Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly:
- words relating to the structure of organisms,
eg organ, tissue, cell
- more specialised words relating to cells,
eg membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplast, vacuole
- words with similar but distinct meanings,
eg membrane and skin, or terms that they regularly interchange,
eg cell wall and membrane
- words with different meanings in scientific and everyday contexts,
eg cell, wall, tissue
- words and phrases relating to scientific enquiry,
eg variable, sample size, evaluate, magnification
Through the activities pupils could:
- use skimming, scanning, highlighting and note taking as appropriate to different texts
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