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Science // Animals of the World

Know that many animals make incredible journeys called migrations — Arctic terns fly from pole to pole, monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles across…

Science // Animals of the World

Understand that predators have evolved hunting strategies — wolves hunt in packs, chameleons use their long tongues, spiders build webs, crocodiles ambush at…

Science // Animals of the World

Explore animals of the grasslands and savanna — lions, zebras, wildebeest, elephants, cheetahs in African savanna; bison and prairie dogs in American grasslands…

Science // Animals of the World

Explore animals of the desert — camels, fennec foxes, scorpions, rattlesnakes, meerkats — and understand how desert animals survive extreme heat and lack of…

Science // Animals of the World

Know that insects and other minibeasts (spiders, worms, snails, centipedes) are the most numerous and diverse group of animals on Earth — there are more species…

Science // Animals of the World

Explore animals of the tropical rainforest — the most species-rich habitat on Earth — learning that the forest has layers (canopy, understory, forest floor)…

Science // Animals of the World

Understand that animals communicate in many different ways — birds sing to attract mates and defend territory, whales call across vast ocean distances, bees…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that dinosaurs were real animals that lived on Earth a very long time ago and are now extinct — none are alive today

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that fossils are the remains of ancient living things preserved in rock, and that scientists called palaeontologists study fossils to learn about…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Recognise and name common well-known dinosaur species: Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Brachiosaurus/Diplodocus, describing a basic feature of…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Sort dinosaurs into plant-eaters (herbivores) and meat-eaters (carnivores) by looking at clues like tooth shape — flat teeth for plants, sharp teeth for meat

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Compare dinosaur sizes to familiar things — some dinosaurs were as tall as a house, others were as small as a chicken — and understand that dinosaurs came in a…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Distinguish real dinosaurs from fictional or commonly confused creatures — pterosaurs (flying reptiles) and plesiosaurs (marine reptiles) were not dinosaurs…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that fossils tell us not only about ancient animals but also about ancient environments — for example, marine fossils found on a mountaintop show…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Explain in simple terms how fossils form: an organism dies and is quickly buried in sediment; over millions of years minerals replace the remains and the…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Describe what coprolites are (fossilised dinosaur dung) and how palaeontologists analyse them to discover what dinosaurs ate, including plant fragments, bones…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Distinguish body fossils (preserved bones, teeth, shells) from trace fossils (footprints, trackways, eggs, burrows, coprolites) and explain what each type can…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Use dinosaur trackways (fossilised footprints) to make inferences about a dinosaur's size, speed, and behaviour — widely spaced prints suggest running, closely…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Place the three periods of the Mesozoic Era — Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous — in order and understand that different dinosaurs lived in different periods…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that different dinosaurs lived on different continents and that fossil discoveries around the world show dinosaurs were a global phenomenon, with…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Know who Mary Anning was — a pioneering fossil hunter from Lyme Regis, England, who discovered ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons in the early 1800s and…

Science // Earth's Systems

Observe changes across the four seasons and describe weather associated with each season, including how day length varies

Science // Earth's Systems

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time, recording temperature, rainfall, and other conditions

Science // Earth's Systems

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs