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Concept Map: Life Cycles�

How the world works

Central Idea

Living things go through patterns of change.

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?

Patterns

Form

Living things

Growth

Biology

Change

Form

What is biology?

How do we study biology?

Form

What is a pattern?

Animals

Form

What forms can animals have?

Change

What do all patterns have in common?

Change

How have we changed as we grew?

How do people change over time?

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?

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?

Form

What is a musical pattern?

Change

How is the pattern changing?

ICT/Media

Form

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

Form

What is a visual pattern?

Change

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

Visual Art