PRIMARY SCIENCE :: Diversity of Living and Non-Living Things

**PRIMARY SCIENCE SYLLABUS:** DIVERSITY | Cycles | Systems | Interactions | Energy
This is my attempt to match the 2008 Primary Science syllabus of the Ministry of Education, Singapore with online resources ... internal links (+ similar and/or complementary resources) are in the left column and external links on the right.


DIVERSITY OF LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS	EXTERNAL LINKS
Describe the characteristics of living things. NEED water, food and air to survive DO - grow, respond and reproduce	NGfL KS1 - PLANTS need light & water to grow Houghton Mifflin G3 - Plants Meet Needs BBC KS3 - Life processes
Recognise some broad GROUPS OF LIVING THINGS. PLANTS (e.g. flowering, non-flowering) ANIMALS (e.g. birds, fish, insects, mammals) fungi (e.g. mushroom, yeast) bacteria	Classifying Critters Variations (BBC KS2) - Activity \| Revision Inherited & environmental causes of variation (BBC KS3) BrainPOP Movies at National Geographic - Insects \| Hair
List the various types of materials and relate their properties to their uses. e.g. plastics, wood, rubber, metals	BBC Science Clip - Grouping & Changing Materials Characteristics of Materials (BBC KS2) - Activity \| Revision McGraw-Hill G4 - Buoyancy & Density (second animation) Houghton Mifflin G5 - Density Differences Density Bottle Recipe NGfL KS2 - Viscosity (thickness and thinness of liquids) ActiveScience - GSK Illustrated Materials Database Mission Material (Game)