Science

In science will be covering:

• Living Things and Their Habitats
• Animals, including humans

Within ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’, we:

• group organisms according to their characteristics;
• identify the work of Carl Linneaus;
• explain the structure of the classification system;
• explore different types of micro-organisms;
• explain how they can both be helpful and harmful. 

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Whilst learning about ‘Healthy Bodies’ we:

• Find out how scientific ideas about food and diet were tested in the past and how this has contributed to our knowledge of a balanced diet.
• Investigate different food groups and find out why a variety of foods is important for a healthy diet.
• Investigate how nutrients and oxygen are transported in the human body.
• Investigate what happens to the heart when we exercise and why.
• Investigate how muscles move the skeleton and how this influences blood flow.
• Investigate the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle on the heart.