Your Status: Logged out Log in

Progression Of A Theme - The Teaching Of Geology And Astronomy In The National Curriculum.  

Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Jan 26 2004

Page Preview
Preview
Previous 1 of 3 Next

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

Science Assignment 1Aa Progression Of A Theme - The Teaching Of Geology And Astronomy In The National Curriculum I have chosen to include these two topics together as one theme since they are both closely related and the study of them both can often be intertwined at higher levels. In keystages 1 and 2 very little (if any) geology or astronomy is included in the national curriculum. Within keystage 1, pupils are required to recognise and name common types of material and recognise that some of them are found naturally (Sc3 1c). This is very basic and no scientific terms are used. Keystage 2 progresses further requiring pupils to be able to group and describe different rocks and soils on the basis of their characteristics such as texture, appearance etc. (Sc3 1d). This builds on what was previously learnt at keystage 1 by describing and grouping the materials previously identified. They are also...

Get instant access



  • Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
  • Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
  • To see the full version of this document and 146,871 others
Register Now
OR

Receive email updates for this category



  • Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
  • Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
  • Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk