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It establishes a coherent progression framework for awarding organisations, focusing on rich understanding of the natural world, habitats and typical UK wildlife, and the use of classification and taxonomy. The curriculum includes fieldwork practice, record keeping and analysis, study of human influences and climate change, and exploration of global species relationships through migrations, introductions and invasions. Appendices support mathematics in natural history and habitat coverage requirements.","Natural history GCSE  \nProposed subject content  \nJune 2026  \nContents  \nThe content for GCSE natural history 3  \nIntroduction 3  \nSubject aims 3  \nSubject content 4  \nKnowledge and understanding 4  \nHabitats and wildlife in the UK 4  \nHuman influence on the natural world 6  \nFieldwork 7  \nAppendix 1: Use of mathematics and statistics in natural history 10  \nAppendix 2: Examples of wildlife typically found for each habitat 11  \nAppendix 3: Habitat coverage requirements 15  \nThe content for GCSE natural history  \nIntroduction  \n1. This document sets out the subject aims and content coverage required for GCSEs in natural history. The GCSE subject content sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills common to all GCSE specifications in a given subject. Together with the assessment objectives, it provides the framework within which awarding organisations create the detail of their specifications, so ensuring the possibilities of progression into further academic and vocational study, training or employment.  \nSubject aims  \n2. GCSE specifications in natural history should provide a knowledge-rich, coherent, and worthwhile course of study.  \n3. GCSE specifications in natural history should give students the opportunity to:  \n• demonstrate substantial knowledge of the natural world and understand the importance of looking after it  \n• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the range of habitats found in the UK and some of the species typically found in each habitat  \n• build on knowledge of the wildlife in the UK gained in the classroom, through the study of real plants and animals in situ  \n• demonstrate knowledge and practice in natural history fieldwork, the tools needed, the approach to record keeping and analysis skills and use this in the detailed study of specific organisms and the contexts in which they live, including habitat types  \n• demonstrate knowledge of a range of human influences on the natural world to understand the implications for habitats, ecosystems, organisms and species, as well as how the natural world can be preserved and supported  \n• understand that climate change is a natural and human accelerated  \nphenomenon, demonstrating knowledge of the impact on the natural environment and the measures that can be taken to manage and mitigate these impacts  \n• demonstrate knowledge of the global dynamic and important relationships between species, through study of migrations, introductions and invasions.  \nSubject content  \n4. GCSE specifications in natural history should reflect the aims and objectives outlined above and must include the knowledge, understanding and skills listed below, giving due consideration to the assessment objectives. The subject content outlined here provides the framework for developing a coherent study programme at GCSE. GCSE specifications must require students to extend the knowledge of the natural world acquired at key stage 3 of the national curriculum, to gain knowledge of classification and taxonomy and enable them to identify plants, animals and fungi found in the UK, both native and alien (non-native , including invasive) .  \n5. Specifications must provide opportunities for students to develop and reinforce their knowledge through fieldwork, which should equip them with a sufficient understanding of the tools needed, along with appropriate approaches to record keeping and analysis, so that students can undertake research of specific organisms in their natural habitats.  \n6. The mathematical techniques required for this GCSE are included in Appendix 1. In order to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in natural history, students must develop the ability to select and use appropriate mathematical processes.  \nKnowledge and understanding  \nHabitats and wildlife in the UK  \n7. 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