Teacher primer: What is Climate Change?

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.