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Science // Weather & Climate
Weather ForecastingKnow that meteorologists are scientists who study and forecast the weather using satellites, radar, weather balloons, and computer models, and that weather…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Using Weather InstrumentsUse weather instruments to measure and record weather data: thermometers for temperature in °C, rain gauges for rainfall, wind vanes for direction, and…
Ages 7 to 9MethodScience // Weather & Climate
Thunder & LightningKnow that thunder and lightning happen during thunderstorms: lightning is a giant spark of electricity that forms in clouds, thunder is the sound the lightning…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Designing for Weather HazardsMake a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard such as flooding, wind damage, or extreme temperatures
Ages 8 to 9MethodScience // Weather & Climate
Climate Change BasicsUnderstand the basics of climate change: Earth’s atmosphere traps some of the Sun's heat (the greenhouse effect), burning fossil fuels adds extra greenhouse…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Natural resourcesObtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment
Ages 9 to 10ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Sun-Driven Weather SystemsUnderstand how the Sun drives weather: the Sun heats Earth's surface unevenly (land heats faster than water, equator gets more heat than poles), creating…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Climate ZonesUnderstand that Earth has distinct climate zones — tropical (hot and wet near the equator), temperate (moderate, with four seasons), polar (freezing cold)…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Weather-Resistant EngineeringUnderstand that engineers design buildings, flood defences, and warning systems to protect communities from extreme weather — hurricane-resistant roofs, flood…
Ages 9 to 11MethodScience // Weather & Climate
Reading Weather MapsRead and interpret weather maps, data tables, and graphs — identifying symbols for sun, rain, wind, and temperature; spotting trends and patterns in weather…
Ages 9 to 11MethodScience // Weather & Climate
The AtmosphereKnow that Earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere, that air has weight and exerts pressure, that the atmosphere protects us from harmful…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Extreme Weather EventsKnow about extreme weather events — hurricanes (spinning storms over warm ocean), tornadoes (violent rotating columns of air), floods, droughts, and blizzards…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Global Wind PatternsExplain that unequal solar heating drives large-scale atmospheric circulation: Hadley cells (0-30°), Ferrel cells (30-60°), and polar cells (60-90°) produce the…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Greenhouse Gas ScienceDescribe the electromagnetic spectrum and distinguish between short-wave solar radiation and long-wave infrared radiation emitted by Earth; explain how…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Hurricanes, Tornadoes & MonsoonsExplain how hurricanes form and intensify over warm ocean water (latent heat release, low-pressure spiral); describe tornado formation within supercell…
Ages 12 to 13ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Reading Ancient Climate RecordsExplain how ice cores preserve ancient air bubbles, isotope ratios, and volcanic markers allowing reconstruction of temperature and CO2 going back 800,000…
Ages 12 to 14ConceptScience // Weather & Climate
Net Zero & Energy TransitionEvaluate the energy transition required to reach net zero: renewable energy scaling, electrification of transport and heat, green hydrogen; describe carbon…
Ages 13 to 14ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egypt, the Nile, and the DesertLocate Egypt on a map of Africa and understand that it is a country in a very hot, dry desert, but the River Nile — the longest river in the world — flows…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Vocabulary: ancient egyptKnow and use the key vocabulary of ancient Egypt — pharaoh, pyramid, tomb, mummy/mummification, hieroglyphs, papyrus, sarcophagus, canopic jar, natron…
Ages 5 to 9LanguageHistory // Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs and TutankhamunKnow that ancient Egypt was ruled by powerful kings and queens called pharaohs, who lived in grand palaces and made the laws — and that one of the most famous…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Pyramids and the Great SphinxKnow that the ancient Egyptians built enormous stone pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs, that the Great Pyramid at Giza was one of the Seven Wonders of the…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Gods and the AfterlifeUnderstand that the ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses and believed that life continued after death in a wonderful afterlife — which is why…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Everyday Life in Ancient EgyptDescribe what everyday life was like for ordinary people in ancient Egypt: farmers grew wheat and barley near the Nile, families lived in mud-brick houses…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphs and PapyrusKnow that the ancient Egyptians used a special writing system called hieroglyphs — pictures and symbols that stood for sounds and words — and that they wrote on…
Ages 5 to 7Concept