AC9SFU01 Foundation Science

Content descriptor observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features

Elaborations

• • Elaboration observing fruits and vegetables and identifying them as parts of plants such as roots, flowers, fruits or leaves
• • Elaboration recognising humans as animals, describing external features of humans and exploring similarities and differences compared with other animals
• • Elaboration using magnifying glasses or digital cameras to observe and identify external features of plants including seeds, flowers, fruits and roots, or of animals such as eyes, body covering, legs and wings
• • Elaboration sorting collections of model animals and explaining different grouping strategies
• • Elaboration recognising First Nations Australians’ use of observable features to group living things
• • Elaboration exploring how First Nations Australians’ observations of external features of living things are replicated in traditional dance