| Programme of Study |
QCA Units |
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1. life processes
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| a) that the life processes common to humans and other animals include nutrition, movement, growth and reproduction |
Unit 3A: Teeth and eating link
Unit 4A: Moving and growing link
Unit 4B: Habitats link
Unit 5B: Life cycles link |
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| b) that the life processes common to plants include growth, nutrition and reproduction |
Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well link
Unit 4B: Habitats link
Unit 5B: Life cycles link
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| c) to make links between life processes in familiar animals and plants and the environments in which they are found. |
Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well link Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 5B: Life cycles link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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2. humans and other animals
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| Nutrition |
| a) about the functions and care of teeth |
Unit 3A: Teeth and eating link |
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| b) about the need for food for activity and growth, and about the importance of an adequate and varied diet for health |
Unit 3A: Teeth and eating link Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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| Circulation |
| c) that the heart acts as a pump to circulate the blood through vessels around the body, including through the lungs |
Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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| d) about the effect of exercise and rest on pulse rate |
Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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| Movement |
| e) that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles to support and protect their bodies and to help them to move |
Unit 4A: Moving and growing link Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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| Growth and reproduction |
| f) about the main stages of the human life cycle |
Unit 5B: Life cycles link |
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| Health |
| g) about the effects on the human body of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, and how these relate to their personal health |
Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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| h) about the importance of exercise for good health. |
Unit 5A: Keeping healthy link |
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3. green plants
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| Growth and nutrition |
| a) the effect of light, air, water and temperature on plant growth |
Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| b) the role of the leaf in producing new material for growth |
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| c) that the root anchors the plant, and that water and minerals are taken in through the root and transported through the stem to other parts of the plant |
Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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4. variation and classification
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| a) to make and use keys |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| b) how locally occurring animals and plants can be identified and assigned to groups. |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| c) that the variety of plants and animals makes it important to identify them and assign them to groups. |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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5. living things in their environment
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| a) about ways in which living things and the environment need protection |
Unit 4B: Habitats link |
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| Adaptation |
| b) about the different plants and animals found in different habitats |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| c) how animals and plants in two different habitats are suited to their environment. |
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| Feeding relationships |
| d) to use food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| e) about how nearly all food chains start with a green plant |
Unit 4B: Habitats link Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation link |
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| Microorganisms |
| f) that microorganisms are living organisms that are often too small to be seen, and that they may be beneficial [for example, in the breakdown of waste, in making bread] or harmful [for example, in causing disease, in causing food to go mouldy]. |
Unit 6B: Micro-organisms link |
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