NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 28
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STAGE 1 DIGITAL ACTIVITY
7. What do seeds need to help them grow? What might stop them
from growing?
8. Read the story Peep Plants A Seed by Joe Fallon, or watch the Peep
Plants a Seed video on their website.
9. Students each have a paper envelope and choose a seed. They
examine the seed and draw examples on the envelope of the kind
of plant they think it might become. Put the envelope next to the
planted seed to see if it matches. The seed can be grown to 昀椀nd out
what kind of plant it grows into.
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10. Why is it good for the environment to plant more seeds?
PRESCHOOL/KINDY:
COUNT AND CLICK ON
THE TADPOLES IN THIS
ONLINE ACTIVITY FOR AGES
4-6, TINY TADPOLES.
YEAR 1: IN THIS HOUR OF CODE
VIDEO TUTORIAL, LEARN HOW TO
CREATE A SCRATCH GAME TO GROW
A PLANT.
SPROUTING SEEDS
TEACHER PREPARATION:
Ask students to bring in
jars from home
Cut circles out of clean
cloth to act as a lid over
the mouth of the jar
AIM: TO OBSERVE THE SPROUTING OF CRESS AND MUNG BEANS
MATERIALS
1 small or medium sized glass jar
Access to water
Cloth to act as a lid to the jar
Cress seeds
Rubber band to hold the cloth on the jar
Mung beans
1 small plate
Ruler
Paper towel or cotton wool
Permanent marker
SAFETY FIRST – GLASS SAFETY GLASS CAN BREAK. BE PREPARED AND APPROACH THIS AS A LEARNING
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO MANAGE THE RISK. IF WATER IS SPILT ON THE FLOOR, ENSURE THAT IT CAN BE
CLEANED UP BEFORE SOMEONE SLIPS ON IT. REMIND THEM TO FOLLOW THE TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONS AT ALL TIMES.
WHAT TO DO
CRESS SEEDS SET UP
1. Place some cotton wool on the small
plate.
7. Monitor your sprouts in the data table.
MUNG BEAN SET UP
1. In the morning, add 10 mung beans in the small glass jar.
2. Wet the cotton wool so that it is moist but
not dripping.
2. Add water to cover the seeds and soak for the whole day.
3. Sprinkle with 10 cress seeds evenly
spaced.
4. Place a piece of material over the mouth of the jar and secure
with a rubber band.
4. Put your name on a piece of paper to
identify your seeds.
5. Write your name(s) on the glass jar.
5. Place your plate in the sunlight.
6. Add water to the cotton wool each day to
keep it moist.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
3. In the afternoon, drain the water o昀昀 and rinse with fresh water.
6. Place the jar in the dark.
7. Rinse the seeds with water and drain once or twice a day.
8. Monitor your sprouts in the data table.
Note that other seeds can also be sprouted,
such as alfalfa, kale or chickpea.
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