Learning Map
SciencePolar Regionsusually ages 5–7

Where Are the Poles?

Know that Earth has a North Pole and a South Pole — the two coldest places on the planet — and be able to find them on a globe, understanding that they are at the very top and very bottom of the Earth, as far from the Equator as possible

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

If you hand your child a globe, can they point to the North Pole and the South Pole and tell you they're the coldest places on Earth?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
Where Are the Poles?this skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Arctic vs Antarcticages 5–7Must know where the poles are before comparing Arctic vs Antarctic
Brave Polar Explorersages 5–7Must know where the poles are before learning about explorers who went there
Ice & Snowages 5–7Must know about polar regions before learning about ice and snow there
Midnight Sun & Polar Nightages 5–7Must know about the poles before understanding extreme day/night cycles there
Habitats & Basic Needsages 6–8Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)

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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

Arctic vs Antarcticages 5–7 Brave Polar Explorersages 5–7 Ice & Snowages 5–7 Midnight Sun & Polar Nightages 5–7

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