{"id":913,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/netherlands\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:44:28","slug":"the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/netherlands\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-netherlands\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/netherlands\/\" 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\/netherlands\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" 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\/netherlands\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" 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\/netherlands\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" 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\/netherlands\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" 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\/netherlands\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" 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\/netherlands\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/netherlands\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" 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\/netherlands\/suggested-readings\/\" 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\/netherlands\/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>In primary education, science is taught within the content area Personal and World Orientation. The curriculum in this area is organized to teach students to \u201corientate on themselves, on how people relate to each other, how they solve problems, and how they give meaning to their existence.\u201d<sup>12<\/sup> The educational content of personal and world orientation is presented as a coherent whole, and content from other learning areas is applied as much as possible. The seven core objectives for nature and technology and the science subcategory of Personal and World Orientation are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguish, name, and describe the roles and functions of common plants and animals<\/li>\n<li>Describe the structures of plants, animals, and humans, and the form and function of their parts<\/li>\n<li>Research material and physical phenomena, including light, sound, electricity, power, magnetism, and temperature<\/li>\n<li>Describe weather and climate in terms of temperature, precipitation, and wind<\/li>\n<li>Find connections between form, material composition, and function of common products<\/li>\n<li>Design, implement, and evaluate solutions to technical problems<\/li>\n<li>Describe the positions and motions of the Earth-Sun system that cause the seasons as well as night and day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In secondary school, the first year of science is taught under the core objectives of the content area Man and Nature.<sup>13<\/sup> By the end of the first year of secondary school (Grade 7), students should be taught the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transform questions arising from topics pertaining to the sciences, technology, and human health and welfare into research questions; carry out an investigation on a scientific topic and present the results<\/li>\n<li>Acquire knowledge about and insight into key concepts of living and nonliving things and connect these key concepts with situations from everyday life<\/li>\n<li>Describe how people, animals, and plants are related to each other and the environment, and how technological and scientific applications can have permanent positive or negative influences on these living systems<\/li>\n<li>Acquire knowledge about and insight into the nature of living and nonliving things, as well as their relationship to the environment, through experimentation<\/li>\n<li>Work with theories and models by investigating chemical and physical science phenomena, such as electricity, sound, light, movement, energy, and matter<\/li>\n<li>Acquire knowledge about technical products and systems through investigation, estimate the value of this knowledge, and design and construct a technical product<\/li>\n<li>Understand the essential structures and functions of human body systems, establish connections between these systems and the promotion of physical and psychological health, and take responsibility for one\u2019s own health<\/li>\n<li>Care for oneself and others, one\u2019s environment, one\u2019s safety, and the safety of others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades In primary education, science is taught within the content area Personal and World Orientation. The curriculum in this area is organized to teach students to \u201corientate on themselves, on how people &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/netherlands\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-913","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913","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=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4296,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions\/4296"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}