The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades
In 2004, the Secretary of Education of the City of Buenos Aires approved the current curriculum for the primary education level that incorporates natural sciences content along with arts, social sciences, technology, civic education, physical education, mathematics, and Spanish (Resolution No. 365/SED/2004).
At the secondary level, different types of schools share a core biology curriculum, which was established in 2009.8
Exhibit 4 summarizes the science content objectives for Grade 4, and Exhibit 5 summarizes the biology content objectives for Grade 8 (first year of secondary school).
Exhibit 4: City of Buenos Aires Fourth Grade Science Curriculum Content
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Materials | Materials, electricity, and magnetism |
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Materials and heat |
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Particular materials—metals |
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Living Things | The diversity of living things |
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Reproduction and development |
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Forces and Motion | Forces |
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Exhibit 5: City of Buenos Aires Eighth Grade Biology Curriculum Content (Lower Secondary Level)
Subject Domains | Learning Content |
Living Things— Uniformity and Diversity |
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Living Things as Open Systems—Exchanges of Matter and Energy |
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Living Things and the Environment |
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