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Science // Waves, Light & Sound
Wave Properties & TypesDescribe waves in terms of amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and wave speed; distinguish transverse waves (oscillation perpendicular to direction of travel)…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Waves, Light & Sound
How Sound Waves TravelExplain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and travels as a longitudinal pressure wave through solids, liquids, and gases; describe reflection of sound…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Waves, Light & Sound
The Electromagnetic SpectrumDescribe the full electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays, in order of increasing frequency and energy; explain that all EM waves travel at the…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptScience // Waves, Light & Sound
Waves & Different MaterialsExplain how waves can be absorbed, transmitted, or reflected by different materials, and apply these interactions to explain colour perception, sight…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptScience // 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
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
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
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 // 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 // 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 // Responsible Decision-Making
Risk, Uncertainty, and Cognitive BiasDistinguish between risk (decisions with known probabilities) and uncertainty (decisions with unknown outcomes); identify cognitive biases that distort risk…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Responsible Decision-Making
Online Identity and MisinformationUnderstand the ethics of online identity and the importance of consistency between who you are online and offline; explain how recommendation algorithms and…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
Good Stress and Bad StressDistinguish between eustress (the productive, motivating kind of stress) and distress (harmful, overwhelming stress); explain the physiological stress response…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptPersonal & Social Development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
Habits and MotivationUnderstand habit formation through the cue-routine-reward loop and how to design new habits intentionally; distinguish intrinsic motivation (doing something for…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptElectronics // Circuits
Current, voltage and resistanceVoltage is the push from the source, current is how much charge flows each second, and resistance is how strongly a component limits that flow. Turning up the…
Ages 11 to 14Concept