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Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that different dinosaurs lived on different continents and that fossil discoveries around the world show dinosaurs were a global phenomenon, with…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Know who Mary Anning was — a pioneering fossil hunter from Lyme Regis, England, who discovered ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons in the early 1800s and…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Analyse and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of organisms and environments that existed long ago

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that modern birds evolved from a group of small feathered theropod dinosaurs, using evidence such as the fossil Archaeopteryx, feathered dinosaur…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that palaeoart — scientific illustrations and models of dinosaurs — is based on fossil evidence but involves informed speculation about skin colour…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Understand that rock layers (strata) form in sequence with the oldest at the bottom and the youngest at the top, and that fossils found in deeper layers are…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Classify dinosaurs into the two major groups based on hip structure: Saurischia (lizard-hipped, including theropods and sauropods) and Ornithischia…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

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

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about organisms that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Trace the evidence for the dinosaur-to-bird transition in depth: feathered theropods from the Liaoning Formation (China), the mix of dinosaur and bird features…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Explain how radiometric dating works — radioactive isotopes decay at a known rate (half-life), so measuring the ratio of parent to daughter isotope in a rock or…

Science // Dinosaurs & Paleontology

Compare the five major mass extinction events in Earth history (End-Ordovician, Late Devonian, End-Permian, End-Triassic, K-Pg), describe proposed kill…

Science // Earth's Systems

Observe changes across the four seasons and describe weather associated with each season, including how day length varies

Science // Earth's Systems

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

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…

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

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

Science // Earth's Systems

Develop a model to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact as connected Earth systems

Science // Earth's Systems

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals and the places they live, connecting organism needs to habitat…