Garden classes| Colour Key |
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Aim of the outcome.
| task | Essential Questions | Activities and Assessment Tasks | Year level | When taught |
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| 1 |
Inside class: What does frost do to plants in the garden? |
Frost Powerpoint You will also need to have food in plastic bags. Two of each, one that been in freeze and one that has been in fridge. |
grade 3 and 4 | Grade 3 and 4: Winter 2015 |
| 2 |
Inside class How do you run a fair test? What conditions do plants nned to grow? |
How to grow the best tomatoes. Need laptops and interent access. |
Grade 5 and 6 | Grade 5 and 6: 2015 |
| 3 |
Outside class How far can an ant run in a minute
or inside class with other activities. |
Ant instruction sheet for measure ant run Need timer or watch, chalk, string and ruler. Other activities on ants Watch this:Amazing facts about ants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ploW2KEUmLw Watch this: Ant colony excuvated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmD5ahkOPAQ Open ended sheet: Ants can,have ,are: Use this for research or after watching videos Write a poem about ant workers or find out how ants communicate and work together. |
All levels but younger students tend to squash ant with chalk, which makes them run faster. | March 2014 all levels |
| 4 |
Inside class best to be in science room but equipment can be taken out. |
Vertebrate powerpoint. Need a collection of animals in speicmen jars found in the science room. |
All levels | July 2015 all levels |
| 5 |
How plants work How plants work: Powerpoint |
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| 6 |
Eat a rainbow a day: Powerpoint Make a placemat |
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| Why are seaons important |
Seasons: Importnce for Aboriginal and gardeners. Seasons powerpoint. Seasons handout sheet. |