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What Is Wind?

Your child knows wind is moving air. It can be a gentle breeze or a strong gale. Wind can move leaves, fly a kite, or push against you.

In curriculum terms

Know that wind is moving air, that it can be gentle (a breeze) or very strong (a gale), and that wind can move things like leaves, kites, flags, and even push people

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

On a windy day, can your child explain that wind is air moving, point out things being blown around, and describe whether it's a gentle breeze or a strong gust?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
What Is Wind?this skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
What Causes Windages 7–9Understanding wind causes requires knowing what wind is
Using Weather Instrumentsages 7–9Measuring wind benefits from knowing what wind is

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

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).

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