Life Cycles Incursion (P – 4)

In this lively 90-minute incursion, students explore the life cycles of plants and animals to learn more about how they develop over their life cycle. Through various hands-on activities, students gain a deeper understanding of the differences between living and nonliving things. They have the opportunity to set up their own mini-greenhouses and are introduced to living insects. These activities are the perfect way to introduce biological studies to younger year levels. Our passionate science educators carefully guide students through each activity, prompting students to predict, observe and reflect on each activity.

• Students explore the life cycles of plants and animals.
• Students set up a variety of mini-greenhouses to further explore growth and change over time.

• Discussing the differences between living and nonliving things.
• Sorting various objects into living and nonliving categories. 
• Modelling plant and animal life cycles. 
• Exploring flower pollination and the role bees play in it. 
• Classifying seeds based on different methods of seed dispersal.
• Making several mini green houses to observe how different species emerge from their seeds – ongoing experiment.
• Exploring the life cycles of mealworms. 
• Studying the lifecycle of a butterfly and creating their very own butterfly life cycle chart.

• P-2 Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met (VCSSU042).
• P-2 Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (VCSSU043).
• 3-4 Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057).
• 3-4 Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058).