AC9S3U01 Year 3 Science

Content descriptor compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals

Elaborations

• • Elaboration classifying a collection of objects as living, once living or non-living and explaining their reasoning
• • Elaboration observing and describing differences between metamorphic (such as butterflies, beetles or frogs) and non-metamorphic life cycles of animals, including humans
• • Elaboration comparing the physical characteristics of an animal such as a frog or moth with its activity at different stages of its life cycle
• • Elaboration representing stages of a plant or animal’s life cycle using drawings, digital photographs, graphic organisers or concrete materials
• • Elaboration investigating how First Nations Australians understand and utilise the life cycles of certain species