Curriculum

These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

• partial: Know that a rainforest has four layers from ground to sky — the forest floor (dark, damp, full of decomposing leaves), the understory (small trees and shrubs in the shade), the canopy (a thick roof of treetops where most animals live), and the emergent layer (the tallest trees poking above the canopy into bright sunlight)

  Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.

• partial: Name the four rainforest layers in order from ground to sky: forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent

  Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.

• partial: Describe one key feature of each layer, such as the canopy being a thick roof of leaves or the forest floor being dark and damp

  Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.

• blocked: Explain that most rainforest animals live in the canopy because that is where there is food and light

  Exact source demand not established: The exact source says most rainforest animals live in the canopy; abundance varies by organism and forest. Teach many rather than an unqualified measured majority. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.

• partial: If {{name}} draws a rainforest, can they show the four layers — the dark forest floor, the shady understory, the leafy canopy, and the tallest emergent trees poking into the sky?

  Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.

• The exact source says most rainforest animals live in the canopy; abundance varies by organism and forest. Teach many rather than an unqualified measured majority.