Each Term Waimea Intermediate focuses on a Big Picture that has a number of Enduring understandings that link to it.
Term 1 - Culture and Identity
Enduring Understandings:
· Cultural ideas and values affect how we view and respond to the world.
· Cultural diversity benefits and challenges the world.
· Identity is formed by genetic, environmental and cultural factors.
Term 1 – Crisis and Change
Enduring Understandings:
· Instability leads to change.
· Organisms, places and ideas change over time.
· Individuals and groups can create and need to adapt to change.
Term 3 – Justice and Society
Enduring Understandings:
· To Be Confirmed
· To Be Confirmed
· To Be Confirmed
Term 4 – Survival and Sustainability
Enduring Understandings:
· All living things need to adapt to and interact with other living things and their environment in order to survive.
· Natural Processes sustain planet earth.
· All human actions impact on survival and sustainability.
