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During a chemical reaction, atoms are rearranged forming new substances.
...The Earth’s crust is constantly changing as new rocks are formed and older rock is worn away.
"Dynamic Earth" is one of 15 big ideas of science in the Best Evidence Science Teaching collection. Understanding of the big idea is built up by a series of key concepts at age 11-16, which have been organised into...
Substances can move within and between Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere as part of large-scale Earth systems.
...Understanding the uniqueness of the Earth and the vastness of space gives us perspective and awe.
...The everyday world is largely a consequence of electrical charge. Understanding electricity and magnetism helps us develop technology to improve lives.
...Forces make things change. Understanding forces helps us to predict and control physical change.
...Organisms must stay in good health to survive and thrive; the health of an individual results from interactions between its body, behaviour, environment and other organisms.
...Genetic information is passed from each generation to the next; this information and the environment affect the features, growth and development of organisms.
...Objects are made of particles with mass. Understanding particles helps us to design our world.
...All organisms, including humans, depend on, interact with and affect the environments in which they live and other organisms that live there.
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