| Caring for the environment
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Demonstrates care for living things and their surroundings. |
Takes an active role in the care of living things and their surroundings in and beyond the classroom.
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Discusses how humans use living things and the environment.
Takes collaborative action to protect and enhance their local environment.
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Debates the effects of human activity on the living and physical world.
Justifies their views.
Takes effective, collaborative action to protect and enhance their local environment. |
Develops arguments for appropriate human actions and uses of science in the environment.
Justifies positions by prioritising values and taking effective collaborative action for the wider environment.
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| Engaging in social issues
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Shares ideas about simple, local social issues related to science and the environment.
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Discusses simple social issues related to science and the environment, supporting their views.
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Uses their own understanding to discuss and justify their views on social issues related to science and the environment.
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Seeks and uses scientific information to debate social issues related to science and the environment.
Makes a case for effective action.
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Seeks and uses scientific understanding and evidence to debate more complex social issues related to science and the environment.
Supports collaborative action and/or tries to convince others to do so.
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