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ScienceOcean Lifeusually ages 9–11

Ocean Animal Migrations

Know that many ocean animals undertake remarkable migrations — humpback whales travel thousands of miles between feeding and breeding grounds, sea turtles return to the same beach where they hatched to lay eggs — and understand these journeys are linked to seasonal food supplies and reproduction

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If your child heard that a humpback whale swims from Antarctica to the tropics every year, could they explain why — that it's following food in summer and heading to warmer waters to have its baby?

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Builds on
Ocean Animal Adaptationsages 7–9Migration is a major adaptation; requires understanding adaptations
The Five Oceansages 7–9Migration across oceans requires knowing the geography of oceans
Animal Migrationages 7–9Ocean Life marine migration builds on the general migration concept from Animals of the World
Ocean Food Websages 7–9Migration patterns connect to food web dynamics and seasonal food availability
Ocean Animal Migrationsthis skill · ages 9–11
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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S4U01low confidenceYear 4 · Science understanding

explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U03low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand

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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