Achievement Objectives

• Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced. 

• Explore how the groups of living things we have in the world have changed over long periods of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world. 

• Investigate the water cycle and its effect on climate, landforms and life. 

• Appreciate that water, air, rocks and soil, and life forms make up our planet and recognise that these are also Earth's resources.