Living Things
Living Things is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Entity profile
Every node stores the same attribute set, which is why the hierarchy can grow without new templates.
Domain
Depth 1 in the graph
science/living-things
33,543
180 topics · 5,400 concepts · 27,000 micro-concepts
Strands
Every strand below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Characteristics of Life
Characteristics of Life is a curriculum strand within Living Things — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Cells
Cells is a curriculum strand within Living Things — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Habitats
Habitats is a curriculum strand within Living Things — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Explain living things
UnderstandExplain living things accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain living things independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind living things using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate living things
ApplyCalculate living things accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate living things independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare living things
AnalyseCompare living things accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare living things independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind living things using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Justify living things
EvaluateJustify living things accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Justify living things independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
Entry point — nothing in this branch is required first.
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Learners over-generalise a special case of living things to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Students treat living things as a rule to memorise rather than a relationship to understand.
Correction — Anchor the rule in a visual model first, then abstract it — the model is the explanation.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
OCR-389.1
Mapped statement covering Living Things.
CAM-891.2
Mapped statement covering Living Things.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
Human Body
The organ systems that keep a human alive, and how they interact.
Matter
Matter is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Energy
Energy is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Earth and Space
Earth and Space is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
Not every visitor wants the same thing. Each intent routes to the resource that actually does that job.
Audience views
Living Things in Grade 5, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonFoundations of Living Things
- 02Video explanationLiving Things modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Living Things resources
Every format below is a free, standalone page generated from this entity — 53 of them, all interlinked.
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Connected resources
30 resource types are generated for Living Things automatically — the graph never produces an entity without them.
Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Living Things in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 3 strands, 15 units, 45 chapters, 180 topics, 900 subtopics, 5,400 concepts and 27,000 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Living Things?
- This entity sits at the start of its chain, so there are no prerequisites inside this branch.
- Which grades is Living Things taught in?
- Typically Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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