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Science // Polar Regions
Comparing Arctic & AntarcticCompare the Arctic and Antarctic in detail — the Arctic is an ocean covered by floating sea ice with surrounding land masses (Canada, Russia, Greenland…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar Food ChainsUnderstand polar food chains — in the Antarctic, phytoplankton are eaten by krill, krill are eaten by fish and penguins, and penguins are eaten by leopard seals…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
The Race to the South PoleKnow the story of the race to the South Pole in detail — Norwegian Roald Amundsen and British Robert Falcon Scott both set out in 1911, Amundsen arrived first…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Ice & States of MatterUnderstand ice in different forms and states of matter — sea ice forms when ocean water freezes (it's salty and relatively thin), glacial ice forms from…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
The Arctic TundraKnow what the Arctic tundra is — a vast, treeless landscape with permafrost (permanently frozen ground) just below the surface, a very short growing season in…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Inuit & Sami PeoplesKnow that indigenous peoples have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years — the Inuit across Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, and the Sami in northern…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Cold-Weather AdaptationsUnderstand how polar animals are adapted to survive extreme cold — blubber (thick fat layer) insulates seals and whales, hollow fur traps air for warmth in…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Why Polar Seasons Are ExtremeUnderstand why the poles have extreme seasons — Earth's axis is tilted at about 23.5°, so as it orbits the Sun, each pole spends half the year tilted toward the…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // 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 // Rainforests
Rainforest Food WebsUnderstand how energy and nutrients flow through a rainforest food web — from plants (producers) to herbivores (primary consumers) to predators (secondary…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
Classifying Rainforest OrganismsClassify rainforest organisms into major groups — mammals (jaguars, monkeys, bats), birds (toucans, macaws, hummingbirds), reptiles (snakes, lizards, caimans)…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest Water CycleUnderstand how the water cycle works in a rainforest — trees absorb water through their roots and release it through their leaves (transpiration), this moisture…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
Tropical Rainforest ClimateUnderstand that rainforests have a tropical climate — consistently hot (25–30°C) with over 2000 mm of rainfall per year — and that this combination of heat and…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
The Amazon RainforestKnow that the Amazon is Earth's greatest rainforest — spanning nine countries across South America, containing the world's largest river by water volume, and…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
Indigenous Ecological KnowledgeUnderstand that indigenous peoples of the rainforest have developed deep ecological knowledge over thousands of years — using plants for medicine, food, and…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Rainforests
Rainforest Plant AdaptationsKnow how rainforest plants are adapted to their environment — drip-tip leaves channel water off quickly to prevent rot, buttress roots spread wide to support…
Ages 7 to 9Concept