Watch it grow

Watch it grow excursion

Science and technology

How are animals similar and different to their offspring?

During this excursion Stage 1 students will explore the bushland in the Field of Mars Reserve to find examples of living things in various life stages. They will spot the differences between life stages of various plants and animals and describe how their external features change as they grow.

Using fieldwork methods to collect and identify invertebrates, students will view them close-up using an iPad and an IWB to explore how they change as they grow.

Students will meet the centre’s phasmids and construct their own leaf insect to take back to school.

Location

• Field of Mars Reserve

Track overview

• Buffalo Creek track
• Doyle and Warada loop track

Program details

• Maximum 6 classes per day.

Program cost

• 2020 DoE school cost is $18 per student - GST free.
• 2020 Non Gov school cost is $28 per student - GST free. Minimum charge $600.
• 2021 DoE school cost is $22 per student - GST free.
• 2021 Non Gov school cost is $32 per student - GST free. Minimum charge $600.

Program resources

• Watch it grow program
• Risk management advice
• Digital resource
• Social story – Watch it grow
• This program is supported by the digital text Phasmids. Available for free from Apple Books.