Activity

•  identify plants in their local environment and begin to understand the importance of plants to people and animals.

• A3 paper or butchers' paper (one piece per student)

• markers, pens, coloured pencils or paints

• recognise features of plants, make and record observations about plants and use appropriate language to describe the parts of a plant.

• seedlings (1 per student)

• 'plant parts [3]' worksheet

3. Healthy plant, sick plant [4]
Can plants get sick? What would a sick plant look like? Students explore their ideas of healthy and sick and apply their knowledge to plants. 

• recognise that plants are living things and can be impacted on by things in their environment.

• a healthy plant

• 'healthy or sick' [5] worksheets

• coloured pencils

• ‘Sick Plants' PowerPoint or colour copy of ‘sick plants' [6] PDF

4. Crops in your class [7]
What items in your classroom come from a crop?

• understand that people need plants to survive, and recognise some of the different crops grown in Australia and what they are used for.

• colour copy of 'crops in Australia [8]' PDF or 'crops in Australia' PowerPoint

• 'mix and match' [9] worksheet

5. Grow your own crop [10]
Students grow their own plants from seeds learning about living things and making simple observations.

• understand that living things grow and need air and water to survive.

• trays or pots (1 per student/group)

• cress / bean or mustard seeds ( or seeds of any fast-growing plant)

• markers/pens

• potting mix/soil

• 'plant growth diary' [9] worksheet