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- %CO:A,12,72%Attainment target 9: Earth and atmosphere
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- Pupils should develop their knowledge and understanding of the
- structure and the main features of the Earth, the atmosphere and their
- changes over time.
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- Level 1 * know there is a variety of weather conditions.
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- * be able to describe changes in the weather.
-
- Level 2 * know that there are patterns in the weather which are
- related to seasonal changes.
-
- * know that the weather has a powerful effect on people's
- lives.
-
- * be able to record the weather over a period of time, in
- words, drawings and charts or other forms of communication.
-
- * be able to sort natural materials into broad groups
- according to observable features.
-
- Level 3 * be able to describe from their observations some of the
- effects of weathering on buildings and on the landscape.
-
- * know that air is all around us.
-
- * understand how the weathering of rocks leads to the
- formation of different types of soil.
-
- * be able to give an account of an investigation of some
- natural material (rock or soil)
-
- * be able to understand and interpret common meteorological
- symbols as used in the media.
-
- Level 4 * be able to measure temperature, rainfall, wind speed and
- direction; be able to explain that wind is air in motion.
-
- * know that climate determines the success of agriculture and
- understand the impact of occasional catastrophic events.
-
- Level 5 * know that lanscapes are formed by a number of agents
- including Earth movements, weathering, erosion and
- deposition, and that these act over different time scales.
-
- * be able to explain how earthquakes and volcanoes are
- associated with the formation of landforms.
-
- * be able to explain the water cycle.
-
- Level 6 * be able to explain the processes by which igneous,
- sedimentary and metamorphic rocks were formed and are
- recycled.
-
- * be able to describe how the properties of minerals and rocks
- are related to their use as raw materials.
-
- * understand how different airstreams give different weather.
-
- Level 7 * be able to state qualitatively the relationship
- between pressure and winds.
-
- * be able to recognise patterns in the distribution of the
- Earth's major surface features (continents, mountain belts,
- areas of very old rock, oceans, ocean basins, trenches and
- ridges) and zones of active crust (earthquakes and
- volcanoes).
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- Level 8 * understand that geological time scales are very long
- compared with human and historical time scales, and have a
- general knowledge of how geological timescales can be
- measured.
-
- * be able to interpret evidence of modes of formation and
- deformation of rocks.
-
- Level 9 * be able to use appropriate scientific ideas to explain how
- changes in the atmosphere cause various weather phenomena.
-
- * be able to describe in simple terms the layered structure of
- the inner Earth, and explain the evidence that favours such
- a model.
-
- Level 10 * understand the theory of plate tectonics and use it to
- explain some major geological features on the Earth's
- surface.
-
- * understand how plate tectonic theory brought about a
- revolution in our understanding of the way the outer part of
- the solid Earth works.
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