Uruguay Primer Grado (1st Grade) School Syllabus - Biology
This information is derived from the official "Programa de Educación Básica Integrada - Ciencias del Ambiente (Biología) - Tramo 2" published by ANEP (Administración Nacional de Educación Pública) of Uruguay. This syllabus covers both 1st and 2nd grades (Tramo 2).
General Educational Goals for Science (Applies to all Science Subjects within this level)
The Science curriculum emphasizes developing scientific thinking in students. It aims to equip students with the competencies to:
1. Explain phenomena scientifically: Recognize, evaluate, and offer explanations for natural and technological phenomena.
2. Evaluate and design scientific investigations: Describe and evaluate scientific investigations and propose ways to address scientific questions.
3. Interpret data and evidence scientifically: Analyze and evaluate data, claims, and arguments in various representations and draw scientific conclusions.
Specific Competencies for Biology (Ciencias del Ambiente)
- CE1: Interacts in dialogues, providing reasons to justify opinions and questions that arise when interacting with others about natural phenomena.
- CE2: Investigates and questions, developing collaborative problem-solving strategies to anticipate possible outcomes in environmental topics.
- CE3: Plays, observes, investigates, and raises questions about concrete phenomena with teacher guidance.
- CE4: Identifies stages in different natural processes in their environment, demonstrating autonomy in responding to situations.
- CE5: Explores and uses data, tests algorithms, and employs applications and devices to resolve situations related to living things.
- CE6: Recognizes their interests and emotions, connects with others empathetically, develops intrinsic motivation, engages in learning, recognizes what and how they learned about biological processes, and interacts with peers and adults to build trust.
1st Grade (Primer Grado) Specific Content and Learning Objectives
- Human Nutrition and Health:
- Food in relation to types of oral organs in different living things. Importance of air for life.
Learning Objective:* Identifies food types and relates them to oral organs in practical examples.
- Human nutrition: Structure of the digestive system; Ingestion.
Learning Objective:* Sequences the stages of the digestive process, recognizing the organs involved. Organizes information by analyzing evidence to create explanations about nutrition.
- Characteristics of the oral cavity. Healthy diet. Oral health care.
Learning Objective:* Provides reasoning and opinions about oral health care in daily routines.
- Ecosystem and Environmental Awareness:
- Classification of components of the terrestrial ecosystem.
Learning Objective:* Recognizes biotic and abiotic components, interacting respectfully with the environment's diversity through care.
- Functions of plant organs. Types of roots in relation to their function.
Learning Objective:* Observes and identifies plant organs through exploration.
- Vital Functions: Reproduction:
- Sexual reproduction: Types of embryonic development (ovoviviparous, oviparous, and viviparous). Types of fertilization: Internal and external.
Learning Objective:* Identifies, compares, and classifies different forms of reproduction in presented cases. Raises questions about sexual reproduction in the examples studied.
2nd Grade (Segundo Grado) Specific Content and Learning Objectives
- Human Nutrition:
- Autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition. Case study.
Learning Objective:* Recognizes modes of nutrition in animals and plants.
- Mechanical transformation of food. Formation of the food bolus. Peristaltic movement.
Learning Objective:* Sequences the stages of mechanical digestion through observation.
- Ecosystem and Environmental Awareness:
- Aquatic ecosystem: Components and relationships. Metamorphosis of frogs and toads. Freshwater ecosystems: Preservation of species.
Learning Objective:* Identifies the aquatic ecosystem and recognizes its components. Recognizes the stages of metamorphosis through observation and analysis.
- Nutrition: Respiration:
- Respiration in living things: Pulmonary respiration.
Learning Objective:* Identifies organs of the respiratory system, sequencing the stages of the process.
- Adaptations:
- Locomotion: Birds and mammals. Classification of birds.
Learning Objective:* Identifies, compares, and explains locomotion in different animals, relating it to their habitat.
- Reproduction:
- Oviparous reproduction (birds and reptiles). Case study: Platypus.
Learning Objective:* Identifies and compares characteristics of oviparous reproduction through a case study.
Methodological Orientations (for both grades)
Learning is approached through problematization, active methodologies, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on activities, observation, communication, interpretation of data, inference, experimentation, and hypothesis formulation. It also promotes values such as helping, sharing, and working with others.
Evaluation Orientations (for both grades)
Evaluation is continuous, formative, and considers the student's learning process. Summative evaluation informs teaching decisions. Feedback is crucial for development. Self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher assessment are all utilized. Evaluation is viewed as a tool for knowledge and improvement. |
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