World facts
Learn well-established facts about places, nature and everyday life around the world.
General Knowledge · Activity guide
General knowledge practice about the wider world.
A useful five minutes might mean learning a well-established fact, spotting a connection, or comparing two things in the world around them. Use these ideas for conversation or practice, then try the separate demo or printable below.
No account or card. This is a mixed ten-question demo; signed-in learning starts from the choices on your child’s Home.
Ideas to explore
From a single fact to noticing how things connect
These are general activity ideas, not a complete course or a list of activities available to every child after sign-in. The age and grade guides are approximate.
Making connections
Link cause and effect, or trace how something people rely on gets from its source to their hands.
Curiosity and comparison
Compare sizes, categories or quantities of things in the world, then explain the difference.
After the demo
Choose from what is available for your child.
After sign-in, your child’s Home shows the learning goals currently available for their age and level. The demo and printable in this guide are separate ways to try an activity. Practice collections chosen with a parent are separate; these record practice, not independent learning progress.
- Choose 5, 10 or 15 questions for practice
- Teaching has separate steps where offered
- Parent reports distinguish practice from independent progress
More activity ideas
Facts worth knowing, one question at a time
- Animals: Which of these animals lays eggs — a lion, a penguin, a dog or a rabbit?
- Sequence: Bananas travel a long way before they reach a shop. Which step happens first — grown, picked or packed?
- Categories: Which of these is a fruit rather than a vegetable — a carrot, a potato, a tomato or an onion?
Free Print & Play sheet
Trace the Banana’s Journey
Children aged roughly 9–10 put five stages of a banana supply chain in order, link them with arrows, and name one thing that could go wrong. One A4 page, black and white, with no sign-in.
Try the public demo
Ten demo questions, then a stopping point.
Start at the age-9 level to see general knowledge and other age-aware subjects in the public demo.