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ScienceOrganisms & Life Processesusually ages 5–6

Common Plants & Trees

Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees

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If you point to a tree in the park, can your child tell you what kind it is and whether it keeps its leaves in winter?

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Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
Common Plants & Treesthis skill · ages 5–6
Unlocks
Parts of a Plantages 5–6Must know plant names before learning about their parts
What Living Things Needages 5–7Knowing plants helps understand what they need
Living, Dead & Never Aliveages 6–7Knowing plant names helps distinguish living from non-living

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9SFU01low confidenceFoundation · Science understanding

observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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Animal Body Groupsages 5–7 Body Parts & Sensesages 5–6 Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivoresages 5–6 Living Things Vocabularyages 5–7

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