Biodiversity
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that biodiversity — the variety of different species in an ecosystem — is essential for healthy ecosystems, and that keystone species (like wolves in Yellowstone, sea otters in kelp forests, or bees as pollinators) have an outsized impact on their ecosystem, so that losing one key species can cause a cascade of changes affecting many others
Mastery Evidence
- Defines biodiversity as the variety of species in an ecosystem
- Explains why biodiversity matters (stability, resilience, ecosystem services)
- Defines keystone species and gives at least 2 examples
- Describes a trophic cascade or chain reaction from removing/adding a species
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] learns about how wolves were brought back to Yellowstone and the whole ecosystem changed, can they explain what a 'keystone species' is and why having many different species in an area matters?”
Prerequisites5
- Endangered & Extinct SpeciessoftAges 9—11
- Predator Hunting StrategiessoftAges 7—9
- Structural AdaptationshardAges 9—11
- SymbiosissoftAges 9—11
- The World of MinibeastshardAges 7—9
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- Seasons & Weather Patterns soft
Climate as long-term patterns benefits from knowing seasonal patterns
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate concept requires knowing that different places have different typical weather
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Where water is found on Earth soft
Five oceans builds on curriculum concept of where water is found on Earth
- Shapes of land and water hard
Must know land and water features before learning where water is found on Earth
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Understanding state changes supports knowing water as solid (ice) and liquid
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
- Weather vs Climate soft
Ocean-climate connection benefits from understanding weather vs climate distinction
- Seasons & Weather Patterns soft
Climate as long-term patterns benefits from knowing seasonal patterns
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate concept requires knowing that different places have different typical weather
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Tides, Waves & Currents hard
Ocean-climate connection builds on knowing about currents and evaporation
- Whales & Dolphins Are Mammals hard
Classifying marine mammals vs fish builds on whale/dolphin are mammals concept
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Ocean Animal Variety hard
Understanding zones requires knowing ocean has diverse life at different depths
- Changing Environments soft
Ocean ecosystems concept enriched by curriculum concept that environments change
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- Seasons & Weather Patterns soft
Climate as long-term patterns benefits from knowing seasonal patterns
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate concept requires knowing that different places have different typical weather
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate zones formalize the concept of different weather around the world
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Seasons & Weather Patterns soft
Climate as long-term patterns benefits from knowing seasonal patterns
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate concept requires knowing that different places have different typical weather
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Shapes of land and water hard
Must know land and water features before learning where water is found on Earth
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Understanding state changes supports knowing water as solid (ice) and liquid
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Water cycle benefits from curriculum states of matter (heating/cooling changes state)
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
- Temperature & Thermometers soft
Water cycle evaporation relates to temperature (heat drives evaporation)
- Sunlight warms things up soft
Sun drives weather builds on curriculum sunlight warms Earth's surface
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- What Causes Wind hard
Sun-driven weather systems extend the basic wind-cause concept to global scale
- Changing Environments soft
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding how resource use affects environment
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- How energy travels around hard
Must understand energy transfer before learning about natural resources as energy sources
- Light & Sound Vocabulary hard
Observing that objects need illumination to be seen requires the 'light source' vocabulary
- Naming types of energy hard
Describing energy transfer by sound, light, heat, and electric current requires energy type vocabulary
- Building a simple circuit hard
Must know circuits before understanding energy transfer by electric current
- Light & Sound Vocabulary hard
Understanding vibrating materials and sound requires 'vibration' vocabulary
- Communication with Light & Sound hard
Must understand how sound works before designing a communication device using it
- Light & Seeing in the Dark hard
Must understand how light works before designing a communication device using it
- Light & Sound Vocabulary hard
Observing that objects need illumination to be seen requires the 'light source' vocabulary
- Human impact on environments hard
Describing how energy and fuels affect the environment requires 'renewable', 'non-renewable', and 'fossil fuel' vocabulary
- Sun-Driven Weather Systems soft
Climate change understanding benefits from knowing Sun drives weather
- Seasons & Weather Patterns soft
Climate as long-term patterns benefits from knowing seasonal patterns
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Geography & Local Weather hard
Climate concept requires knowing that different places have different typical weather
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Shapes of land and water hard
Must know land and water features before learning where water is found on Earth
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Understanding state changes supports knowing water as solid (ice) and liquid
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
- Heating & Cooling Changes soft
Water cycle benefits from curriculum states of matter (heating/cooling changes state)
- States of Matter Vocabulary hard
Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
- Drawing Particle Diagrams hard
Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
- Temperature & Thermometers soft
Water cycle evaporation relates to temperature (heat drives evaporation)
- Sunlight warms things up soft
Sun drives weather builds on curriculum sunlight warms Earth's surface
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
- What Causes Wind hard
Sun-driven weather systems extend the basic wind-cause concept to global scale
- Rainforest Layers soft
Animals of the World rainforest topic depends on understanding the four layers (exploratory age 5 -> exploratory age 7)
- Rainforest Animals soft
Animals of the World rainforest topic builds on knowing specific rainforest animals (exploratory age 5 -> exploratory age 7)
- Structural Adaptations hard
Understanding adaptation helps explain why environmental change threatens species
- Polar Animals soft
Polar animals knowledge enriches the migration topic in Animals of the World (Polar 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Predator Hunting Strategies hard
Predator-prey adaptations are formalized in the adaptation framework
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores soft
Predator-prey strategies build on curriculum classification of carnivores/herbivores/omnivores
- Savanna & Grassland Animals soft
Savanna predator-prey (lions/zebras) is foundation for predator-prey strategies
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Desert Animals soft
Arctic and desert are contrasting extreme environments, each enriches understanding of the other
- Polar Animals soft
Animals of the World polar topic builds on knowing specific polar animals (Polar Regions 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Polar animals share adaptation concepts with ocean animal adaptations (blubber, streamlining)
- Animals Everywhere hard
Polar animals builds on knowing animals live everywhere including cold places
- How animals adapt to environments soft
Animal adaptations topic parallels and enriches curriculum adaptation/evolution concept
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Ocean animal adaptations connect to curriculum adaptation/evolution concepts
- Life Changed Over Time soft
Within GB sequence, knowing life changed over time supports understanding adaptation; US teaches adaptation earlier without this prerequisite
- Life Cycles of Organisms soft
Understanding life cycles supports understanding how species change across generations
- Animal Classification Vocabulary hard
Describing unique and diverse life cycles requires metamorphosis, gestation, larva, pupa vocabulary
- Drawing Life Cycle Diagrams hard
Modelling life cycles of living things requires the life cycle diagram representation
- Sorting into categories soft
Life cycle diagrams require classifying organisms into categories — the same sorting skill used in mt_xppl18avyY
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Animal Life Stages hard
Must know basic offspring-to-adult stages before comparing diverse life cycles
- What Living Things Need soft
Understanding survival needs supports understanding growth and development
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Animals Have Babies soft
Animal babies topic enriched by curriculum coverage of offspring and life stages
- Pollination & Seed Dispersal soft
Plant life cycle knowledge supports understanding diverse life cycles across organisms
- Seeds & Plant Growth hard
Must understand germination before learning full life cycle including seed dispersal
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Plant Parts Work hard
Must know flower function before understanding pollination and seed formation
- Fossils as Evidence hard
Must analyse fossil evidence before drawing the broader conclusion that life has changed over time
- Fossils Reveal Ancient Environments soft
Enrichment knowledge of fossils revealing ancient environments supports formal analysis of fossil data
- Fossils & Palaeontologists hard
Must understand fossils before interpreting what they reveal about past environments
- Dinosaurs Were Real hard
Must understand dinosaurs are extinct before learning fossils are how we know about them
- Evolution vocabulary soft
Interpreting fossil data as evidence of past organisms benefits from fossil record and extinction vocabulary
- How fossils form hard
Must understand fossil formation in rocks before interpreting fossil data for evidence of past life
- States of Matter Vocabulary soft
Describing physical properties of materials uses solid/liquid/gas vocabulary introduced in the states of matter LANGUAGE node
- Living, Dead & Never Alive soft
Understanding living vs dead supports understanding what gets fossilised
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Representing numbers with objects (age 8+) soft
Analysing fossil record data using bar charts depends on scaled bar graph construction skills from Math
- Pictograms and tally charts hard
Constructing simple pictograms/tables is prerequisite to scaled versions
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Constructing pictograms, tally charts, and bar charts requires these display vocabulary terms
- Sorting into categories hard
Constructing pictograms and tally charts requires classifying and counting objects first
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Sorting Data into Categories soft
Data representation formats (pictograms, tally charts) support organising data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Drawing scaled bar charts and pictograms requires axis, scale, label, and frequency vocabulary
- Sorting Data into Categories hard
Drawing picture/bar graphs extends organising and representing data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Recognising that living things have changed over time and fossils provide evidence requires evolution and fossil record vocabulary
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Understanding that adaptation may lead to evolution requires both 'adaptation' and 'evolution' vocabulary
- Variation & Survival Advantage hard
Must understand variation provides survival advantages before connecting adaptation to evolution
- Inherited characteristics hard
Must understand trait variation before explaining how variation provides survival advantages
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Analysing data about inherited traits requires 'inherited characteristic', 'variation', and 'offspring' vocabulary
- Habitats & Basic Needs soft
Habitat knowledge supports understanding how adaptations suit specific environments
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Explaining how variation provides survival advantages requires 'variation', 'species', and 'trait' vocabulary
- Changing Environments soft
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding why adaptation matters for survival
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- Animals Everywhere hard
Endangered species requires understanding that animals live in diverse environments
- Changing Environments soft
Endangered species concept builds on curriculum idea that environments can change
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores soft
Predator-prey strategies build on curriculum classification of carnivores/herbivores/omnivores
- Savanna & Grassland Animals soft
Savanna predator-prey (lions/zebras) is foundation for predator-prey strategies
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Structural Adaptations hard
Biodiversity requires understanding adaptation as basis for species diversity
- Polar Animals soft
Polar animals knowledge enriches the migration topic in Animals of the World (Polar 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Predator Hunting Strategies hard
Predator-prey adaptations are formalized in the adaptation framework
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores soft
Predator-prey strategies build on curriculum classification of carnivores/herbivores/omnivores
- Savanna & Grassland Animals soft
Savanna predator-prey (lions/zebras) is foundation for predator-prey strategies
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Desert Animals soft
Arctic and desert are contrasting extreme environments, each enriches understanding of the other
- Polar Animals soft
Animals of the World polar topic builds on knowing specific polar animals (Polar Regions 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Polar animals share adaptation concepts with ocean animal adaptations (blubber, streamlining)
- Animals Everywhere hard
Polar animals builds on knowing animals live everywhere including cold places
- How animals adapt to environments soft
Animal adaptations topic parallels and enriches curriculum adaptation/evolution concept
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Ocean animal adaptations connect to curriculum adaptation/evolution concepts
- Life Changed Over Time soft
Within GB sequence, knowing life changed over time supports understanding adaptation; US teaches adaptation earlier without this prerequisite
- Life Cycles of Organisms soft
Understanding life cycles supports understanding how species change across generations
- Animal Classification Vocabulary hard
Describing unique and diverse life cycles requires metamorphosis, gestation, larva, pupa vocabulary
- Drawing Life Cycle Diagrams hard
Modelling life cycles of living things requires the life cycle diagram representation
- Sorting into categories soft
Life cycle diagrams require classifying organisms into categories — the same sorting skill used in mt_xppl18avyY
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Animal Life Stages hard
Must know basic offspring-to-adult stages before comparing diverse life cycles
- What Living Things Need soft
Understanding survival needs supports understanding growth and development
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Animals Have Babies soft
Animal babies topic enriched by curriculum coverage of offspring and life stages
- Pollination & Seed Dispersal soft
Plant life cycle knowledge supports understanding diverse life cycles across organisms
- Seeds & Plant Growth hard
Must understand germination before learning full life cycle including seed dispersal
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Plant Parts Work hard
Must know flower function before understanding pollination and seed formation
- Fossils as Evidence hard
Must analyse fossil evidence before drawing the broader conclusion that life has changed over time
- Fossils Reveal Ancient Environments soft
Enrichment knowledge of fossils revealing ancient environments supports formal analysis of fossil data
- Fossils & Palaeontologists hard
Must understand fossils before interpreting what they reveal about past environments
- Dinosaurs Were Real hard
Must understand dinosaurs are extinct before learning fossils are how we know about them
- Evolution vocabulary soft
Interpreting fossil data as evidence of past organisms benefits from fossil record and extinction vocabulary
- How fossils form hard
Must understand fossil formation in rocks before interpreting fossil data for evidence of past life
- States of Matter Vocabulary soft
Describing physical properties of materials uses solid/liquid/gas vocabulary introduced in the states of matter LANGUAGE node
- Living, Dead & Never Alive soft
Understanding living vs dead supports understanding what gets fossilised
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Representing numbers with objects (age 8+) soft
Analysing fossil record data using bar charts depends on scaled bar graph construction skills from Math
- Pictograms and tally charts hard
Constructing simple pictograms/tables is prerequisite to scaled versions
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Constructing pictograms, tally charts, and bar charts requires these display vocabulary terms
- Sorting into categories hard
Constructing pictograms and tally charts requires classifying and counting objects first
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Sorting Data into Categories soft
Data representation formats (pictograms, tally charts) support organising data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Drawing scaled bar charts and pictograms requires axis, scale, label, and frequency vocabulary
- Sorting Data into Categories hard
Drawing picture/bar graphs extends organising and representing data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Recognising that living things have changed over time and fossils provide evidence requires evolution and fossil record vocabulary
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Understanding that adaptation may lead to evolution requires both 'adaptation' and 'evolution' vocabulary
- Variation & Survival Advantage hard
Must understand variation provides survival advantages before connecting adaptation to evolution
- Inherited characteristics hard
Must understand trait variation before explaining how variation provides survival advantages
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Analysing data about inherited traits requires 'inherited characteristic', 'variation', and 'offspring' vocabulary
- Habitats & Basic Needs soft
Habitat knowledge supports understanding how adaptations suit specific environments
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Explaining how variation provides survival advantages requires 'variation', 'species', and 'trait' vocabulary
- Changing Environments soft
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding why adaptation matters for survival
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- Rainforest Layers soft
Animals of the World rainforest topic depends on understanding the four layers (exploratory age 5 -> exploratory age 7)
- Rainforest Animals soft
Animals of the World rainforest topic builds on knowing specific rainforest animals (exploratory age 5 -> exploratory age 7)
- Polar Animals soft
Polar animals knowledge enriches the migration topic in Animals of the World (Polar 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Predator Hunting Strategies hard
Predator-prey adaptations are formalized in the adaptation framework
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores soft
Predator-prey strategies build on curriculum classification of carnivores/herbivores/omnivores
- Savanna & Grassland Animals soft
Savanna predator-prey (lions/zebras) is foundation for predator-prey strategies
- Naming Common Animals soft
Wild/farm/pet distinction enriched by curriculum animal group identification
- Desert Animals soft
Arctic and desert are contrasting extreme environments, each enriches understanding of the other
- Polar Animals soft
Animals of the World polar topic builds on knowing specific polar animals (Polar Regions 5-7 -> Animals 7-9)
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know penguins live in Antarctic (not Arctic) from the comparison topic
- Arctic vs Antarctic hard
Must know polar bears live in Arctic (not Antarctic) from the comparison topic
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Polar animals share adaptation concepts with ocean animal adaptations (blubber, streamlining)
- Animals Everywhere hard
Polar animals builds on knowing animals live everywhere including cold places
- How animals adapt to environments soft
Animal adaptations topic parallels and enriches curriculum adaptation/evolution concept
- Ocean Animal Adaptations soft
Ocean animal adaptations connect to curriculum adaptation/evolution concepts
- Life Changed Over Time soft
Within GB sequence, knowing life changed over time supports understanding adaptation; US teaches adaptation earlier without this prerequisite
- Life Cycles of Organisms soft
Understanding life cycles supports understanding how species change across generations
- Animal Classification Vocabulary hard
Describing unique and diverse life cycles requires metamorphosis, gestation, larva, pupa vocabulary
- Drawing Life Cycle Diagrams hard
Modelling life cycles of living things requires the life cycle diagram representation
- Sorting into categories soft
Life cycle diagrams require classifying organisms into categories — the same sorting skill used in mt_xppl18avyY
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Animal Life Stages hard
Must know basic offspring-to-adult stages before comparing diverse life cycles
- What Living Things Need soft
Understanding survival needs supports understanding growth and development
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Animals Have Babies soft
Animal babies topic enriched by curriculum coverage of offspring and life stages
- Pollination & Seed Dispersal soft
Plant life cycle knowledge supports understanding diverse life cycles across organisms
- Seeds & Plant Growth hard
Must understand germination before learning full life cycle including seed dispersal
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- How Plant Parts Work hard
Must know flower function before understanding pollination and seed formation
- Fossils as Evidence hard
Must analyse fossil evidence before drawing the broader conclusion that life has changed over time
- Fossils Reveal Ancient Environments soft
Enrichment knowledge of fossils revealing ancient environments supports formal analysis of fossil data
- Fossils & Palaeontologists hard
Must understand fossils before interpreting what they reveal about past environments
- Dinosaurs Were Real hard
Must understand dinosaurs are extinct before learning fossils are how we know about them
- Evolution vocabulary soft
Interpreting fossil data as evidence of past organisms benefits from fossil record and extinction vocabulary
- How fossils form hard
Must understand fossil formation in rocks before interpreting fossil data for evidence of past life
- States of Matter Vocabulary soft
Describing physical properties of materials uses solid/liquid/gas vocabulary introduced in the states of matter LANGUAGE node
- Living, Dead & Never Alive soft
Understanding living vs dead supports understanding what gets fossilised
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Representing numbers with objects (age 8+) soft
Analysing fossil record data using bar charts depends on scaled bar graph construction skills from Math
- Pictograms and tally charts hard
Constructing simple pictograms/tables is prerequisite to scaled versions
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Constructing pictograms, tally charts, and bar charts requires these display vocabulary terms
- Sorting into categories hard
Constructing pictograms and tally charts requires classifying and counting objects first
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Sorting Data into Categories soft
Data representation formats (pictograms, tally charts) support organising data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Drawing scaled bar charts and pictograms requires axis, scale, label, and frequency vocabulary
- Sorting Data into Categories hard
Drawing picture/bar graphs extends organising and representing data
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
- Sorting into categories hard
Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
- Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
- Counting objects to 20 soft
Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
- Counting objects to 20 hard
Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Recognising that living things have changed over time and fossils provide evidence requires evolution and fossil record vocabulary
- Evolution vocabulary hard
Understanding that adaptation may lead to evolution requires both 'adaptation' and 'evolution' vocabulary
- Variation & Survival Advantage hard
Must understand variation provides survival advantages before connecting adaptation to evolution
- Inherited characteristics hard
Must understand trait variation before explaining how variation provides survival advantages
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Analysing data about inherited traits requires 'inherited characteristic', 'variation', and 'offspring' vocabulary
- Habitats & Basic Needs soft
Habitat knowledge supports understanding how adaptations suit specific environments
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Inheritance Vocabulary hard
Explaining how variation provides survival advantages requires 'variation', 'species', and 'trait' vocabulary
- Changing Environments soft
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding why adaptation matters for survival
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Simple Food Chains soft
Food chain knowledge helps understand knock-on effects of environmental change
- Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores hard
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic Needs hard
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Where Are the Poles? soft
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary hard
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest? soft
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things Need hard
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Living, Dead & Never Alive hard
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Living Things Vocabulary hard
Comparing living, dead, and never-been-alive things requires the life processes vocabulary to give reasons
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must recognise common minibeasts before exploring where each type lives
- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
- Minibeasts in the food chain soft
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Common minibeasts: naming and recognising hard
Must know common minibeasts before placing them in food chains
- Rainforest Animals soft
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat Vocabulary soft
Discussing how environments change and pose dangers uses habitat and conditions vocabulary
- Animal Body Groups soft
Insect/minibeast diversity enriched by curriculum body structure comparison across groups
- The World of Minibeasts hard
Insects as pollinators/decomposers are key to understanding ecosystem services
- Animal Body Groups soft
Insect/minibeast diversity enriched by curriculum body structure comparison across groups
Unlocks3
- Matter Cycling in EcosystemssoftAges 10—11
- The Biodiversity CrisishardAges 12—14
- Protecting Endangered AnimalssoftAges 9—11