Get Growing - Stage 1

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What makes a plant a plant? How do they grow and change, and what do they need to thrive? Students discover this and more as they explore the beautiful Royal Botanic Garden, plant their own seed to take home, and meet a garden expert.

Learning Activities

Students embark on a ‘plant features’ walk led by a Botanic Garden educator
They will plant a seed to take home and grow, act out its life cycle and have fun playing the ‘Plant Needs’ game 
Students will also meet one of the Garden’s expert horticulture staff and find out how they care for plants

Stages

Stage 1 Science

Location

Rathborne Lodge

Duration

2 hours

Cost

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Describing the external features of a variety of plants they find in the Garden, eg leaves, stems, flowers, fruits.
Exploring how a plant grows, changes, and has offspring similar to itself, eg acting out a plant’s life cycle through embodiment.
Learning about the specific environment a plant needs to thrive, eg light, air, water, nutrients, soil.
Discovering how a local environment can be improved to help plants grow, eg Q&A with a horticulturalist.

Focus Syllabus Outcomes

SCIENCE - Living World  
Describes observable features of living things and their environments (ST1-4LW-S)  

Supported Syllabus Outcomes

SCIENCE - Working Scientifically  
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas (ST1-1WS-S)

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Sustainable Development Goals

Through our education programs we aim to
•   ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning (SDG 4)
•   demonstrate actions that work towards making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11)
•   inform and empower students to preserve our forests and halt biodiversity loss (SDG 15)

Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals we promote prosperity for the whole community, while protecting our planet for future generations.