Backyard Scientist - Take-Home Challenge

Foundation · Science · Extension Task · $4.49 AUD

A Foundation science take-home extension task in which children become backyard scientists. With a grown-up, children find one living thing, look at it closely for a whole minute without touching, draw it, tell someone two things they noticed and share a question with the class. Safety notes, guidance for families and teacher notes are included.

Part of the "Materials All Around Us" sub-unit. Aligned to AC9SFI01, AC9SFI05 (Australian Curriculum v9).

Students will:
• Observe a living thing closely
• Draw and name features of a living thing
• Share observations and questions with others

A ready-to-teach extension task, supplied as PDF, editable Word (DOCX) and PowerPoint (PPTX).

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