IXL’s United Kingdom and Australian curriculum is expanding its horizons with the addition of primary school science! 

IXL Science helps students develop their reasoning and critical thinking skills while learning about the world around them. Our in-depth and interactive science curriculum ensures students are not just learning facts, but also applying them to real-world situations.  

IXL now provides a complete curriculum for students of primary school age across three subjects: maths, English, and science. With IXL’s personalised learning platform, teachers and parents have everything they need to meet each student’s needs while supporting interdisciplinary learning. 

Let’s take a closer look at IXL’s new science curriculum!

Complete and adaptive content

IXL’s curriculum covers a wide array of topics—from physical science, Earth and space science, and life science to scientific inquiry and engineering design—to cater to the diverse interests of all students. IXL’s science content uses a variety of visuals and interactive question types to engage learners and help them understand complex concepts.

Students always have access to all of IXL’s science skills, regardless of their year, making it easy to review foundational concepts or explore new topics at any time. Each skill is deeply adaptive to each learner, providing them with the scaffolding and personalisation needed to ensure true mastery. 

Plus, IXL Science is perfectly aligned with the UK’s national curricula and Australia’s state and territorial curricula. Each skill is carefully crafted to meet each region’s unique learning objectives. 

Science skill plans 

IXL Science also provides teachers with custom-made plans that match IXL skills to the curricula for Australia and the United Kingdom. 

Our skill plans provide teachers with the exact skills students should work on to meet learning objectives and prepare for exams. Teachers can easily assign skills and be assured that students are mastering the appropriate content. 

Skill progression 

IXL Science skills follow a unique scoring system specifically designed to support the immersive and rich nature of the science curriculum.  

With IXL Science, students progress through skills in stages. Each science concept is broken down into different steps to help them learn and check for understanding. Once learners complete multiple stages, they achieve mastery of the skill! 

As such, science skills use one of the following score types to ensure learners are reaching mastery: 

• Percents: Students need to answer a certain amount of questions correctly to move to the next stage.
• Streaks: Students must answer a certain number of questions correctly in a row. 
• Tokens: Students receive a token for each question they answer correctly, and progress once they’ve earned all the tokens for that stage.

While students won’t see a SmartScore during practice, SmartScores are available in IXL Analytics. 

Sample skills

Take a look at some sample science skills: 

How do animals use their body parts? (UK version): In this skill, students identify a variety of animals and their body parts. Learners see how animals use their body parts for survival. 

Identify phases of the moon (UK version): In this skill, students explore the different phases of the moon and learn how to use scientific models to solve questions.  

Ready to jump into the world of science? Explore IXL’s science skills for the United Kingdom and Australia!