World 02
Nature, animals, plants, earth, oceans, climate and living systems
At this age this World is not facts. It is the habit of noticing, wondering aloud, trying, and noticing again — a child's first apprenticeship in evidence.
Repeat is the method. A toddler who pours water between two jugs eleven times is running an experiment. Ask what will happen before it happens, then watch together.
Counting, sorting and measuring what is alive.
Nature as the first engineer.
Drawing from life, colour from the ground.
The intellectual architecture
Science is not a body of facts to be received but a method for settling disagreements with evidence. A child who has done real inquiry treats claims differently for life.
Questions worth a childhood
Underneath
Biology · Ecology · Geology · Chemistry · Earth science · Climate science
Where it can lead: Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Environmental science, Medicine, Veterinary science, Climate science.
Concepts carried here: systems, proportion and rate, evidence and inference, materials and forces, change over time, ethical reasoning — the same ideas recur in other Worlds, which is the point.
0–18, and what changes
Wet, dry, cold, rough
Becomes able to: handles and returns to natural material.
Demonstrated when: Returns repeatedly to one natural material with attention.
Living and non-living · Seasons
Becomes able to: sorts and names.
Demonstrated when: Sorts by a rule the child chose and can state.
Life cycles · Materials change state
Becomes able to: predicts before testing.
Demonstrated when: Reports a result that disagreed with their prediction.
Variables · Habitats and food chains
Becomes able to: designs a fair test.
Demonstrated when: Identifies the flaw in an unfair test.
Energy transfer · Adaptation · Rock cycle
Becomes able to: records quantitative data over time.
Demonstrated when: A dataset the child gathered showing a pattern they can explain.
Cells · Particle model · Plate tectonics
Becomes able to: controls variables and repeats.
Demonstrated when: A write-up with method, data, anomalies and a conclusion.
Reaction and equation · Genetics · Energy and power
Becomes able to: reports uncertainty; uses correct units throughout.
Demonstrated when: An investigation whose uncertainty is quantified, not gestured at.
Sampling · Confounding · Replication
Becomes able to: critiques a published method.
Demonstrated when: A named confound identified in a real study, with its likely effect.
Modelling · Statistical inference · Research ethics
Becomes able to: designs, executes and defends original work.
Demonstrated when: An investigation with a genuine result and a limitations section a scientist would accept.
Genuine connections
Qualification mapping
All supported systemsSupports preparation
Practical skills, variables and quantitative analysis are directly relevant; assessment requires a registered centre.
Conceptually aligned
The internal assessment investigation is close in form to WSA independent inquiry.
Conceptually aligned
Science practices in the course frameworks match the inquiry progression.
Related
Topic overlap is substantial; NSC assessment requires an approved route.
The World School Atelier does not award, register or guarantee any qualification. These are mappings that show where your child's demonstrated work sits in relation to external frameworks, so that a family can plan. Entry requirements, specifications and recognition change; verify each with the awarding body before making decisions.