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  • Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

    The K-Pg Extinction Event

    Describe the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) extinction event approximately 66 million years ago, including the asteroid impact theory and its evidence (iridium…

    Ages 9 to 11Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Shapes of land and water

    Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land (mountains, valleys, plains) and bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans) in an area

    Ages 7 to 8Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Where water is found on Earth

    Identify where water is found on Earth and understand that water can exist as solid (ice) or liquid, recognising water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and…

    Ages 7 to 8Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Properties of materials

    Compare and group different kinds of rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties such as hardness, texture, and colour

    Ages 7 to 8Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    How fossils form

    Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock over millions of years

    Ages 7 to 8Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Preventing Erosion

    Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land

    Ages 7 to 8Method
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Evaporation and condensation

    Name and use vocabulary for the water cycle — evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, transpiration, water vapour, runoff, groundwater — and…

    Ages 7 to 9Language
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Rocks and soil

    Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter, and that different soils have different properties

    Ages 7 to 8Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Weather vs climate

    Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world, distinguishing between weather and climate

    Ages 8 to 9Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Seasonal changes (age 8+)

    Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season

    Ages 8 to 9Method
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Finding patterns in data

    Analyse and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features, recognising that many features result from processes that occur over long periods

    Ages 9 to 10Concept
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Erosion and weathering

    Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation

    Ages 9 to 10Method
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Types of rocks

    Use vocabulary for Earth's geological processes and rock types — igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, erosion, weathering, deposition, fossil, sediment, strata…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Habitats & Basic Needs

    Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how habitats provide for basic needs and how organisms depend on each…

    Ages 6 to 8Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Habitat Vocabulary

    Name and use vocabulary for where living things are found — habitat, environment, microhabitat, conditions, woodland, ocean, desert, rainforest, pond — and use…

    Ages 6 to 8Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Local Plants & Animals

    Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats such as under a log or in a pond

    Ages 6 to 8Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Changing Environments

    Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things

    Ages 8 to 9Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Food Chains & Energy Transfer

    Construct and interpret food chains identifying producers, predators, and prey, and understand energy transfer between trophic levels

    Ages 8 to 9Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Grouping Living Things

    Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways based on observable features

    Ages 8 to 9Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Classification Keys

    Explore and use classification keys to identify, group, and name living things in local and wider environments

    Ages 8 to 9Method
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Human impact on environments

    Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable…

    Ages 8 to 11Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Animal Groups & Survival

    Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive, such as herds, packs, or colonies

    Ages 8 to 9Concept
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Ecology Vocabulary

    Use vocabulary for feeding relationships and ecological roles — producer, consumer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, food chain, food…

    Ages 8 to 10Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Reading Food Web Diagrams

    Read and interpret food web diagrams — identify producers, primary and secondary consumers, and decomposers; trace energy flow along food chains within the web…

    Ages 8 to 9Representation