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Change and Challenge Introduction

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Change and Challenge Introduction

Change and Challenge Introduction

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🌱 Part 1: Understanding Change and Challenge

1. What does the word "change" mean to you? Write your definition below:
2. What does the word "challenge" mean to you? Write your definition below:
3. Circle the best definition of change in science:

Something that stays exactly the same over time

A difference that occurs over time in living things or the environment

Only things that happen very quickly

Something that only affects people

🏠 Part 2: Personal Examples of Change and Challenge

4. Think about your own life. Write down three examples of changes you have experienced:
5. Describe one challenge you have faced and how you dealt with it:
6. Check all the ways that change can affect people (multiple answers):

Create new opportunities

Present difficulties to overcome

Help people learn and grow

Require people to adapt

Have no effect at all

🌍 Part 3: Environmental Change and Challenge

7. Fill in the blanks about environmental change:

Change in nature can be __________ (happening slowly over time) or __________ (happening quickly). Some changes are __________ (caused by nature itself) while others are __________ (caused by people).

8. List three examples of change you have observed in nature or your environment:
9. Draw a picture showing one type of environmental change (e.g., seasons changing, weather patterns, plant growth):

🔗 Part 4: Connecting Change and Challenge

10. Match each type of change with an example of the challenge it might create:
1. Moving to a new school
2. Climate change
3. Learning a new skill
4. Technology advancing
A. Keeping up with new ways of doing things
B. Making new friends and learning new routines
C. Animals needing to find new habitats
D. Practising and being patient with mistakes
11. True or False: Circle the correct answer for each statement:

Change always happens very quickly:

True
False

Challenges can lead to positive outcomes:

True
False

Only humans experience change:

True
False

Understanding change helps us respond better:

True
False

🤔 Part 5: Reflection and Future Thinking

12. Why do you think it's important to understand change and challenge in science? Explain your thinking:
13. Think about one big change you've seen in nature or your community. How did it affect people or animals?
14. What is one question you have about change and challenge that you'd like to explore further?

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