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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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Interactive Animal Movement Game
Explore animals and how they move with an interactive Animal Movement Game.
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Animal Features and Functions Matching Activity
Explore animal features and their functions with an engaging Animal Features Matching Game.
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Identifying Invertebrates Poster
Help your students differentiate between insects, arachnids and other invertebrates, with a printable Invertebrate Identification chart.
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We Grow and Change Mini Book
Teach your students about how we grow and change during childhood with a fun-sized mini book perfect for the early years.
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Animal Classification Chart Worksheet
Help your little learners identify members of mammals, birds, fish, and more animal classes using a handy animal characteristics worksheet.
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Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Game
Have fun classifying vertebrates and invertebrates with an exciting Google Slides Interactive Science Game!
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Classifying Vertebrates Flow Chart Poster
Classify vertebrates using an animal classification flowchart poster.
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Parts of a Plant PowerPoint Teaching Presentation
Explore the features and functions of the different parts of a plant with an interactive Parts of a Plant PowerPoint.
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Parts of a Plant Diagram
Identify basic plant parts with a printable Parts of a Plant Diagram.
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Patterns in Science - Grouping & Categorising Cards
Analyse patterns in nature with printable Grouping and Categorising Task Cards for early years.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.