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 * Topic: ** Plant growth
 * Subject area: ** Science and English (writing and presentation skills)
 * Year: ** 4 & 5
 * Curriculum alignment ** : [[file:science_scope_and_sequence.pdf]]
 * Teachers: ** Shelley Brown and Lea Huntley

= =Introduction = Plants play an essential role in life. It is important for students to learn and understand the processes and life cycles of plants and the roles and importance to their own lives. An authentic way to teach students about plant growth is to immerse them in an environment where they are responsible for planting and tending their own vegetable gardens. This could be a project that students are involved in over an extended period of time with ongoing learning on plant growth and further activities which could be related to their own lives to assist students to gain a greater understanding of the subject.

=Task overview = The activity we have provided is the germination of seeds. This project is designed for students to have an hour in class each morning over two weeks. In this time students will learn and discover about the germination of seeds and examine the stages in this process. Students will primarily keep a journal to record their observations and take daily pictures using a camera. At the end of the two week period students will prepare a PowerPoint presentation to display and discuss their journals. This is a foundation activity for beginning of understanding plant growth.