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Science // Matter & Materials

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen, and that this explains properties of solids, liquids, and gases

Science // Matter & Materials

Distinguish between physical changes (reversible, no new substances formed) and chemical changes (new substances formed, often irreversible), using conservation…

Science // Matter & Materials

Select and carry out appropriate separation techniques for different types of mixtures: filtration (insoluble solids), distillation (liquids by boiling point)…

Science // Matter & Materials

Distinguish between pure substances and mixtures, identify formulations as useful mixtures with precise compositions, and use melting and boiling points to test…

Science // Matter & Materials

Use the particle model to explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases — including differences in arrangement, movement, and spacing — and apply the…

Science // Matter & Materials

Explain the differences between atoms, elements, and compounds; describe the simple Bohr model of the atom (nucleus with protons and neutrons, electrons in…

Science // Matter & Materials

Compare the physical and chemical properties of metals and non-metals, explaining metallic properties (malleability, lustre, conductivity) and how position in…

Science // Matter & Materials

Describe the organisation of the periodic table into periods and groups, explain the contribution of Mendeleev, and use the table to identify metals…

Science // Matter & Materials

Explain melting, freezing, boiling, condensing, and sublimation using the particle model, interpreting heating and cooling curves to identify melting and…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand the connection between the ocean and climate: the ocean absorbs heat and carbon dioxide, drives weather patterns through evaporation, and ocean…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand ocean ecosystems as interconnected systems where living things (producers, consumers, decomposers) and non-living factors (temperature, salinity…

Science // Ocean Life

Understand how people protect the ocean: marine protected areas limit fishing and pollution, sustainable fishing prevents overharvesting, beach clean-ups reduce…

Science // Ocean Life

Identify ways humans harm the ocean — plastic pollution, overfishing, oil spills, and ocean acidification from carbon dioxide — and understand that most ocean…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that many ocean animals undertake remarkable migrations — humpback whales travel thousands of miles between feeding and breeding grounds, sea turtles…

Science // Ocean Life

Explore life in the deep sea: animals that make their own light (bioluminescence), creatures adapted to crushing pressure and total darkness, and hydrothermal…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that oceanographers and marine biologists study the ocean using submarines, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), satellites, and diving, and that much of the…

Science // Ocean Life

Explain thermohaline circulation (the global conveyor belt) as driven by temperature and salinity differences that cause dense water to sink; describe how the…

Science // Ocean Life

Contrast photosynthesis (energy from sunlight) with chemosynthesis (energy from oxidising chemicals like hydrogen sulphide); describe hydrothermal vent…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Observe that young plants and animals resemble their parents but are not identical, recognising inherited similarities and individual differences

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment and understand that adaptation may lead to evolution over time

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Use vocabulary for variation and inheritance — inherited characteristic, acquired characteristic, variation, offspring, trait, species, breed, genetic…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Describe the changes as humans develop to old age, including the stages of the human life cycle

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Use a model to describe that animals receive information through their senses, process it in their brain, and respond in different ways

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction