Watch it grow | Science student learning resource | Field of Mars EEC
Resource overview
Watch it grow is a Stage 1 science learning resource from Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre that helps students understand how plants and animals grow and change over time. Across ten activities with videos and classroom-ready resources, students explore plant growth from seed, track change using simple recording tools (including photo grids), and identify life stages of animals and invertebrates; it links directly to the Stage 1 Life cycles excursion or incursion.
Learning intention
- We are learning to explore and understand the life cycles of different plants and animals.
Lesson 1 - Plant life stages
Students investigate how plants grow from seeds to adults by exploring examples such as tomato and hairpin banksia plants, then setting up a simple seed-growing experiment to observe changes over time.
Lesson 2 - Animal life stages
Students learn how animals grow and change by matching baby and adult animals, watching a video about frog metamorphosis and creating a photo grid showing the life stages of a pet or other animal.
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Life cycles excursion
Students investigate life cycles of plants and animals through hands-on science activities, observing living things, their stages of growth and the conditions they need to survive.
Life cycles incursion
A hands-on incursion where students investigate life cycles of plants or animals, observe real specimens or models, and sequence the stages of growth and change.