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Floating and sinking – initial learning concepts

Diagram of overarching floating and sinking concepts.

The concepts listed just above the overarching concept reflect learning at New Zealand Curriculum level 1 and show how they may build in sequence. 

A pdf version of the diagram can be downloaded here.

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