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Biological sciences<br />
GROWING AND CHANGING<br />
Lesson 4<br />
Teacher notes<br />
<strong>Science</strong> inquiry focus:<br />
How do offspring that look like their parents grow and change?<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 />
• Evaluating E<br />
• Communicating C<br />
<strong>Science</strong> as a Human Endeavour:<br />
• Students act like scientists when they make observations, ask<br />
questions and describe the growth of an animal.<br />
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics links:<br />
• viewing images on Instagram posts<br />
• using the internet to <strong>res</strong>earch a website<br />
• using an application on a computer tablet to compile a<br />
report<br />
• writing a plan for a digital report<br />
Background information<br />
• Some animals grow and change just as humans do.<br />
Mammals are born live and change in size, but closely<br />
<strong>res</strong>emble their parents.<br />
• Other animals, such as insects and frogs, go through a<br />
complete metamorphosis.<br />
Assessment focus:<br />
• Use page 17 or the digital<br />
report as a formative<br />
assessment of the student’s<br />
understanding that some<br />
offspring go through simple<br />
changes in their life and look<br />
similar to their parents from<br />
birth, young and adult.<br />
Resources<br />
• Cincinnati Zoo Instagram<br />
page at <br />
• Seesaw application on<br />
computer tablet. Teachers<br />
should familiarise<br />
themselves with the<br />
application at . If the<br />
application is not available<br />
on the school computer<br />
tablets then an alternative<br />
like ShowMe or PowerPoint<br />
can be used<br />
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