Natural Science 4º

Unit 5 Machines and Energy

Learn about simple machines playing this game.

The BBC website has great information on conductors and insulators and electrical circuits - CLICK





Unit 4: Materials

Classifying materials: Classification games

BBC website


Solids, liquids and gases




Unit 3: Living Things

In this unit we are learning about four different aspects of living things:
1. Characteristics of living things. What is the difference between a living thing and a non-living thing? Why is a tree a living thing? Why is a book a non-living thing?
We have to learn six main characteristics of living things:
BORN      GROW      EAT     REACT      REPRODUCE     DIE

We also have to know the THREE VITAL PROCESSES OF LIVING THINGS:

1. NUTRITION         2. REPRODUCTION             3. SENSITIVITY


2. Plants. We are learning the parts of a plant and what those parts do.


We are also learning about the three vital processes in plants (NUTRITION, REPRODUCTION, SENSITIVITY)

NUTRITION: Plants are AUTOTROPHIC.



REPRODUCTION


SENSITIVITY (How plants REACT to what is around them - looking for water with their roots, moving following the sun)




3. Animals. We are learning about the THREE VITAL PROCESSES in animals: NUTRITION, REPRODUCTION, SENSITIVITY.

Nutrition: Animals are HETEROTROPHIC

Animals can be CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES or OMNIVORES.


We are also learning about animal reproduction. Animals are OVIPAROUS (animals that reproduce laying eggs) or VIVIPAROUS (animals that reproduce giving birth to live young).


We are also learning about animal SENSITIVITY. Animals move away when they are scared, they can respond to touch....


We are also learning about groups of vertebrate animals and invertebrate animals.

4. Ecosystems.
An ecosystem is the living and non-living things in an environment that interact with each other to survive.




And finally a little bit about food chains....



Unit 1: The Human Body


Unit 2: Being Healthy








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