Learning Map
ScienceThe Human Bodyusually ages 5–7

How Breathing Works

Know that we breathe air into our lungs through the nose and mouth, that our lungs take in oxygen from the air which our body needs to stay alive, and that we breathe out carbon dioxide as waste

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

After running around, can your child notice their faster breathing and explain that their lungs are taking in air that the body needs?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
How Breathing Worksthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
How the Lungs Workages 9–11Detailed respiratory system builds on knowing we breathe air into lungs for oxygen
Basic Body Needsages 5–7Basic needs (body needs air) connects to knowing about breathing and lungs
Cells, Tissues & Organsages 7–9Cells-to-systems hierarchy helps organise knowledge of lungs as organs in a system

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

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

Basic Body Needsages 5–7 Bones & Musclesages 5–7 The Brain Controls the Bodyages 5–7 The Five Sensesages 5–7

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