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Concept Map: Life Cycles�

How the world works

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Central Idea

Living things go through patterns of change.

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Lines of Inquiry

  • Life cycles of people
  • Life cycles of other animals
  • The study of biology

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Living things go through patterns of change.

Change

How do we grow and change?

How do animals grow and change?

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Patterns

Form

Living things

Growth

Biology

Change

Form

What is biology?

How do we study biology?

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Form

What is a pattern?

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Animals

Form

What forms can animals have?

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Change

What do all patterns have in common?

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Change

How have we changed as we grew?

How do people change over time?

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Chronology

Identity

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More Trans-disciplinary Links

Texts

Animals/life cycles

Childhood/babies/growing up

Birthdays

Losing teeth

Form

What are information texts like?

What patterns are there in stories?

How can I write a temporal explanation?

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Music

Form

Language

PSPE

Change

Form

What patterns are there in PE?

Change

How have my PE skills and attitudes changed as I have grown?

How have you changed since you were a baby?

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Form

What is a musical pattern?

Change

How is the pattern changing?

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ICT/Media

Form

How can I use ICT/the library to do research?

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Form

What is a visual pattern?

Change

How have my art skills and attitudes changed as I have grown?

Visual Art