Get Growing

What makes a plant a plant? How do they grow and change, and what do they need to thrive?

Students discover this and more as they explore the Garden, investigate the parts of plants and plant their own seed to take home.

• Embark on a ‘plant features’ walk, collect garden fallen treasures along the way.
• Create an ephemeral artwork showing parts of plants.
• Make a seed ball to take home, plant and watch grow.
• Investigate what a plant needs to thrive.

• Describe the external features of a variety of plants they find in the Garden, e.g. leaves, stems, flowers, fruits.
• Explore how a plant grows, changes, and has offspring similar to itself, e.g. acting out a plant’s life cycle through embodiment.
• Learn about the specific environment a plant needs to thrive.

Focus Syllabus Outcomes

Science - Living Worlds

• Describes observable features of living things and their environments (ST1-4LW-S)

Supported Syllabus Outcomes

Science - Working Scientifically

• Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas (ST1-1WS-S)