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Science // Waves, Light & Sound
Drawing Ray DiagramsDraw ray diagrams to show reflection at a plane mirror (angle of incidence = angle of reflection) and refraction at a boundary between media; use ray diagrams…
Ages 12 to 13RepresentationScience // Weather & Climate
Global Wind PatternsExplain that unequal solar heating drives large-scale atmospheric circulation: Hadley cells (0-30°), Ferrel cells (30-60°), and polar cells (60-90°) produce the…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Greenhouse Gas ScienceDescribe the electromagnetic spectrum and distinguish between short-wave solar radiation and long-wave infrared radiation emitted by Earth; explain how…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Hurricanes, Tornadoes & MonsoonsExplain how hurricanes form and intensify over warm ocean water (latent heat release, low-pressure spiral); describe tornado formation within supercell…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Reading Ancient Climate RecordsExplain how ice cores preserve ancient air bubbles, isotope ratios, and volcanic markers allowing reconstruction of temperature and CO2 going back 800,000…
Ages 12 to 14ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Net Zero & Energy TransitionEvaluate the energy transition required to reach net zero: renewable energy scaling, electrification of transport and heat, green hydrogen; describe carbon…
Ages 13 to 14ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Modern Archaeology and Egyptian EthicsUnderstand that modern Egyptologists use advanced technologies — CT scanning of mummies, satellite imagery to find buried structures, DNA analysis — alongside…
Ages 10 to 12Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Egypt
Historical Sources on Ancient EgyptExplain how knowledge of ancient Egypt is built from multiple source types — inscriptions, papyri, artefacts, and physical remains — and critically evaluate…
Ages 11 to 13Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Maths and EngineeringDescribe the Egyptian achievement in mathematics and engineering: the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus shows calculations of area, volume, and fractions; the…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Who Really Built the PyramidsAnalyse who built the pyramids and why, evaluating the evidence against the alien-builder myth and the slave-labour myth: archaeological evidence from worker…
Ages 12 to 14Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Its NeighboursExamine Egypt's relationships with neighbouring civilisations: trade networks reaching Nubia, the Levant, and Punt; the Hyksos invasion and the introduction of…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Fall of Ancient Egyptian CivilisationTrace the end of ancient Egyptian civilisation through its successive conquests — Assyrian, Persian, Macedonian (Alexander the Great), and finally Roman — and…
Ages 13 to 14ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Hidden Voices of Greece and RomeExamine the lives of people usually left out of the Greek and Roman story — enslaved people who made up roughly 30% of Athens and powered Rome's economy, women…
Ages 11 to 13Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Troy: Myth or History?Explore how Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Hisarlik in modern Turkey raised questions about whether the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad was…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Inclusion and Exclusion in AthensAnalyse who was included and excluded from Athenian democracy — only free adult male citizens (roughly 30% of adults) could participate, while women, enslaved…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Roman RepublicTrace how Roman political violence — the murder of the Gracchi brothers, civil wars between Marius and Sulla, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and assassination…
Ages 12 to 14ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy
Brain Science of EmotionsUnderstand how the amygdala triggers emotional responses and how the prefrontal cortex (still developing in adolescence) regulates them; explain why stress…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy
Identity and Belonging in AdolescenceUnderstand that adolescence involves active construction of identity, leading to emotional complexity around questions of 'who am I?'; explore the emotional…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy
Emotional IntelligenceIntroduce Goleman's emotional intelligence model (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills); develop vocabulary for complex emotional…
Ages 13 to 14Thinking skillPersonal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness
Systemic Inequality and AllyshipMove beyond 'treating everyone the same' to understand that structural advantages and disadvantages exist regardless of individual effort or intention; explore…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness
Sympathy Versus EmpathyDistinguish sympathy ('I feel sorry for you') from empathy ('I understand what you're experiencing'); develop active listening skills: reflecting, paraphrasing…
Ages 12 to 13MethodPersonal & Social Development // Empathy & Social Awareness
Global CitizenshipUnderstand what it means to be a citizen in an interconnected world where decisions in one place affect people elsewhere; explore global issues (climate…
Ages 13 to 14Thinking skillPersonal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation
Social Cues and Group DynamicsUnderstand subtext, indirect communication, and social cues in adolescent peer groups; analyse the psychology of in-group and out-group dynamics and why…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Friendship & Cooperation
Honest Conversations and Conflict RepairUnderstand how to have honest, direct conversations that address problems without attacking the person; apply the principles of non-violent communication…
Ages 12 to 13Method