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Science // Organisms & Life Processes
Human Life StagesDescribe the changes as humans develop to old age, including the stages of the human life cycle
Ages 9 to 10ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Senses, Brain & ResponsesUse a model to describe that animals receive information through their senses, process it in their brain, and respond in different ways
Ages 9 to 10ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Structures for SurvivalConstruct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction
Ages 9 to 10ConceptScience // Organisms & Life Processes
Organ Systems VocabularyUse technical vocabulary for the major organ systems — organ, organ system, circulatory system, digestive system, respiratory system, skeletal system, muscular…
Ages 9 to 11LanguageScience // 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 // Polar Regions
Polar Conservation & FutureUnderstand the conservation challenges facing polar regions — marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean aim to preserve Antarctic ecosystems, Arctic nations…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Climate Change at the PolesUnderstand how climate change is affecting polar regions — Arctic sea ice is shrinking dramatically (losing about 13% per decade since 1979), the Greenland and…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Earth's Frozen WaterUnderstand the cryosphere and its role in Earth's water system — the cryosphere is all frozen water on Earth (ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, permafrost, snow…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar Oceans and World ClimateUnderstand how polar oceans connect to the global climate system — cold, dense polar water sinks and drives thermohaline circulation (a global conveyor belt of…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar Climate ZoneUnderstand that polar regions belong to the polar climate zone — one of Earth's five main climate zones (tropical, arid, temperate, continental, polar)…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Antarctic Treaty & ResearchKnow that Antarctica is governed by the Antarctic Treaty (signed 1959, in force since 1961) — which sets Antarctica aside for peaceful purposes and scientific…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar Ecosystems ComparedCompare Arctic and Antarctic ecosystems — the Arctic has both terrestrial (tundra) and marine ecosystems supporting large land mammals and indigenous human…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Polar Exploration Then & NowCompare historical polar exploration with modern polar science — the Heroic Age (1897–1922) relied on ships, dogs, and human endurance with many fatalities…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Polar Regions
Glaciers & Ice SheetsUnderstand how glaciers and ice sheets form and behave — snow accumulates over centuries and compresses into dense ice, glaciers flow slowly downhill under…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // 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 9Concept