NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 26
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AIM: STUDENTS COLLECT AND OBSERVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEAVES
WHAT TO DO
1. Over the course of Science Week, students collect leaves from the school yard,
park or home garden that show a variety of traits, such as: a long one, a round
one, nibbled by a caterpillar, dead leaf, a blade of grass, a favourite leaf.
2. As they collect them, they stick them to the template on the matching outline
of a leaf. Who is able to collect all the di昀昀erent leaves?
3. Students are encouraged to put on a hat and sunscreen before heading out
doors to collect leaves.
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CREATE A LEAF COLLECTION
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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
WHAT YOU NEED
Craft glue to stick
the leaves to the
template sheet
RESULTS
NAME:
ROUND LEAF
LONG LEAF
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Where did you find your leaves?
2. Which is your favourite leaf
and why?
EATEN LEAF
BLADE OF GRASS
3. What are the similar features
of your leaf set? What are the
differences among the leaves
in your set?
4. Which leaf/leaves could be food
for a caterpillar or other animals?
5. What other parts of plants
provide food?
6. Can a dead leaf still be food
for an animal?
DEAD LEAF
FAVOURITE LEAF
7. Do plants need food, too?
Food gives us the energy to
grow, so how do plants get the
energy to grow?
SHUTTERSTOCK
8. Is a blade of grass a leaf?
Why or why not?
9. What might cause the
caterpillars in the garden
to decrease?
SAFETY FIRST – REMIND STUDENTS TO WEAR A HAT AND PUT ON SUNSCREEN
BEFORE HEADING OUTDOORS FOR THE LEAF COLLECTION. TELL THEM NOT TO
TOUCH ANY ANIMALS OR PICK UP ANY LEAVES WITH INSECTS OR SPIDERS, AND
REMIND THEM TO FOLLOW THEIR TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONS AT ALL TIMES.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
10. What could you do to increase
the number of caterpillars
in a garden?
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