Curriculum Relevance

• Relevance in Curriculum: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum (1994)
• Relevance in Achievement Standards
• Relevance in Unit Standards

Relevance in Curriculum: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum (1994)

Learning Strand:
Making Sense of the Living World: pg 14.

Learning Strand Level: 2:
pg 56.

Achievement Objectives:

• 2: investigate and understand the general functions of the main parts of animals and plants, e.g., skin, legs, ears, eyes, heart, stomach, brain, bones, tail, wings; seeds, roots, flowers, cones;

Sample Learning Contexts

• Mammals
• New Zealand birds and other animals
• My Body
• Fitness

Possible Learning Experiences

• making a collage of pictures of human body parts on a body outline to show the positions of the main organs;
• preparing the questions to ask a visiting expert about how major internal body organs help us to live;

Assessment Examples:

• knowledge of the position and function of lungs and heart, when the students draw diagrams and write simple explanations of these;

Relevance in Achievement Standards:

• as90177 - Human Biology 1.5 - Describe maintenance of normal body functioning.doc
• as90178 - Human Biology 1.6 - Describe functioning of human circulatory, respiratory and excretory systems.doc
• as90188 - Science 1.3 - Describe aspects of biology.doc
• as90728 - Science 3.2 - Research a current scientific controversy.doc
• as90771 - Science 2.2 - Research information to present a scientific report.doc
• as90714 - Biology 3.2 - Research a contemporary biological issue.doc

Relevance in Unit Standards:

• us6301 - Describe links between human organ systems.doc

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