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Lesson 5<br />
Biological sciences<br />
LIVING THINGS HAVE NEEDS<br />
Teacher notes<br />
<strong>Science</strong> inquiry focus:<br />
What happens if plant’s needs are not met?<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 make observations about the growth of their<br />
radish and investigate who is <strong>res</strong>ponsible for taking care of<br />
plants.<br />
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics links:<br />
• using mathematical language to compare the growth of<br />
radishes and to instruct adding more or less water to the<br />
plant in the interactive activity<br />
• participating in an interactive activity online<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 from<br />
animals. Plants need air, sunlight, water, soil and space<br />
to grow and reproduce.<br />
• Unlike animals, plants create their own food through<br />
photosynthesis. Plants take carbon dioxide from the air,<br />
the sunlight and the water and convert these nutrients<br />
into glucose, which the plant uses to grow and produce<br />
oxygen, which it emits back into the environment.<br />
• When a plant’s needs are not met, it becomes sick just<br />
like an animal. Its physical appearance changes. Its<br />
leaves may wilt, turn yel<strong>low</strong> or shed, or it may develop<br />
spots of rot.<br />
• Different plants require different amounts of air, water,<br />
sunlight, soil and space. This is because plants have<br />
adapted to grow in different conditions. Some plants<br />
can survive without soil at all, such as air plants, and<br />
some share the same space, such as vines around a tree<br />
in a rainfo<strong>res</strong>t. It is important when choosing plants to<br />
check their individual needs.<br />
Assessment focus:<br />
• Use the student’s drawing and<br />
their two sentences to assess their<br />
observation and recording skills.<br />
Resources<br />
• Access to the radishes<br />
planted in Lesson 4<br />
• Blank piece of paper for<br />
each student<br />
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20 <strong>Science</strong>:<br />
A <strong>STEM</strong> APPROACH<br />
YEAR<br />
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