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Teaching STEM
Making Comparisons is a way of thinking about two or more objects, ideas and/or events to find out how they are the same and how they are different. Knowing this information allows students to sort, classify and organize objects, ideas and/or events, to connect prior knowledge about them to new knowledge, and to develop appropriate comparative vocabulary.
Picture Collections
15 images of some shapes and colours of plant leaves such as shamrocks, purple beech tree leaves and Japanese Maple tree leaves.
Hands-on Activities
Do an experiment with celery to learn about the structures that help plants take up water.
Teaching STEM
The Question Creation Chart (also known as a Q-Chart or Q-Matrix) provides students with a framework for developing a range of personally meaningful questions, encompassing both close-ended factual questions and open-ended, divergent questions. (Adapted from Weiderhold, 1997).
Picture Collections
15 images of some products created by humans and are made from plants such as shelter, food and clothing
Picture Collections
8 images representing some of the needs of plants for healthy growth such as water, nutrients and light
Picture Collections
12 images of some major parts of plants such as stems, roots, flowers and leaves
Picture Collections
6 images of some seeds which are the fertilized part of a plant used for germinating new plants such as fennel, kiwis and pumpkins
Backgrounders
This backgrounder explains what light is, how it is measured, and how it affects people on Earth and astronauts on board the International Space Station.
Picture Collections
10 images showing some stages of plant growth from planting to sprouts growing to harvesting
Picture Collections
6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth
Backgrounders
Humidity is an important part of life on Earth and life in space. This backgrounder explains what humidity is, how it is measured and how it affects us both mentally and physically.