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SciencePolar Regionsusually ages 5–7

Brave Polar Explorers

Know simple stories of brave polar explorers — Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen who raced to the South Pole, and Ernest Shackleton whose ship Endurance was crushed by ice but who brought all his men home safely — and understand that polar exploration required incredible courage and endurance

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Can your child tell you the story of explorers who went to the South Pole — like Scott and Amundsen's race, or Shackleton whose ship got trapped in the ice but who saved all his crew?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Where Are the Poles?ages 5–7Must know where the poles are before learning about explorers who went there
Brave Polar Explorersthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
The Race to the South Poleages 7–9Detailed exploration stories build on simple explorer introductions

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

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