures and symbols in a graph
  • Reads and describes information in simple tables, diagrams, picture graphs and bar graphs

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