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Science // Ocean Life
Oceans & ClimateUnderstand the connection between the ocean and climate: the ocean absorbs heat and carbon dioxide, drives weather patterns through evaporation, and ocean…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Ocean EcosystemsUnderstand ocean ecosystems as interconnected systems where living things (producers, consumers, decomposers) and non-living factors (temperature, salinity…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Protecting the OceanUnderstand how people protect the ocean: marine protected areas limit fishing and pollution, sustainable fishing prevents overharvesting, beach clean-ups reduce…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Ocean Pollution & HarmIdentify ways humans harm the ocean — plastic pollution, overfishing, oil spills, and ocean acidification from carbon dioxide — and understand that most ocean…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Ocean Animal MigrationsKnow that many ocean animals undertake remarkable migrations — humpback whales travel thousands of miles between feeding and breeding grounds, sea turtles…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Deep-Sea CreaturesExplore life in the deep sea: animals that make their own light (bioluminescence), creatures adapted to crushing pressure and total darkness, and hydrothermal…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Exploring the OceanKnow that oceanographers and marine biologists study the ocean using submarines, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), satellites, and diving, and that much of the…
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Ocean Life
Ocean Currents and Global HeatExplain thermohaline circulation (the global conveyor belt) as driven by temperature and salinity differences that cause dense water to sink; describe how the…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Deep-Sea Life Without SunlightContrast photosynthesis (energy from sunlight) with chemosynthesis (energy from oxidising chemicals like hydrogen sulphide); describe hydrothermal vent…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Coral Bleaching & AcidificationExplain the mutualistic symbiosis between coral polyps and photosynthetic zooxanthellae; describe how heat stress causes bleaching (corals expel zooxanthellae…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Predator Loss and Ecosystem EffectsQuantify energy transfer efficiency through trophic levels (~10% rule); explain trophic cascades: how removing an apex predator triggers a chain of ecosystem…
Ages 12 to 14ConceptScience // Ocean Life
Deep-Ocean Exploration TechnologyExplain how crewed submersibles (Alvin, Deepsea Challenger) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) allow exploration of the deep; describe acoustic seafloor…
Ages 13 to 14ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Naming Common AnimalsIdentify and name common animals from major groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
Ages 5 to 6ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Common Plants & TreesIdentify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
Ages 5 to 6ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Living Things VocabularyName and use vocabulary for what makes something living — alive, dead, never been alive, movement, nutrition, growth, reproduction, sensitivity, excretion — and…
Ages 5 to 7LanguageScience // Organisms & Life Processes
What Living Things NeedUnderstand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Herbivores, Carnivores & OmnivoresClassify common animals as carnivores (eat meat), herbivores (eat plants), or omnivores (eat both)
Ages 5 to 6ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Parts of a PlantIdentify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants (roots, stem, leaves, flowers) and trees (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
Ages 5 to 6ConceptScience // 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 // Organisms & Life Processes
Animal Life StagesRecognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages
Ages 6 to 7ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Seeds & Plant GrowthObserve and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants through stages of germination and growth
Ages 6 to 7MethodScience // Organisms & Life Processes
What Plants Need to GrowUnderstand that plants need water, light, and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
Ages 6 to 8ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Offspring resemble parentsObserve that young plants and animals resemble their parents but are not identical, recognising inherited similarities and individual differences
Ages 6 to 11Concept