flowering plants

Unit overview: A set of activities to guide study of Flowering Plants through activities of observation, classification, recording of available plants and conducting propagation of available plants, which may lead to experimentation.

Author(s): Jillian Varga, Clovelly Primary School

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Band: Primary Years

Strand: Life Systems

Duration: 6 topics - length depends on depth of study & interest. Minimum 12 lessons.

Published: June 2002

Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided by the National Quality Teacher Program
Context: We have a school garden for native plants. Students are involved in the care and planting. The school demographic is low socio-economic, with many single parent families. Classes are composite of mixed ability.

Key Idea: Students pose questions and seek explanations about the internal & external features of living things to better understand the supports of life in particular environments.

  • Observing & identifying similarities and differences
  • Classifying plants into a range of groups
  • Survival features of plants
  • Responsibility to care for the environment.
Elements of the SACSA Framework
Essential Learnings
Key Competencies
Outcome (SACSA Standards)

Communication

Interdependence

Link to SACSA Essential Learnings

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7

List all Key Competencies

 2.5 Explores relationships between living things.
© South Australian Science Teachers Association Inc. 2002