Lesson summary
This activity will help students discover how to harvest, clean, store and propagate seeds from the garden.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- identify and describe the structure of seeds
- discover the role of seeds in plant life cycles
- harvest, clean, store and propagate seeds from the garden
- recognise simple patterns in data and describe their conclusions.
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian Curriculum content descriptions:
Year 5 Science:
- Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
- With guidance, plan appropriate investigation methods to answer questions or solve problems (ACSIS086)
Year 6 Science:
- The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)
- With guidance, plan appropriate investigation methods to answer questions or solve problems (ACSIS103)
Syllabus outcomes: ST3-4WS, ST3-10LW, ST3-11LW.
Resources required
- Plants with seeds ready to harvest
- coloured wool
- markers
- paper bags
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