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Science // Organisms & Life Processes
Animal Body GroupsDescribe and compare the external body structure of common animals across groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals)
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Body Parts & SensesIdentify, name, and locate basic parts of the human body and associate each body part with its sense
Ages 5 to 6ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Where Are the Poles?Know that Earth has a North Pole and a South Pole — the two coldest places on the planet — and be able to find them on a globe, understanding that they are at…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Arctic vs AntarcticKnow that the Arctic (North Pole) and Antarctic (South Pole) are very different — the Arctic is a frozen ocean surrounded by land where people and polar bears…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar AnimalsKnow about other polar animals besides penguins and polar bears — seals that swim under ice, walruses with long tusks, Arctic foxes that turn white in winter…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
PenguinsKnow key facts about penguins — they live in the Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere, they cannot fly but are excellent swimmers, Emperor penguins are the largest…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar BearsKnow key facts about polar bears — they live only in the Arctic (not the Antarctic), they have thick white fur and a layer of fat (blubber) to keep warm, they…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Ice & SnowKnow that water can be solid (ice and snow) or liquid, that snow is made of tiny frozen ice crystals, that icebergs are huge chunks of ice floating in the ocean…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Brave Polar ExplorersKnow simple stories of brave polar explorers — Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen who raced to the South Pole, and Ernest Shackleton whose ship Endurance…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Midnight Sun & Polar NightKnow that at the poles, daylight and darkness are extreme — in summer the Sun never fully sets (midnight sun) and in winter the Sun never rises (polar night…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
What Is a Rainforest?Know that a rainforest is a thick, tall forest found in hot, wet places near the Equator where it rains almost every day, creating a warm, damp environment…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest LayersKnow that a rainforest has four layers from ground to sky — the forest floor (dark, damp, full of decomposing leaves), the understory (small trees and shrubs in…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest AnimalsName and recognise iconic rainforest animals — jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, howler monkeys, macaws, and butterflies — and know which layer of…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest PlantsKnow that rainforests contain an enormous variety of plants — towering kapok and Brazil nut trees, climbing vines called lianas, colourful orchids that grow on…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Where Rainforests AreKnow that rainforests are found in a belt around the middle of the Earth — in South America (the Amazon), Central Africa (the Congo), and Southeast Asia — and…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Indigenous Rainforest PeoplesKnow that indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami have lived in rainforests for thousands of years, building homes from forest materials, finding food by…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest InsectsKnow that rainforests are home to millions of insects — leaf-cutter ants that farm fungus, giant beetles, jewel-coloured butterflies, enormous spiders, and…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Everyday Foods from RainforestsKnow that many everyday foods come from rainforests — chocolate is made from cacao beans, bananas grow in tropical forests, coffee berries ripen in forest…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Rainforests
Inside a RainforestDescribe what it feels like inside a rainforest — hot and sticky (humid), dark on the ground because the treetops block the light, loud with animal calls and…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Scientific Inquiry
Asking scientific questionsAsk simple scientific questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways including observation, testing, and research
Ages 5 to 8Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Observing with simple equipmentObserve closely using simple equipment such as hand lenses, and use observations to describe, compare, and identify things
Ages 5 to 7MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Simple tests and experimentsPerform simple tests and use observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
Ages 5 to 7MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Recording DataGather and record data using simple methods such as tables, tally charts, and drawings to help answer questions
Ages 5 to 7MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Comparing Design SolutionsAnalyse data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each design
Ages 5 to 8Method