Foundation, Term 3: Living thingsFocus: CyclesScope and sequence: Life cycles |
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Learning
intention: Students
explore the characteristics, needs and uses of living
things.
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NSW Syllabus
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Australian Curriculum
(version 9.0)
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"A student explores the
characteristics, needs and uses of living things." (STe-3LW-ST)
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"Students learn to observe
external features of plants and animals and describe ways they
can be grouped based on these features." (AC9SFU01)
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CD case planters
The following video (2:28) shows how students can use CD
cases to grow seeds. They can also write on their experiment as it
happens as an introduction to real-time data logging.
Inventing a creature
What have you cared for? Discuss some of the different ways in which children have been encouraged to be responsible in the past. For example, caring for an egg, plant or Tamagotchi.
The following video (2:34) is an animated version of the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.
How can you tell if something is alive? |
The following video (3:40) is a great introduction to the
characteristics of life.
This short video (2:09) outlines seven characteristics of living things, namely:
Of these seven characteristics, perhaps homeostasis is the least familiar term. Homeostasis is the state of steady internal, physical, chemical, and social conditions maintained by living systems. This is discussed further in SILO 5.1 'Biochemistry'.