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plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches, while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment
- comparing the roots, leaves, flowers and stems of different plants
- investigating the movement of water in plants by observing what happens when a celery stick is placed in a glass of water to which food colouring has been added
- exploring how the 5 human sensory organs (eyes, ears, skin, nose and tongue) detect and respond to what is happening around them, and comparing the importance of sensory organs for different animals, such as in echolocation used by bats
- exploring why animals, including humans, have different teeth and how this relates to diets (herbivores, carnivores and omnivores)
- investigating how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ observations of external features of living things, such as the way that different animals move and behave, can be represented in traditional dance
- grouping animals on the basis of common features, for example identifying how different animals use their tails or comparing body coverings of different animals, such as scales, fur, hair and skin
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Parts of a Plant - Differentiated Mini Books
Read and learn about the parts of a plant with a set of differentiated Parts of a Plant Books for kids.
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Plant Words - Illustrated Word Wall
Discover the world of plant-related vocabulary with an illustrated plant word wall display.
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Grouping Plants and Animals – Sorting Activity (F-1)
Sort and group plants and animals based on a variety of characteristics with a Plants And Animals Sorting Activity Pack.
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Comparing Life Stages Worksheet
An open-ended task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how animals grow and change.
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Growth and Change Unit Plan
This Biological Sciences unit explores how living things grow and change. Animal offspring (including humans) are compared with their parents and plants are grown from seed in order to observe change over a period of weeks.
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This is Your Life
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the stages of the human life cycle.
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Big Changes!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop their understanding of the concept of metamorphosis.
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Going Through Stages
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of simple life cycles.
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Mothers, Fathers and Babies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare observable features of adults and offspring and identify the proper names of adults and their offspring.
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A-Planting We Will Go!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plant seeds following the procedure of the scientific method.
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How Do Living Things Change?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about how living things change as they grow.