Natural science (NAT01‑04)
Competence aims and assessment

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Explanation

Competence aims and assessment Year 2

The pupil is expected to be able to

  • query,

    To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

     and make questions and to link these to one's own or others’ experiences

  • To present means to show, explain and outline a topic or a product. The way of presenting may vary, but the goal of the presentation is to make the topic or product accessible to others. To present may also mean to illustrate and to demonstrate.

     one’s findings and

    To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.

     how one has arrived at them

  • To present means to show, explain and outline a topic or a product. The way of presenting may vary, but the goal of the presentation is to make the topic or product accessible to others. To present may also mean to illustrate and to demonstrate.

     one’s own ideas for technological inventions

  • To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

     and

    To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.

     observable properties of different objects, materials and substances and sort them according to their properties
  • talk about how we can make environmentally aware choices and carry out local environmental initiatives

  • To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

     a local natural area and

    To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.

     how some organisms are adapted to the area and to each other
  • experience nature during the different seasons,

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

     on how nature is undergoing changes and why the year is divided in different ways in the Norwegian and Sami traditions

  • To plan means to set up a course of action to reach a goal. The plan describes how we intend to reach the goal, and may show the link between activities, implementation and the goal.

     and carry out examinations of weather and sky phenomena and

    To compare means to examine the character or qualities to discover resemblances or differences between two or more issues.

     measurements, observations and weather signs throughout the year

  • To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

     the senses through indoor and outdoor play and talk about how the senses are used to collect information
  • give examples of some common diseases and talk about what can be done to protect the body from infectious diseases

Formative assessment

Formative assessment shall help to promote learning and develop competence in the subject. The pupils demonstrate and develop competence in natural science in Years 1 and 2 when they use relevant natural-science terminology in exploration, play, talking and presenting. They also demonstrate and develop natural-science competence when they work with the subject in practical and exploratory ways. They also demonstrate and develop competence when they have a sense of wonder, ask questions and describe observations and experiences.

The teacher shall facilitate for pupil participation and stimulate their desire to learn by allowing the pupils to play, have a sense of wonder and use their senses in their work to learn the subject. The teacher shall facilitate for varied ways of working in nature and other learning arenas. The teacher and pupils shall engage in dialogue about their development in natural science. The pupils shall be given the opportunity to explore and experiment. With the competence the pupils have demonstrated as the starting point, they shall be given the opportunity to express what they believe they have achieved and what they believe they have improved on. The teacher shall provide guidance on further learning and adapt the teaching to enable the pupils to use the guidance provided to develop their knowledge on natural-science topics and their skills to ask questions and describe observations.