Teacher primer: Helping the planet - an illustrated guide

KS1 National Curriculum

KS1 Science

• Everyday materials
• Living things and their habitats
• Animals, including humans
• Plants

KS1 Geography

• Human & physical geography  

KS1 Citizenship

• Consider social and moral dilemmas that they come across in everyday life 
• Take part in discussions
• Make real choices
• Realise that people and other living things have needs, and that they have responsibilities to meet them  
• Understand what improves and harms their local, natural and built environments and about some of the ways people look after them

KS2 National Curriculum

KS2 Science

• Living things & their habitats  

KS2 Geography

• Human & physical geography  

KS2 Citizenship

• Research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events 
• Understand why and how rules and laws are made and enforced, why different rules are needed in different situations and how to take part in making and changing rules 
• Understand that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment 
• Take responsibility 
• Make real choices and decisions

KS3 National Curriculum 

KS3 Biology

• Interactions and interdependencies
• Genetics and evolution

KS3 Chemistry

• Earth and atmosphere

KS3 Physics

• Energy

KS3 Geography

• Physical Geography
• Human Geography

KS3 Citizenship

• The roles played by public institutions and voluntary groups in society, and the ways in which citizens work together to improve their communities, including opportunities to participate in school-based activities

KS4 National Curriculum

KS4 Biology

• Ecosystems

KS4 Chemistry

• Chemical and allied industries
• Earth and atmospheric science

KS4 Physics

• Energy

KS4 Geography

• Place: processes and relationships
• People and environment: processes and interactions
• Human geography: processes and change

KS4 Citizenship

• The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity

KS5 National Curriculum 

(Building upon KS4 knowledge)

KS5 Biology

• Biodiversity
• Ecosystems 

KS5 Chemistry

• The relevance of sustainability to all aspects of scientific developments

KS5 Physics

• The principle of conservation of energy

KS5 Geography

• Water and carbon cycles
• Landscape systems
• Global systems and global governance
• Changing place; changing places

KS5 Citizenship

The different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of his or her community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity.