Science and Technology – Living World
Supports the Primary Connections unit – Watch it grow!
Students investigate how living things change as they grow through hands-on activities and scientific investigations.
Program feedback
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Key syllabus outcomes
A student:
- observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas ST1-1WS-S
- describes observable features of living things and their environments ST1-4LW-S
Skills focus – working scientifically
Planning and conducting investigations
- explore and answer questions through participation in guided scientific investigations (ACSIS025, ACSIS038)
- collect data from observations
- record observations accurately and honestly using observational drawings, labelling, informal measurements and digital technologies (ACSIS026, ACSIS039)
- compare observations with those of others (ACSIS041, ACSIS213)
- make safe choices when using materials and equipment
Processing and analysing data
- use a range of methods to sort and collate information
- represent information using drawings and simple tables, including digital representation methods (ACSIS027, ACSIS040)
Inquiry question
- How do living things change as they grow?
Content
Living things change
Students:
- explore how living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (ACSSU030) SciT
- record the changes in growth of a common plant or animal, using uniform informal units and appropriate technologies ComT SysT
Learning experiences
Students:
- observe life stages of animals through hands-on activities such as dipnetting for water invertebrates and searching for land invertebrates
- model a life cycle using natural materials
- observe life stages of plants
- collect and compare seed pods and create ephemeral art or scratch art