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Lesson 4<br />
Biological sciences<br />
LIVING THINGS HAVE NEEDS<br />
Teacher notes<br />
<strong>Science</strong> inquiry focus:<br />
What do plants need?<br />
<strong>Science</strong> Inquiry Skills:<br />
• Questioning and predicting QP<br />
• Planning and conducting PC<br />
• Processing and analysing data and information PA<br />
• Communicating<br />
C<br />
<strong>Science</strong> as a Human Endeavour:<br />
• Students learn how to take care of plants and provide<br />
for their needs by growing a radish from a seed.<br />
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics links:<br />
• using the ShowMe app to explain how they provided for<br />
the needs of their radish plant<br />
• explaining why particular needs have been grouped<br />
together to identify which living thing the needs are for<br />
Background information<br />
• Plants include trees, f<strong>low</strong>ers, herbs, bushes, grasses,<br />
fruit-bearing plants, vines and ferns.<br />
• All plants have five basic needs that differ slightly<br />
from animals. Plants need air, sunlight, water, soil<br />
and space to grow and reproduce.<br />
• How plants meet their needs:<br />
Air—Plants absorb the carbon dioxide from the air<br />
through their leaves.<br />
Sunlight—Plants absorb sunlight through their<br />
leaves.<br />
Water—Plants absorb water through their roots.<br />
Soil—Plants anchor themselves to the ground and<br />
absorb nutrients from the soil using their roots.<br />
Space—Plants have various seed dispersal<br />
methods for finding a place of their own. Plants<br />
with limited space will compete for nutrients and<br />
the weaker plant will not survive.<br />
• Unlike animals, plants create their own food through<br />
photosynthesis. Plants take carbon dioxide from the<br />
air, the sunlight and the water and convert these<br />
nutrients into glucose, which the plant uses to grow<br />
and produce oxygen, which it emits back into the<br />
environment.<br />
Assessment focus:<br />
• Use the ShowMe app p<strong>res</strong>entation to<br />
assess the student’s understanding of<br />
the needs of plants.<br />
• Use observational notes to monitor the<br />
student’s ability to participate in guided<br />
investigations, including fol<strong>low</strong>ing<br />
instructions, using tools and materials<br />
safely and <strong>res</strong>ourcefully, and engaging<br />
in discussions about the investigation.<br />
Resources<br />
• One copy of page 18 for display<br />
on the interactive whiteboard<br />
• Online song–'The needs of a<br />
plant' at <br />
• One copy of page 19 for display<br />
on the interactive whiteboard<br />
• One large plastic cup for each<br />
student or each group. These will<br />
need small drainage holes in the<br />
bottom<br />
• Three-quarters of a cup of soil<br />
for each student or each group<br />
• Water spray bottles for the class<br />
to share<br />
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• One sunny area to place<br />
the cups<br />
• Two radish seeds for each<br />
student or each group<br />
• One iPad® for each student<br />
• Online video–How a seed grows<br />
at <br />
16 <strong>Science</strong>:<br />
A <strong>STEM</strong> APPROACH<br />
YEAR<br />
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