{"id":565,"date":"2016-08-15T19:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/"},"modified":"2016-09-21T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:04:41","slug":"the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-armenia\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/use-and-impact-of-timss-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/suggested-readings-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/h2>\n<p>Science in the primary grades<sup>5<\/sup> is divided into two subjects\u2014Nature and Natural Science\u2014and includes the following student objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn the basics of research in science<\/li>\n<li>Learn about systems in nature<\/li>\n<li>Learn about processes in nature<\/li>\n<li>Understand the diversity and unity of nature<\/li>\n<li>Understand the importance of achievements in the natural sciences for daily life<\/li>\n<li>Understand the necessity of preserving the environment and human health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The science curriculum is structured around the following main topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basics of research<\/li>\n<li>Nature\u2019s systems<\/li>\n<li>Nature\u2019s processes<\/li>\n<li>Humans and the environment<\/li>\n<li>Basics of experimentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Science in Grades 7 to 9 includes the following subjects: Geography, Geography of Armenia, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. The curriculum for these subjects includes the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physics\u2014The concept of \u201cbody\u201d in physics and simple measurements; body movement and interactions in a reference frame; work, power, and simple machines; the structure of materials; pressure; kinematics and dynamics; mechanical vibrations and waves; heat and temperature; electrical and electromagnetic and optical phenomena; and the structure of atoms and nuclei<\/li>\n<li>Chemistry\u2014Basic concepts of chemistry; oxygen, oxides, and combustion; hydrogen, acids, and salts; water, solutions, and bases; basic groups of inorganic compounds; the periodic table of the chemical elements; chemical bonds and the structure of molecules; electrolytic dissociation; subgroups of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and halogens; and organic compounds<\/li>\n<li>Geography\u2014Earth and its geography; Earth\u2019s continents and oceans; the geography of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Nagorny Kharabakh, their regions and states (nature, population, economy); and social geography<\/li>\n<li>Biology\u2014Lower plant forms (algae); higher plant forms (moss, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms); bacteria, fungi, protozoans (infuzoria, sporozoa); metazoans (types of coelenterate, worms, mollusks, arthropods); chordates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals); humans (blood, blood circulation, the immune system); and human body systems (respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, musculoskeletal, endocrine, reproductive, sensory organs, skin, metabolism)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades Science in the primary grades5 is divided into two subjects\u2014Nature and Natural Science\u2014and includes the following student objectives: Learn the basics of research in science Learn about systems in nature Learn &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":107,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6233,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565\/revisions\/6233"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}